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Discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnosis of cause of death among psychiatric patients who died due to natural causes. A retrospective autopsy study [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2019
Background/Aim. Autopsy studies rarely investigate the causes of natural death in psychiatric population. The aim of this study was to examine the causes of death among the subjects with various psychiatric disorders in whom a clinical (pathoanatomical ...
Mitrović Dragan, Savić Ivana, Janković Radmila   +2 more
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Study of Methamphetamine Use in Patients Referred to Emergency Ward of a General Hospital at North of Iran in 2017 [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2019
Background: Acute use of methamphetamine affects the sympathetic system and causes symptoms like tachycardia, hypertension (HTN), tachypnea, peripheral blood vessels constriction, hyperthermia, and mydriasis that can lead to many medical complications ...
Pezhman Hadinezhad, Mehran Zarghami, Hosein Montazer, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Fattaneh Ghaderi   +4 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on Emergency General Surgery [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Colorectal Research, 2020
Background There are limited data on emergency surgical practice during the covid-19 era. Objectives To evaluate the outcomes for emergency surgery before and during Covid-19.
Abdulzahra Hussain, Owais Manejula, Anngona Ghosh, Shariq Shuaib, Hesham Soliman, Rehana Hafeez, Shamsi EL-Hasani   +6 more
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Real-world clinical effectiveness and sustainability of universal bloodborne virus testing in an urban emergency department in the UK

Scientific Reports, 2022
Innovative testing approaches and care pathways are required to meet HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) elimination goals. Routine testing for blood-borne viruses (BBVs) within emergency departments (EDs) is suggested by the European Centre for
Elizabeth Smout, Khine Phyu, Gareth J. Hughes, Lee Parker, Roozbeh Rezai, Amy Evans, Joscelyne McLaren, Stephen Bush, Sarah Davey, Mark A. Aldersley, Murad Ruf, Emma E. Page   +11 more
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Safety and efficacy of interrupting dual antiplatelet therapy one month following percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022
Very short duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has recently attracted a lot of attention with the introduction of newer generations stents.
Shane Parfrey, Amr Abdelrahman, Daniel Blackman, Jonathan M. Blaxill, Michael S. Cunnington, John P. Greenwood, Christopher J. Malkin, Abdul M. Mozid, Jennifer A. Rossington, Murugapathy Veerasamy, Nancy Wassef, Stephen B. Wheatcroft, Heerajnarain Bulluck   +12 more
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A three-arm single blind randomised control trial of naïve medical students performing a shoulder joint clinical examination

BMC Medical Education, 2021
Background Technological advances have previously been hailed as a new dawn in Higher Education, with the advent of ‘massive open online courses’ (MOOCs) and online learning.
P. E. Brewer, M. Racy, M. Hampton, F. Mushtaq, J. E. Tomlinson, F. M. Ali   +5 more
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General-practitioner hospitals. [PDF]

BMJ, 1968
With Hospital Service planning so dominated by the district-hospital concept, the future of the much smaller general-practitioner hospitals has been in doubt. A tour covering 23 of the 400 or so G.P. hospitals in England and Wales illustrated the variety of approach, demonstrated the widespread local desire for their retention, and left the impression ...
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Evaluation of Outpatient Antibiotic Use in Beijing General Hospitals in 2015

Chinese Medical Journal, 2017
Background: Medical misuse of antibiotics is associated with the acquisition and spread of antibiotic resistance, resulting in a lack of effective drugs and increased health-care cost.
Chuan Yang, Wen-Qiang Cai, Zi-Jun Zhou
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome as the first manifestation of mixed connective tissue disorder: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurological syndrome characterised by a range of neurological symptoms and signs, and distinctive neuroimaging findings reflecting vasogenic oedema.
Phani Krishna Machiraju, Neetu Mariam Alex, Safinaaz, Sriram Sankaran   +3 more
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Transient electrocardiographic changes following smoking cannabis

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2020
We report a case of transient ECG abnormalities (negative T waves in the inferior leads) associated with presyncope related to acute cannabis consumption; after a few hours the ECG returned normal. Although pathophysiological mechanisms are not clear, it
Giacomo Mugnai, Cristina Longo, Chiara Zaltron, Francesca Prevedello, Paolo Segalina, Claudio Bilato   +5 more
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