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Day surgery and general anaesthesia : what makes patients anxious? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
For many patients the prospective of undergoing surgery and general anaesthesia is highly anxiety provoking. With the global rise in day surgery and limited nurse/ patient contact, anxiety has become a prominent issue.
Mitchell, MJ
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Clinical Correlates of Anxiety and Depression After Diagnosis of a Pediatric Brain Tumor

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The prevalence and clinical correlates of symptoms of anxiety and depression in pediatric patients with brain tumors are not well described. We aimed to identify clinical characteristics that are correlated with elevated symptoms of anxiety and depression following initial diagnosis.
Bryony J. Lucas   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dehn surgery on knots in $S^3$ producing Nil Seifert fibred spaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We prove that there are exactly $6$ Nil Seifert fibred spaces which can be obtained by Dehn surgeries on non-trefoil knots in $S^3$, with $\{60, 144, 156, 288, 300\}$ as the exact set of all such surgery slopes up to taking the mirror images of the knots.
Ni, Yi, Zhang, Xingru
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Preoperative Cytopenia in Patients Affected by High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Just a Matter of Platelets?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims In patients affected by high‐risk neuroblastoma (HR‐NB), complete macroscopic resection (CMR) is associated with better outcomes. These patients are often cytopenic due to intensive induction regimens. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of preoperative cytopenia on surgical outcome in patients with HR‐NB ...
Giorgio Persano   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

William Arbuthnot Lane (1856-1943): Surgical Innovator and His Theory of Autointoxication. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
William Arbuthnot Lane contributed to the advancement of many fields of orthopedics, otolaryngology, and general surgery. He is credited for his no-touch technique and the invention of long-handled instruments, some of which are still in use today, to ...
Cowan, Scott W.   +4 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypocalcemia as an important differential diagnosis in patients suffering from stridor following thyroidectomy

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
It is essential to consider hypocalcemia as a cause of stridor, especially following postoperative thyroidectomy, as hypocalcemia secondary to hypoparathyroidism is an important differential diagnosis.
Christine Nitschke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pain management in surgical patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Acute post-operative pain is a major problem which is not well addressed clinically; with patients regularly reporting significant pain following surgery (Clark, 2006). The possible harmful effects of untested surgical pain include: deep vein thrombosis,
Bonnell, Shanna R.
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Legendrian rational unknots in lens spaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We classify Legendrian rational unknots with tight complements in the lens spaces L(p,1) up to coarse equivalence. As an example of the general case, this classification is also worked out for L(5,2).
Geiges, Hansjörg, Onaran, Sinem
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric 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   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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