Performing episiotomy nowadays and perineal health complications
Pregnancy and childbirth are traditionally female activities that accompany the evolution of humanity. Based on this context, the present study aims to review the risks that episiotomy reflects on women's perineal health. This is an integrative literature review carried out through SciELO, LILACS, BDENF and VHL, through the following DeCS: “episiotomy”,
Ana Priscila Franca Correia +10 more
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Performance of Comprehensive Complication Index and Clavien-Dindo Complication Scoring System in Liver Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma [PDF]
Background: We aimed to assess the ability of comprehensive complication index (CCI) and Clavien-Dindo complication (CDC) scale to predict excessive length of hospital stay (e-LOS) in patients undergoing liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: Patients were identified from an Italian multi-institutional database and randomly selected to ...
Alessandro Giani +73 more
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Weight changes, medical complications, and performance during an Ironman triathlon [PDF]
Background:Subjects exercising without fluid ingestion in desert heat terminated exercise when the total loss in body weight exceeded 7%. It is not known if athletes competing in cooler conditions with free access to fluid terminate exercise at similar levels of weight loss.Objectives:To determine any associations between percentage weight losses ...
K A, Sharwood +4 more
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Type 1 diabetes and cardiovascular disease [PDF]
The presence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Type 1 diabetes largely impairs life expectancy. Hyperglycemia leading to an increase in oxidative stress is considered to be the key pathophysiological factor of both micro- and macrovascular complications.
Cappuccio, Francesco +5 more
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Extended pelvic lymph node dissection at the time of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Impact of surgical volume on efficacy and complications in a single-surgeon series [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: We assessed the impact of surgical volume on perioperative outcomes and complications of robotic extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND).
Danuser, Hansjörg +4 more
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Prognostic factors influencing infectious complications after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC. Results from a tertiary referral center [PDF]
Background. Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) showed promising results in selected patients. High morbidity restrains its wide application.
Carbonari, Ludovica +8 more
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Generalized Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm Framework with a Mutation Operator Requiring no Adaptation [PDF]
This paper presents a generalized hybrid evolutionary optimization structure that not only combines both nondeterministic and deterministic algorithms on their individual merits and distinct advantages, but also offers behaviors of the three originating ...
Chan, Lipton +4 more
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Overregulation of Health Care: Musings on Disruptive Innovation Theory [PDF]
Disruptive innovation theory provides one lens through which to describe how regulations may stifle innovation and increase costs. Basing their discussion on this theory, Curtis and Schulman consider some of the effects that regulatory controls may have ...
Dahlqvist Leinhard, Olof +6 more
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Lumbar puncture for the generalist [PDF]
The safe and successful performance of a lumbar puncture demands a working and yet specific knowledge as well as competency in performance. This review aims to aid understanding of the knowledge framework, the pitfalls and complications of lumbar ...
Abrahams, Peter H. +3 more
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