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Managing the risk of iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK.

, 2014
BACKGROUND: With the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the UK, there is concern about iatrogenic transmission, and the approach to managing this risk is unique.
Brookes, D, CJD Incidents Panel, Connor, N, Gill, ON, Hall, V, Nacul, L   +5 more
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European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults [PDF]

, 2015
Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by an increase of body fat stores. It is a gateway to ill health, and it has become one of the leading causes of disability and death, affecting not only adults but also children and adolescents ...
Busetto, Luca, Fried, Martin, Micic, Dragan, Schindler, Karin, Toplak, Hermann, Tsigos, Constantine, Yumuk, Volkan   +6 more
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The Impact of Obesity on Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
14 100 LVAD patients across 21 studies were analyzed. Findings indicated that obese LVAD recipients had lower short‐term mortality and higher risk of infection, thrombosis and right heart failure. There was no difference in long‐term survival between obese and non‐obese patients.
Hugh Jacobs, Olivia Frost, Arian Arjomandi Rad, Wing Kiu Chou, Sadeq Al‐Saegh, Alina Zubarevich, Alexander Weymann, Arjang Ruhparwar, Lukman Amanov, Peyman Sardari Nia, Antonios Kourliouros, Thanos Athanasiou   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive power of different obesity measures for the presence of diastolic dysfunction [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) as measures of obesity have some limitations. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether one measure could predict the presence of diastolic dysfunction (DD) more accurately than the other ...
Can, Beray, Fidan-Yaylalı, Güzin, Kılınç, Mehmet, Yaylalı, Yalın Tolga, Yurtdaş, Mustafa, Şenol, Hande   +5 more
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Outcomes in Patients Requiring VENO‐Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis From the PELS‐1 Study

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
We report an insight from the PELS‐1– a multicentre, international registry focusing on postocardiotomy extracorporeal support use between 2000 and 2020. We focused on 24/2163 (1.1%) patients requiring V‐V ECMO after cardiac surgery. Mortality was high, with 21.7% of patients discharged alive and an overall 1‐year survival probability of 12.5 ...
Pasquale Nardelli, Silvia Mariani, Maria Elena De Piero, Bas C. T. van Bussel, Michele Di Mauro, Ann‐Kristin Schaefer, Diyar Saeed, Matteo Pozzi, Luca Botta, Udo Boeken, Robertas Samalavicius, Karl Bounader, Xiaotong Hou, Jeroen J. H. Bunge, Hergen Buscher, Leonardo Salazar, Bart Meyns, Michael A. Mazzeffi, Marco L. Sacha Matteucci, Sandro Sponga, Kollengode Ramanathan, Claudio Russo, Francesco Formica, Pranya Sakiyalak, Antonio Fiore, Daniele Camboni, Giuseppe Maria Raffa, Rodrigo Diaz, I‐wen Wang, Jae‐Seung Jung, Jan Belohlavek, Vin Pellegrino, Giacomo Bianchi, Matteo Pettinari, Alessandro Barbone, José P. Garcia, Kiran Shekar, Glenn Whitman, Roberto Lorusso, PELS Investigators   +39 more
wiley   +1 more source

TOpic: rare and special cases, the real "Strange cases" [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The bladder hernia represents approximately 1-3% of all inguinal hernias, where patients aged more than 50 years have a higher incidence (10%).
AUTIERI, DOMENICO, Axer, S, Basilico, G, Bertoglio, C, Bhatia, P, Bindal, V, Califano, A, CARBONE, Antonio, Carnevali, P, CAVALLARO, Giuseppe, Chan, S, Chiu, P, Demartini, P, Di Lernia, S, Ertem, M, Ferrari, G, Forgione, A, Gök, H, Hansske, B, Infantino, A, IORIO, OLGA, John, S, Kalhan, S, Khetan, M, KOSUTA, Miran, Lauretta, A, LETO, ANTONINO, Magistro, C, Marini, M, Micheletto, G., Monclús, J. López, Ng, E, Ozveri, E, Paksoy, M, PALLESCHI, GIOVANNI, PANIZZO, ANDREA, PASTORE, ANTONIO LUIGI, Pinciroli, L, Pugliese, R, RIPOLI, ANDREA, RIZZELLO, MARIO, Sahoo, M, Sekmen, U, SILECCHIA, Gianfranco, SILVESTRI, LUIGI, Teoh, A, TONIZZO FELIGIONI, LARA, Ureña, M. A. Garcia, YIP, WANG HON   +48 more
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Sarcopenia Is Associated With Mortality and Progression of Cirrhosis in Decompensated but Not Compensated Disease—A Multicentre Study

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
In a retrospective cohort of 1,624 adults with cirrhosis, sarcopenia was independently associated with unplanned hospitalization, death, and cirrhosis progression (or death) in patients with decompensated disease. In compensated cirrhosis, sarcopenia was associated only with a higher risk of unplanned hospitalization.
Puneeta Tandon, Sarah Wang, Moon Young Kim, Bart Van Hoek, Daphne Bot, Jeroen L. A. van Vugt, Berend Beumer, Jan Ijzermans, Sunil Taneja, Ajay Duseja, Surender Singh, Maryam Ebadi, Aldo J. Montano‐Loza   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Assessment: A Comparative Study of ChatGPT and Educator‐Generated Multiple‐Choice Questions in a Dental Exam

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To compare the item difficulty and discriminative index of multiple‐choice questions (MCQs) generated by ChatGPT with those created by dental educators, based on the performance of dental students in a real exam setting. Materials and Methods A total of 40 MCQs—20 generated by ChatGPT 4.0 and 20 by dental educators—were developed based on ...
Nezaket Ezgi Özer, Yusuf Balcı, Gaye Bölükbaşı, Betul İlhan, Pelin Güneri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behaviour and cognition of adult critical care nurses regarding intra-abdominal pressure monitoring: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing
Background Dynamic monitoring of intra-abdominal pressure is a reliable basis for diagnosing intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, which are independent risk factors for death.
Yu Kong, Tianying Chang, Yanyan Cui, Xianfei Ding, Wenhui Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Pregnancy: Obstetric Management and Outcomes From a Tertiary Care Centre

Haemophilia, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the obstetric management, complications and clinical characteristics of pregnant women diagnosed with hereditary coagulation factor deficiencies at a tertiary obstetric centre over a 10‐year period. Methods We retrospectively reviewed a total of 19 pregnancies in 17 women with hereditary coagulation ...
Melis Altug Inan, Bilge Kapudere, Hanne Bulat Cim, Abdulkadir Turgut   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source