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Family refusal rates for organ donation after brain death and after circulatory death: a single-center 6-year experience

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
Background A wide gap exists between the number of patients awaiting organ transplantation and the availability of donor organs. For most vital organs, no artificial substitutes are available, resulting in the death of approximately 3–4% of patients on ...
Federica De Min, Maria Assunta Donato, Elisa Raimondo, Alessandro Ivan De Martino, Alessia Bresil, Alessandra Agnese Grossi, Martina Baiardo Redaelli, Paolo Severgnini, Luca Cabrini   +8 more
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25(OH) D3 alleviate liver NK cytotoxicity in acute but not in chronic fibrosis model of BALB/c mice due to modulations in vitamin D receptor

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Low 25-Hydroxy-vitamin-D; “25(OH)-D3” serum and vitamin D receptor (VDR) levels were recently correlated to advanced fibrosis. However, VDR mechanism in liver fibrosis modulations is not well understood.
Ahmad Salhab, Johnny Amer, Lu Yinying, Rifaat Safadi   +3 more
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Applying a Multidimensional Strategy to Mitigate Lateral Violence in a Small Rural Community Hospital in Western New York [PDF]

, 2017
Providing registered nurses with education and strategies to mitigate lateral violence is an evidenced-based method for creating a culture of civility.
Lewis, Nicole M.
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Ambulance 3G [PDF]

, 2005
Minimising the time required for a patient to receive primary care has always been the concern of the Accidents and Emergency units. Ambulances are usually the first to arrive on the scene and to administer first aid.
Banitsas, KA, Konis, G, Koutsouris, D, Perakis, K, Tachakra, S   +4 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with rectal vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in two intensive care units in São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]

, 2005
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important pathogens causing nosocomial infections, and there is reason for concern about their resistance and great ability to spread in hospital environments, especially intensive-care units (ICU). To determine
Coutinho, Ana Paula, Furtado, Guilherme Henrique Campos, Martins, Sinaida Teixeira, Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo de, Wey, Sergio Barsanti   +4 more
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Rural maternity care: Can we learn from Wal-Mart? [PDF]

, 2010
In many countries rural maternity care is under threat. Consequently rural pregnant women will have to travel further to attend larger maternity units to receive care and deliver their babies.
Pitchforth, Emma, van Teijlingen, Edwin
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Serum uric acid and left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients in Ado-Ekiti

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Systemic hypertension is a foremost risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Its actions are manifested on organs like the brain, heart and kidneys.
Oladapo Adedamola Adewuya, Ebenezer Adekunle Ajayi, Rasaaq Ayodele Adebayo, Opeyemi Ezekiel Ojo, Olatunji Bukola Olaoye   +4 more
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Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, June 1964 [PDF]

, 1964
President\u27s Message Officers and Committee Chairmen Financial Report Hospital and School of Nursing Report Student Activities Jefferson Expansion Program Resume of Alumnae Meetings Staff Nurses Private Duty Social Committee Reports Program ...
Baxter, Louise, Busick, John R, Cossman, Margaret, Curran, Evelyn R, Frazier, Evelyn Wilson, Hampton, Elaine Gover, Lenker, Barbara, McCracken, Julia Tyler, Piersol, Betty, Prendergast, Catherine C, Prevost, Mabel C, Robson, Theresa, Scott, E. Nancy, Sierant, Constance, Sierant, Constance, Smeck, Emma Maus, Spruance, Henrietta F, Stauffer, Mary Ann, Summers, Margaret, Werstler, Sara L   +19 more
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Out-of-hospital births and the supply of maternity units in France. [PDF]

, 2011
International audienceMaternity unit closures in France have increased distances that women travel to deliver in hospital. We studied how the supply of maternity units influences the rate of out-of-hospital births using birth certificate data. In 2005-6,
Blondel, Béatrice, Drewniak, Nicolas, Pilkington, Hugo, Zeitlin, Jennifer   +3 more
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Case Report: Perhaps we can do more when paradoxical embolism meets thrombophilia: inspiration from a special case

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
This study reported a rare case of Paradoxical Embolism complicated with thrombophilia. New thrombosis still existed after active treatment, and the existence of thrombus-prone gene was confirmed by gene detection.
Xiaomin Xue, Muhua Dai, Lisha Pang, Jiayan Li, Chunlian Ji, Jianbiao Meng, Wei Zhang   +6 more
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