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Children, 2021 Background: The treatment of pectus excavatum can be conservative or surgical. The aim of this study was to determine the factors influencing the outcomes of treatment after a minimally invasive Nuss corrective surgery procedure in pediatric patients ...
Miro Jukić +3 more
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How to assess chest wall deformity in children with pectus excavatum - evaluation of the agreement among methods [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Background/Aim. Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most common deformity of the frontal aspect of the chest wall in children. A particular dilemma arises about the degree of deformity that should be subjected to surgical treatment. The aim of this study was to
Kostić Marko +5 more
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The perils of sneezing: Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2013 This is a brief case report of an adolescent male who developed bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax after sneezing.
Christina L Bourne
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Treatment of funnel chest in children [PDF]
, 2017 Background. Funnel chest has a relatively high prevalence in the Russian population. Given the high percentage of the unsatisfactory results of thoracoplasty, further research for the development of new treatment methods is needed. Aim.
Viktor N. Stalmakhovich +2 more
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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
Joseph B Mabula +11 more
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Pectus updates and special considerations in Marfan syndrome
Pediatric Reports, 2018 Congenital chest wall or pectus deformities including pectus excavatum (funnel chest) and pectus carinatum (pigeon chest) affect a significant proportion of the general population and up to 70% of patients with Marfan syndrome.
Stephanie Fraser, Anne Child, Ian Hunt
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Clinical value of chest pain presentation and prodromes on the assessment of cardiovascular disease: a cohort study. [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVES: The recognition of coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients who report chest pain remains difficult in primary care. This study investigates the association between chest pain (specified, unspecified or musculoskeletal) and prodromes ...
Robson, J +9 more
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Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2014 Objectives: In this study, we evaluated the correlation between severity of deformity and cardiopulmonary function with regards to echocardiographic and spirometric findings.
Alper Hazım Gürsu +4 more
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North American Spine Society Journal, 2022 : Background: A misbalance in forces is proposed for causing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). AIS is therefore correlated to adjacent musculoskeletal pathologies. Its concomitance with idiopathic pectus deformities (PD) is underexposed.
Laurian J.M. van Es +2 more
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Psychological distress in non-cardiac chest pain patients: An application of the common sense model of illness representations [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis applied the Common Sense Model of Illness Representations to patients’ experiences of acute non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP). A systematic review indicated high levels of distress and poor quality of life (QoL) in acute NCCP patients, although ...
Webster, R
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