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Periodontitis and the Elderly: An Overview of the Disease and its Impact on an Aging Population [PDF]
, 2019 Periodontitis affects millions of Americans each year, and is especially prevalent among the elderly. Since periodontitis is a chronic, progressive condition, uninterrupted disease progression leads to irreversible oral damage; therefore, periodontitis ...
Weissenfluh, Nicole Grace
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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
Breakwell, Susan +5 more
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Sex Differences in Mortality After CABG Surgery
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Numerous studies have shown that women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery present higher mortality rate during hospitalization, and often complications when compared to men. OBJECTIVE: To compare the mortality of men and women
José Albuquerque de Figueiredo Neto +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryObjective: The aim of the present study was to assess the oral health status and treatment needs of cardiovascular surgery patients. Second, the awareness of cardiovascular surgery patients regarding the association between oral health and heart disease ...
Ansul Kumar, Arpita Rai
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016 Ventricular constraint therapy has been used to prevent and reverse the progression of heart failure in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathies. We hypothesized that ventricular restraint should be tried by closing the pericardium that was previously ...
Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora +4 more
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Results of Surgical Managment of Primary Mitral Regurgitation in a Single-center Study [PDF]
, 2017 Mitral regurgitation (MR) remains the second dominant defect in the structure of valvular cardiac diseases.It affects more than 2 million people in the USA.
Myshakivskyy, O. (Oleksiy)
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Association of hematological and biochemical tests and complications after cardiovascular surgery
O Mundo da Saúde, 2022 Cardiac surgery has postoperative complications of varying severities. Knowing the predictors of such complications can minimize risks and increase patient survival.
Sandra Leontina Graube +6 more
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Frailty and elderly in urology: Is there an impact on post-operative complications? [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Frailty used as predictive tool is still not carried out in daily practice, although many studies confirm the great clinical importance of the frailty syndrome in surgical outcomes.
Barbieri, Lisa +4 more
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La calidad de vida de los pacientes después de una cirugía cardiaca en un hospital de Colombia
Cirugía CardiovascularResumen: Objetivos: Conocer tanto la calidad de vida de los pacientes sometidos a una intervención cardiaca como los núcleos del EQ-5D-5L más afectados, y determinar qué factores clínicos se asocian a una mala calidad de vida.
Jhon Alexander Barrero +10 more
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Inflammation and Perioperative Cardiovascular Events
CellsSurgery and anesthesia induce a stress response that provokes increased sympathetic stimulation, secretion of cortisol, hypercoagulability, and systemic inflammatory response.
Peter Poredos, Radko Komadina
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