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INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PRESCRIPTIONS MUST FIT RISK FACTORS TO PREVENT STRESS ULCER BLEEDING
Background: The physiological stress of critically ill patients can trigger several complications, including digestive bleeding due to stress ulcers (DBSU). The use of acid secretion suppressants to reduce their incidence has become widely used, but with
Rodolfo Castro Cesar de OLIVEIRA+5 more
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Diabetic foot ulcers monitoring by employing super resolution and noise reduction deep learning techniques [PDF]
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) constitute a serious complication for people with diabetes. The care of DFU patients can be substantially improved through self-management, in order to achieve early-diagnosis, ulcer prevention, and complications management in existing ulcers.
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Asia-Pacific working group consensus on non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: An update 2018 [PDF]
Non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding remains an important emergency condition, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. As endoscopic therapy is the 'gold standard' of management, treatment of these patients can be considered in three ...
Bjorkman, D.J. (David J.)+17 more
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Over 10 million children in the world have epilepsy, with an unknown cause in half of the cases. The gut microbiome has been associated with various neurological disorders, and certain drugs greatly disturb the microbiome. Our aim was to study the association of prenatal and childhood exposure (before the age of two) to antibiotics, proton pump ...
Unnur Gudnadottir+4 more
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Background. Interventional endoscopy has largely reduced mortality in patients with peptic ulcer hemorrhage.Study aims. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic hemostasis with argon plasma coagulation and injection sclerotherapy in bleeding ...
Pavel Skok, Marija Skok
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Small bowel diverticulum is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. The diagnosis and treatment of small bowel diverticular hemorrhage is clinically challenging before the development of deep enteroscopy.
Yang-Yuan Chen+10 more
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Prevention of Dabigatran-Related Gastrointestinal Bleeding With Gastroprotective Agents: A Population-Based Study [PDF]
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Use of dabigatran, an inhibitor of thrombin, increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). However, it is not clear whether gastroprotective agents (GPAs) prevent GIB in dabigatran users.
Chan, EW+6 more
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Unsupervised Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage Segmentation with Mixture Models [PDF]
Intracranial hemorrhage occurs when blood vessels rupture or leak within the brain tissue or elsewhere inside the skull. It can be caused by physical trauma or by various medical conditions and in many cases leads to death. The treatment must be started as soon as possible, and therefore the hemorrhage should be diagnosed accurately and quickly.
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Comorbidities affect risk of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
Background & Aims The incidence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) has not been reduced despite the decreasing incidence of peptic ulcers, strategies to eradicate Helicobacter pylori infection, and prophylaxis against ulceration from nonsteroidal ...
Card, Timothy R.+2 more
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Abstract Purpose Germany has high rates of total joint arthroplasty for osteoarthritis of the knee and hip. Ambulatory health interventions can affect the progression of these conditions and the need for total joint arthroplasty. Quality indicators and guideline recommendations facilitate the transparent measurement and demonstration of care quality ...
Tobias Bock+5 more
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