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Can Weight Loss Improve the Cardiovascular Outcomes of Patients with Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Hearts, 2022
Cardiovascular events are the primary cause of mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and obesity. The rising prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in recent decades has been linked to increasing rates of obesity.
Ayyad Alruwaily, Heshma Alruwaili, John Garvey, Carel W. le Roux   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complications of Anesthesia

, 2014
This chapter reviews the incidence, etiology, and prevention of anesthesia-related complications. The complications are grouped into: complications of airway management, complications of the respiratory system, complications of the cardiovascular system,
Varon, Albert J., Albert J. Varon, Espinosa, Monique, Monique Espinosa   +3 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gaps in obesity education - thematic narrative analysis from healthcare graduates: findings from the Erasmus Mundus EMINENT project

BMC Medical Education
Background Obesity is a complex, chronic disease with significant global health implications, yet its management remains underrepresented in medical and allied health education.
Tak Ying Louise Ko, Francisca Contreras, Carel W. le Roux, Werd Al-Najim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of angiotensin II actions by enhancers and super-enhancers in vascular smooth muscle cells

Nature Communications, 2017
The repertoire of tissue-specific distal regulators of gene transcription enhancers defines homeostasis or disease. Here, the authors reveal the enhancer and super-enhancer signature of vascular smooth muscle cells under normal and angiotensin II stimuli,
Sadhan Das, Parijat Senapati, Zhuo Chen, Marpadga A. Reddy, Rituparna Ganguly, Linda Lanting, Varun Mandi, Anita Bansal, Amy Leung, Selena Zhang, Ye Jia, Xiwei Wu, Dustin E. Schones, Rama Natarajan   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

RAGE-aptamer Attenuates the Growth and Liver Metastasis of Malignant Melanoma in Nude Mice

Molecular Medicine, 2017
Epidemiological studies have suggested a link between cumulative diabetic exposure and cancer. The interaction of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) with their receptor (RAGE) may contribute to the phenomenon.
Nobutaka Nakamara, Takanori Matsui, Yuji Ishibashi, Ami Sotokawauchi, Kei Fukami, Yuichiro Higashimoto, Sho-ichi Yamagishi   +6 more
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The psychological impact of surgical complications on patients and surgeons [PDF]

, 2013
Adverse events constitute a significant challenge for healthcare organisations not only in terms of their prevention but also in terms of their after-effects on the injured patients and the staff involved.
Pinto, Anna
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Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of periodontitis with microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus: A nationwide cohort study

, 2022
Background: Periodontitis is a common chronic inflammatory disease and one of oral complications in diabetes. Diabetes-related microvascular complications and periodontitis are also closely related to systemic inflammation.
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source