Requirements for cabin crew medical examinations and assessments [PDF]
The aim of the current study is to review current regulations relatively to medical requirements necessary to achieve suitability to fly of the cabin crew. There are three classes of flight crew medical standards and licensing. A first class medical
Di Folco, Francesco+3 more
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Incidence, in-hospital mortality and risk factors for hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients with intra-abdominal surgical procedures hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Belgrade, Serbia: A matched case- control study [PDF]
Background/Aim. Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in a surgical population significantly increases morbidity and mortality, prolongs hospitalization and increases total treatment costs.
Taušan Đorđe+7 more
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Surgical-VQA: Visual Question Answering in Surgical Scenes using Transformer [PDF]
Visual question answering (VQA) in surgery is largely unexplored. Expert surgeons are scarce and are often overloaded with clinical and academic workloads. This overload often limits their time answering questionnaires from patients, medical students or junior residents related to surgical procedures.
arxiv
Robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy. Safety and feasibility [PDF]
Background: The availability of robotic assistance could make laparoscopic pancreaticoduo- denectomy safely feasible. We herein provide a systematic review on laparoscopic robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy (RAPD).
Belluomini, Mario+5 more
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Multimodal Semantic Scene Graphs for Holistic Modeling of Surgical Procedures [PDF]
From a computer science viewpoint, a surgical domain model needs to be a conceptual one incorporating both behavior and data. It should therefore model actors, devices, tools, their complex interactions and data flow. To capture and model these, we take advantage of the latest computer vision methodologies for generating 3D scene graphs from camera ...
arxiv
Safety of simultaneous colon and liver resection for colorectal liver metastases [PDF]
Background/Aim. Surgical strategy for the treatment of resectable synchronous hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer (CRC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to assess safety of simultaneous colon and liver resections and the direct ...
Stojanović Miroslav+9 more
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Rate of complications due to neuromuscular scoliosis spine surgery in a 30-years consecutive series [PDF]
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of intraoperative and postoperative complications in a large series of patients affected by neuromuscular scoliosis. METHODS: It was a monocentric retrospective study.
CALDERARO, COSMA+5 more
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Use of recombinant factor VIIa in the treatment of massive retroperitoneal bleeding due to severe necrotizing pancreatitis [PDF]
Background. Recently, a growing number of case reports and case series have suggested that the use of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) may be effective in treatment of patients with non-hemophilic acquired coagulopathy not responding to ...
Stefanović Branislav+6 more
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The authors analyzed the spatial distributions of gene and metabolite profiles in cervical cancer through spatial transcriptomic and spatially resolved metabolomic techniques. Pivotal genes and metabolites within these cases were then identified and validated.
Lixiu Xu+3 more
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Diagnostic value of serial measurement of c-reactive protein in serum and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in drainage fluid in the detection of infectious complications and anastomotic leakage in patients with colorectal resection [PDF]
Background/Aim. Postoperative infectious complications are one of the most important problems in surgical treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC), being present in up to 40% of patients.
Kostić Zoran+5 more
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