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Iatrogenic disease in the elderly: risk factors, consequences, and prevention [PDF]

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2011
Sompol PermpongkosolDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandAbstract: The epidemiology of iatrogenic disease in the elderly has not been extensively reported.
Sompol Permpongkosol
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Aetiology of pelvic neuropathies in women: a narrative review [PDF]

Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn
Pelvic neuropathy is an under-recognised contributor to chronic pelvic pain in women, yet a structured overview of its identifiable causes has been lacking.
Robert de Leeuw, Freek A. Groenman, Gernot Hudelist, Emma E. Don, Ralph de Vries, Judith AF Huirne   +5 more
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Iatrogenic Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection With Retrograde Aortic Extension During Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Left‐Dominant System: A Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
In iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection, especially with aortic extension, rapid recognition, and immediate, well‐planned percutaneous coronary intervention to seal the entry point is critical to restore flow and prevent collapse, with success
Ghulam Abbas Shaikh, Samina Yaqoob, Ali Aamir, Zahra Anas, Aniqa Dejwani, Atiqullah Sadaqat   +5 more
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Granulomatous peritonitis caused by iatrogenic spillage of ovarian dermoid cystectomy: a case report and literature review [PDF]

Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2020
A 39-year-old nulliparous woman experienced continuous mild fever and abdominal pain since undergoing laparoscopic ovarian dermoid cystectomy 3 months previously in a local hospital.
Hyo-Eun Kim, Minji Seo, Jae Young Kwack, Yong-Soon Kwon   +3 more
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HCV and HIV prevalences strongly correlated in Asian communities with reservoirs of HIV in high-risk groups

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Background: In some Asian communities, HIV epidemics initially concentrated in high-risk groups develop into generalized epidemics, while in others HIV epidemics remain confined to high-risk groups. We examined whether blood exposures in a community, as
Devon D. Brewer, Adnan A. Khan
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Knowledge of blood-borne transmission risk is inversely associated with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Accurate, comprehensive knowledge of an infectious pathogen's modes of transmission helps people to avoid infection. Growing evidence suggests that blood-borne HIV transmission is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Methodology: I examined
Devon D. Brewer
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Surgical Approach to Odontogenic Maxillary Sinusitis Caused by Tooth Root Displacement into the Maxillary Sinus: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Paranasal sinuses affected by foreign bodies are uncommon clinical situations. Foreign body displacement into facial sinuses is a potential iatrogenic complication, that may cause an oroantral fistula, sinusitis, cellulitis, and subdural emphysema.
Marcelo Dias Moreira De Assis Costa, Étore Goulart Chagas, Ludmila Cássia Lopes Pinheiro, Lia Dietrich, Luiz Renato Paranhos   +4 more
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The Heartsink or Difficult Patient

South African Family Practice, 1990
No abstract available.
R.E. Kirkby
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Alternative treatment for postcatheterisation femoral false aneurysm Tratamento alternativo para pseudoaneurisma femoral pós-cateterismo

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2011
The incidence of femoral postcatheteriation pseudoaneurysm ranges from 0.1 to 2.0% in diagnostic procedures to 5% in therapeutic procedures. There are several treatment options for pseudoaneurysms, from conservative management to conventional surgical ...
Marcelo Mendonca Pereira, Jorge Porto Marassi, Orlando Bonin Silva, Ligia Jacqueline Iorio Pires, Lys Nunes dos Santos, Hermogenes Petean Filho, Marcelo Andrei Sampaio Lacativa, Cristina Ribeiro Riguetti-Pinto   +7 more
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Iatrogenic Common Iliac Artery Injury during Laparoscopic Tubectomy: The Role of the Vascular Surgeon

Iatreia, 2023
Although uncommon, iatrogenic vascular injury (IVI) is a serious complication of laparoscopic surgery. We present a case review involving a laceration of the right common iliac artery (RCIA) during an elective laparoscopic gynecological procedure.
Caterin Arevalo-Zamora, José Andrés Uribe-Munera, William Ramírez-Herrán   +2 more
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