Effects of Glycemic Level on Outcome of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Objective: To determine the effects of glycemic level on outcome patients with traumatic brain injury. Methods: From September 2010 to December 2012, all medical records of adult patients with TBI admitted to the Emergency Room of Laura Daniela Clinic ...
Hernando Raphael Alvis-Miranda +11 more
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The combinational effect of cardiac and biochemical markers in diabetic patients with cardiovascular disease [PDF]
Background: Clinicopathological correlations, as well as several angiographic studies, suggest that diabetic patients have more extensive atherosclerotic disease, affecting the coronary arteries in particular.
Palanisamy Pasupathi, YY Rao, Farook J, Sathiyamoorthy Subramaniyam, Babu Shankar Ponnusha, Athimoolam Ambika, Int J Cur Bio Med Sci.
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Routine Changing of Intravenous Administration Sets Does Not Reduce Colonization or Infection in Central Venous Catheters [PDF]
Objective: To determine the effect of routine intravascular administration-set changes on central venous catheter (CVC) colonization and catheter related bacteremia (CRB).
Courtney, Mary +4 more
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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Admission Hyperglycemia and Clinical Outcome in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis” [PDF]
We thank Choudhary et al1 for their interest in our study on hyperglycemia in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT).2 Regarding their first remark: we feel that it is unlikely that inclusion of patients with unrecognized diabetes mellitus biased the results.
Zuurbier, Susanna M. +1 more
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Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024)
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by abnormal breathing during sleeping. OSA can damage various organs throughout the body and is burdensome, both socially and economically. Moreover, as OSA has been increasingly studied in recent years, new evidence‐based guidelines for its diagnosis and surgical ...
Working Group of Guideline for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult OSA +7 more
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Background: Sporadic data showed hyperglycemia at presentation is associated with poor outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) under mechanical thrombectomy (MT) treatment.Objective: This study aims to evaluate the relationship of admission
Xiaochuan Huo +18 more
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Gonococcal subcutaneous abscess and pyomyositis: a case report [PDF]
Disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI) is an uncommon complication of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection, its manifestation varies from a classic arthritis-dermatitis syndrome to uncommon pyogenic infections of several organs.
Boonyasiri, A +4 more
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Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Cohort Analysis
ABSTRACT Background With the upsurge of obesity in Australia and worldwide, the incidence of metabolic surgery is increasing in women of reproductive age. Metabolic surgery reduces the rate of gestational diabetes mellitus, however, the risk remains about that for the general population.
Jasmine Wintour +4 more
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Diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease. the role of ion channels [PDF]
Diabetes mellitus is one the strongest risk factors for cardiovascular disease and, in particular, for ischemic heart disease (IHD). The pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients is complex and not fully understood: some diabetic ...
De Marchis, Marialaura +8 more
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ABSTRACT Hereditary angioedema (HAE) with C1 inhibitor deficiency is a rare disease characterized by unpredictable episodes of tissue swelling (angioedema), which, in most cases, occur first under the age of 18 years, and entail a significant burden of disease not only for the patients but also for their families.
Henriette Farkas +128 more
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