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Dietary nitrate and nitrite protect against doxorubicin‐induced cardiac fibrosis and oxidative protein damage in tumor‐bearing mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemotherapies such as doxorubicin can have toxic effects on healthy cardiovascular/heart tissue. Following up on a doxorubicin toxicity study in mice without tumors where nitrate water was cardioprotective (lessened toxicity), this study with tumor‐bearing mice undergoing doxorubicin treatment showed no negative effect of nitrate and nitrite on drug ...
Rama D. Yammani, Xiaofei Chen, Nildris Cruz‐Diaz, Xuewei Zhu, Swati Basu, Daniel B. Kim‐Shapiro, David R. Soto‐Pantoja, Leslie B. Poole   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of the Multidisciplinary Team Approach on Blood Transfusion

Southern Clinics of Istanbul Eurasia, 2019
INTRODUCTION[|]The Joint Commission and the American Medical Association-Convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement reported that the blood transfusions are among the top five overused treatments in modern medicine.
Ayten Saraçoğlu, Mehmet Ezelsoy, Aylin Ordu, Kemal Tolga Saraçoğlu   +3 more
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The Diverse Neuromuscular Spectrum of VPS13A Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective VPS13A disease (chorea‐acanthocytosis) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by biallelic variants in VPS13A, typically presenting with hyperkinetic movement disorders, while neuromuscular signs are often mild. The aim of the project was to investigate the frequency and severity of neuromuscular impairment in VPS13A disease ...
Anne Buchberger, Evamaria Riedel, Marie Hackenberg, Alexander Mensch, Stefanie Beck‐Woedl, Joohyun Park, Tobias B. Haack, Bernhard Haslinger, Jan Kirschke, Holger Prokisch, Andreas Hermann, Christian Mawrin, Adrian Danek, Benedikt Schoser, Kevin Peikert, Marcus Deschauer, Isabell Cordts   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With the Development of Chronic Post-Sternotomy Pain: a Case-Control Study

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to investigate the factors associated with chronic post-sternotomy pain in heart surgery patients. METHODS: Between January 2013 and February 2014, we evaluated 453 patients with >6 months post-sternotomy ...
Mário Augusto Cray da Costa, Conrado Auer Trentini, Marcelo Derbli Schafranski, Oswaldo Pipino, Ricardo Zanetti Gomes, Elise Souza dos Santos Reis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Elevation in the Central Nervous System Is Associated With Failure to Thrive in Alexander Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Alexander disease (AxD) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder caused by gain‐of‐function mutations in the gene for GFAP, which lead to protein aggregation and a primary astrocytopathy. Symptoms vary, but failure to thrive (FTT) and frequent emesis are common and cause significant morbidity. Here we investigate GDF15, a member of the
Tracy L. Hagemann, Michelle M. Sonsalla, Cora Luzinski, Fernando Zacahua, David A. Harris, Dudley W. Lamming, Albee Messing   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robot Autonomy for Surgery

, 2017
Autonomous surgery involves having surgical tasks performed by a robot operating under its own will, with partial or no human involvement. There are several important advantages of automation in surgery, which include increasing precision of care due to ...
Das, Nikhil, Yip, Michael
core   +1 more source

Scoliosis Surgery in a Patient With Advanced Friedreich's Ataxia—It Is Not Too Late

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Friedreich's ataxia is a multisystem disorder with scoliosis being the most common non‐neurological manifestation. While scoliosis surgery is typically performed in adolescent, ambulatory patients, few data exist on surgical outcomes in patients with advanced disease.
Kathrin Reetz, Stella A. Lischewski, Jörg B. Schulz, Maximilian Praster, Miguel Pishnamaz, on behalf of the FACROSS study group, Imis Dogan, Sandro Romanzetti, Ravi Dadsena, Kerstin Konrad, Thomas Clavel, Vera Jankowski, Joachim Jankowski, Oliver Pabst, Nikolaus Marx, Julia Moellmann, Malte Jacobsen, Katharina Marx‐Schütt, Juergen Dukart, Simon Eickhoff, Ralf‐Dieter Hilgers   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Physicians Respond to Liability Standards? [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper, we explore the sensitivity in the clinical decisions of physicians to the standards of care expected of them under the law, drawing on the abandonment by states over time of rules holding physicians to standards determined by local customs
Frakes, Michael D., Frank, Matthew, Seabury, Seth   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Cardiac surgery of aortic valve and ascending aorta (Bentall procedure) in a patient with Fabry disease without enzyme replacement therapy: an overview of aortic and aortic valve surgical tips [PDF]

, 2023
Manouchehr Hekmat, Hamid Ghaderi, Mandana Hekmat, Zahra Ansari Aval, Amirhesam Alirezaei, Seyedeh Adeleh Mirjafari, Roshanak Tirdad   +6 more
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Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgical Procedures [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1989
A careful clinical history and physical examination are the most important components of the preoperative assessment of the cardiac patient who is to undergo a noncardiac surgical procedure. From these factors and the nature of the surgical procedure planned, a reasonable estimate of potential cardiac risk can be formulated to guide judicious ...
W K, Freeman, R J, Gibbons, C, Shub
openaire   +2 more sources