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One‐Year Healthcare Utilization and Costs After Emergency Department Encounters for Uncomplicated Appendicitis: A Statewide Observational Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Non‐operative management with antibiotics has emerged as an alternative to appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. This study compared one‐year healthcare costs and utilization outcomes after operative versus non‐operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis using statewide administrative data.
Andrew C. Meltzer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical problems caused by obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Over the past few decades the incidence of obesity has doubled worldwide and current estimates classify more than 1.5 billion adults as overweight and at least 500 million of them as clinically obese, with body mass index (BMI) over 25 kg/m2 and 30 kg ...
Weickert, Martin O., Kyrou, Ioannis
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Dietary fat intake and obesity : an empirical study in Greek adults. [PDF]

open access: yes
The empirical evidence concerning the associations between diet, particularly fat intake, and obesity is inconclusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate cross-sectional associations between general and central ...
Lagiou, Areti
core   +1 more source

Reduced‐Port Versus Multi‐Port Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review, Meta‐Analysis, and Meta‐Regression

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Reduced‐port laparoscopic colectomy (RPLC) for colorectal cancer offers modest intraoperative benefits, including shorter operative time and lower blood loss, while maintaining comparable postoperative recovery, lymph node yield, and complication rates to multi‐port laparoscopic colectomy (MPLC).
Ayesha Shaukat   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of abdominal obesity on insulin resistance and the components of the metabolic syndrome: Evidence supporting obesity as the central feature

open access: yes, 2003
Background: Metabolic syndrome includes abdominal obesity, diabetes type 2, hypertension, dyslipidemia, derangements of fibrinolysis, and atherosclerosis. Since abdominal obesity is one of the major components of the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS), an
Ozcan, Rahşan   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Potential direct secondary care cost benefits of HealthyWeightHub - Virtual Hospital 2.0 digital lifestyle intervention

open access: yesFinnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2019
HealthyWeighHub (HWH) is a 12-month coaching and education service designed to help patients with obesity make permanent life changes, launched and expanded gradually in Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) Healthvillage since 2016.
Saku Väätäinen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between body image, anxiety, food-specific inhibitory control, and emotional eating in young women with abdominal obesity: a comparative cross-sectional study

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2021
Background Abdominal fat deposition is a key component of obesity, which is associated with an increased risk for a number of mental disorders. The current study aims to explore the relationship between body image, anxiety, food-specific inhibitory ...
Zhong-Hua He   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE PROBLEM OF OBESITY IN ANAESTHESIA FOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY [PDF]

open access: yesSurvey of Anesthesiology, 1962
The physiological changes responsible for the syndrome of hypoventilation in obesity are discussed. This state may be intensified during anaesthesia for abdominal surgery, and an obese person not suffering from hypoventilation may readily develop this condition when anaesthetized.
openaire   +2 more sources

Essential Updates in the Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Topics From 2024 to Mid‐2026

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inflammatory bowel disease management has undergone a major transformation with the introduction of treat‐to‐target strategies and highly effective biologic and small‐molecule therapies. Although these advances have reduced the overall requirement for surgery, operative intervention remains essential for selected patients with ulcerative ...
Yoshiki Okita   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An updated study protocol for a real-life digital 12-month weight management program, the Healthy Weight Coaching

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine
Obesity is an important health concern that poses many public health challenges. Evidence-based treatment modalities, capable of cost-effectively reaching large patient groups are needed.
Aila J. Ahola   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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