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Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

, 2020
Importance The rapidly expanding novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has challenged the medical community to an unprecedented degree.
Chinn, Steven B., Clayburgh, Daniel, Davies, Louise, Givi, Babak, Iyer, N. Gopalakrishna, Jalisi, Scharukh, Moore, Michael G., Morris, Luc G. T., Nathan, Cherie-Ann, O'Neill, James P., Orloff, Lisa A., Parker, Noah, Schiff, Bradley A., Zender, Chad   +13 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
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Getting back to work: A framework and pivot plan to resume elective surgery and procedures after COVID-19

Surgery Open Science, 2021
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled a majority of hospital systems to reduce surgical and procedural volumes in an attempt to preserve resources. Elective surgery and procedures resumption has proven to be a calculated risk between COVID-19
Oscar K. Serrano, MD, MBA, FACS, Rocco Orlando, MD, FACS, Pavlos Papasavas, MD, FACS, Mitchell H. McClure, MD, Ajay Kumar, MD, Adam C. Steinberg, DO, FACS, Jeffrey L. Cohen, MD, FACS, Steven J. Shichman, MD, Rekhinder K. Singh, MD, FACS, William V. Sardella, MD, FACS, Bret M. Schipper, MD, FACS   +10 more
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Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura, Kentaro Ueno, Takuro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Koji Nakae, Yasuhiro Okamoto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

STRATEGY FOR RESUMING ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES DURING & AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Journal of University Medical & Dental College, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has afflicted the individuals, national economies, and healthcare system worldwide. It has badly struck the ongoing and planned surgical procedures in nearly all healthcare centers which has led the surgical procedures to come to a ...
Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Shabir Ahmed Lehri, Riffat Arbab   +2 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd, Melissa Taylor, Helen Fulbright, Bob Phillips   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Diseases Management during COVID-19 Crisis at a Tertiary Care Hospital of India: Our Institutional Strategy

The Surgery Journal, 2021
Introduction In response to the national coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, all hospitals and medical institutes gave priority to COVID-19 screening and to the management of patients who required hospitalization for COVID-19 infection ...
Sudhir Kumar Singh, Amit Gupta, Harindra Sandhu, Rishit Mani, Jyoti Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Deepak Rajput, Navin Kumar, Farhanul Huda, Som Prakas Basu, Bina Ravi, Ravi Kant   +11 more
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Elective Open Suprarenal Aneurysm Repair in England from 2000 to 2010 an Observational Study of Hospital Episode Statistics [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Open surgery is widely used as a benchmark for the results of fenestrated endovascular repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Alan Karthikesalingam, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Benjamin O. Patterson, CD Bicknell, CS Cina, E Choke, FA Lederle, GH Martin, Giuseppe Sollazzo, GL Gilling-Smith, J Cross, JA Cowan Jr, JA Cowan Jr, Jan D. Poloniecki, JC Parodi, JL De Bruin, JM Hacking, JM Richards, JN Armitage, Matthew M. Thompson, Peter J. E. Holt, Peter Whittaker, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, RM Greenhalgh, Robert J. Hinchliffe, S Sinha, S Tsai, TP Sarac, V Jongkind, VI Patel   +31 more
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A Comparative Study of Cerebral Oxygenation During Exercise in Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Cognitive impairment and exercise intolerance are common in dialysis patients. Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation play a major role in both cognitive function and exercise execution; HD session per se aggravates cerebral ischemia in this population. This study aimed to compare cerebral oxygenation and perfusion at rest and in mild
Marieta P. Theodorakopoulou, Konstantina Dipla, Danai Faitatzidou, Fotini Iatridi, Areti Georgiou, Artemios Karagiannidis, Erasmia Sampani, Chrysostomos Dimitriadis, Aggelos Koutlas, Andreas Zafeiridis, Pantelis Sarafidis   +10 more
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Normal Appendix in the Elective Inguinal Hernia Repair: Case Report and Review of Literature

Gazeta Médica, 2019
INTRODUCTION: The presence of the vermiform appendix in an inguinal hernial sac is known as an Amyand’s hernia. In the elective hernia repair, this represents a rare finding and the decision to perform appendectomy is always ambiguous.
João Miguel Carvas, Lília Meireles, Diego P Perez, João Pinto-de-Sousa, Cátia Canelas   +4 more
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