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Gender diversity in UK surgical specialties: a national observational study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To compare gender diversity between UK surgical specialties, assess trends over time, and estimate when gender parity might be achieved.Design Observational study.Setting National Health Service, UK.Participants NHS Hospital & Community ...
Roxanna Zakeri, Stella Vig, Farah Bhatti, Thomas Hedley Newman, Matthew G Parry, Victoria Pegna, Amy Nagle, James Stephen Arthur Green   +7 more
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Mycobacterium chimaera infections in cardiothoracic surgery patients exposed to heating and cooling devices despite infection control measures

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: LivaNova 3T heating and cooling devices (HCDs) have been associated with Mycobacterium chimaera, a Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAIC) species, infections after cardiothoracic surgery.
Jensie Burton, Yosra Alkabab, Susan Dorman, Jeremy D. Moore, Danny Nixon, Cassandra Salgado, Scott Curry   +6 more
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Demystifying the Value of Minimal Clinically Important Difference in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Context

Life, 2023
The aim of this review is to describe the different statistical methods used in estimating the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the assessment of quality of life (QOL)-related and clinical improvement interventions, along with their ...
Dimitrios E. Magouliotis, Metaxia Bareka, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Grigorios Christodoulidis, Thanos Athanasiou   +4 more
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Risk Factors of Hypoxemia During Non-cardiothoracic Surgery for Populations at High Altitude in Tibet: A Prospective Cohort Study

Xiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2023
Objective  To investigate the incidence and risk factors of intraoperative hypoxemia in non- cardiothoracic surgery under general anesthesia in high-altitude areas of Tibet, and briefly analyze the impact of intraoperative hypoxemia on the prognosis ...
DUAN Hanyu, ZHU Qianmei, Cirendeji, LI Yi, MIAO Xuhan, ZHANG Yuelun, LIU Zijia, Labaciren, SHEN Le, HUANG Yuguang   +9 more
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Long term compensatory sweating results after sympathectomy for palmar and axillary hyperhidrosis [PDF]

, 2016
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy is currently the best treatment for primary upper extremity hyperhidrosis, but the potential for adverse effects, particularly the development of compensatory sweating, is a concern and often precludes surgery as a ...
ANDREETTI, Claudio, Ciccone, Anna Maria, D'ANDRILLI, ANTONIO LUCIO, IBRAHIM, MOHSEN, MAURIZI, GIULIO, Menna, Cecilia, POGGI, CAMILLA, RENDINA, Erino Angelo   +7 more
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A Structured, Debate-Style Cardiothoracic Surgery Journal Club for Trainee Acquisition and Application of Seminal Literature

MedEdPORTAL, 2016
Introduction The acquisition of specialty-specific seminal literature and its application to daily, clinical patient-care decisions are critical components of clinical training.
Mara B. Antonoff, Tom C. Nguyen, Jessica G. Y. Luc, Clara S. Fowler, April Aultman Becker, Steven B. Eisenberg, Randall K. Wolf, Anthony L. Estrera, Ara A. Vaporciyan   +8 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
A Bobbio, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, Amy Kerr, Andrea Marshall, AS Detsky, Babu Naidu, CA Polanczyk, CD Parmar, D Amar, DJ Bertges, DW Hosmer, E Lim, Ehab Bishay, HC Fernando, JP Mathew, L Goldman, LA Fleisher, Maninder Kalkat, MK Ferguson, MK Ford, Pala Rajesh, Richard Steyn, Robin Wotton, TH Lee, V Fuster, WD Neary   +27 more
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Assessing interest in cardiothoracic surgery at an osteopathic medical school: Results of an institutional surveyCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: Cardiothoracic surgery is a surgical subspecialty that attracts few medical students. As integrated surgical residency programs continue to grow in number, there is increased interest in what factors influence specialty selection during ...
Andrew D. Vogel, MS, Austin Wynn, MS, Megan C. Richards, MS, Michelle Sindoni, MS, Caleb L. Hamilton, PhD, Juan J. Gallegos, MD, Tyler J. Wallen, DO   +6 more
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Developing an intervention to optimise the outcome of cardiac surgery in people with diabetes: the OCTOPuS pilot study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2021
Background Cardiothoracic surgical outcomes are poorer in people with diabetes compared with those without diabetes. There are two important uncertainties in the management of people with diabetes undergoing major surgery: (1) how to improve diabetes ...
Richard I. G. Holt, Katharine Barnard-Kelly, Giorgos Dritsakis, Kerensa I. Thorne, Lauren Cohen, Elizabeth Dixon, Mayank Patel, Philip Newland-Jones, Helen Partridge, Suvitesh Luthra, Sunil Ohri, Kareem Salhiyyah, Jo Picot, John Niven, Andrew Cook, on behalf of the OCTOPuS study group   +15 more
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Assessment of a novel, capsid-modified adenovirus with an improved vascular gene transfer profile [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Background: Cardiovascular disorders, including coronary artery bypass graft failure and in-stent restenosis remain significant opportunities for the advancement of novel therapeutics that target neointimal hyperplasia, a characteristic of both ...
AA Soyombo, AC Bradshaw, AC Bradshaw, AF Merrick, AH Baker, AL Parker, AL Parker, Alan L Parker, Andrew H Baker, Angela C Bradshaw, Audrey F Wright, B Vigl, C-C Liang, Christian Delles, DM Roberts, F Sakurai, F Vigant, K Doronin, Katie M White, KD Newman, M Hedman, M Hedman, M Jessup, MC Sprangers, MD Rekhter, MJE Havenga, MM Zanone, MO Hilutnen, N Inoue, O Kalyuzhniy, P Lemarchand, R Alba, R Alba, R Vogels, Raul Alba, RD Lopes, Robert A McDonald, RR Bradley, S Ishii, S Kuriyama, SA Nicklin, SD Carson, SJ George, SJ George, SM Sumida, SN Waddington, TD Henry, TW Johnson   +47 more
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