, 2013 Purpose of review: This review discusses the current developments in biomarkers for sepsis. Recent findings: With quantum leaps in technology, an array of biomarkers will become available within the next decade as point-of-care tools that will likely ...
Singer, M
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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices [PDF]
, 2015 According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases
Avadhanam, Venkata +2 more
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Conservative management of low back pain [PDF]
, 2001 Back pain is prevalent worldwide, but back pain disability has reached epidemic proportions in many industrialised societies. Few patients have serious medical pathology or direct neurological involvement requiring surgery.
De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
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Surgical complications in human orthotopic liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1987 Between March 1, 1980 and December 31, 1984, 393 orthotopic liver transplantations (OLT) were performed in 313 consecutive recipients. Technical complications were responsible for a substantial morbidity (41/393 allograft loss--10.4%) and mortality (26 ...
Gordon, RD +3 more
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Intestinal transplantation in composite visceral grafts or alone [PDF]
, 1992 Under FK 506-based immunosuppression, the entire cadaver small bowel except for a few proximal and distal centimeters was translated to 17 randomly matched patients, of whom two had antigraft cytotoxic antibodies (positive cross-match).
Abu-Elmagd, K +17 more
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Effects of Caudal Epidural Dexmedetomidine on Pain, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and Quality of Life in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome; A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2019 Objective: To evaluate the effects of dexmedetomidine in caudal epidural on controlling pain, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and quality of life in patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS).Methods: The study was a single-blind clinical ...
Masoud Hashemi +3 more
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Efficacy of interspinous device versus surgical decompression in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a modified network analysis. [PDF]
, 2011 Study designSystematic review using a modified network analysis.ObjectivesTo compare the effectiveness and morbidity of interspinous-device placement versus surgical decompression for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.SummaryTraditionally, the most
Chou, Dean +3 more
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Revista DorBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Failed back surgery syndrome is one of the most frequent nosological entities in a Pain Clinic and is characterized by the persistent maintenance of lumbar and/or lower limbs pain complaints in individuals already submitted to ...
Marielza Regina Ismael Martins +5 more
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Co-producing healthcare in a volume vs. value-based healthcare system: perspective of a parent of a patient and a health professions’ educator [PDF]
, 2019 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim framework represents an approach to optimizing a health system’s performance by focusing on improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing healthcare costs.
Caron, Rosemary M.
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The incidence and healthcare costs of persistent post-operative pain following lumbar spine surgery in the United Kingdom: a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) : a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: To characterise incidence and healthcare costs associated with persistent postoperative pain (PPP) following lumbar surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective, population-based cohort study. SETTING: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital
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