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Efficiency of spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia for lumbar spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis of 544 patients. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown varying results in selected outcomes when directly comparing spinal anesthesia to general in lumbar surgery. Some studies have shown reduced surgical time, postoperative pain, time in the postanesthesia care unit ...
Attiah, Mark A., Kallan, Michael J., Koenigsberg, Rebecca, Kofke, W. Andrew, Kositratna, Guy, Marcotte, Paul J., Pierce, John T., Syre, Peter, Welch, William C., Wyler, MD, David   +9 more
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Greater Personal Health Agency Is Associated With Greater Patient Receptiveness to Mindset Exercises

Journal of Patient Experience
Among 203 patients presenting for musculoskeletal specialty care between November 2023 and January 2024, we measured the relationship of openness to mindset exercises such as cognitive behavioral therapy (training the mind to default to healthier ...
Niels Brinkman BS, Rebecca Ludden MBBS, MSc, Ali Azarpey MD, Job N. Doornberg MD, PhD, David Ring MD, PhD, Prakash Jayakumar MBBS, DPhil   +5 more
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Interhospital transports and mortality in patients with critical COVID-19: a single-centre cohort study

BMJ Open
Objectives This study aimed to compare mortality rates and length of hospital stay between patients with critical COVID-19 transferred to another hospital due to capacity constraints and those who remained at their initial admission hospital.Design ...
Eva Joelsson-Alm, Karin Berggren, Anna Regina Schandl, Maria Cronhjort, Lina Toss Agegård, Peter Sackey, Sandra Jonmarker   +6 more
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Performance of routine surveillance diagnostics of external ventricular drain-associated infections in a critical care setting: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Introduction External ventricular drains (EVDs) are crucial for treating neurocritically ill patients but are complicated by feared EVD-associated infections (EVDIs) in up to 35% of all inserted drains, contributing significantly to morbidity, mortality ...
Marcus Ståhlberg, Jonas Blixt, Christer Mehle, Viveca Hambäck Hellkvist, Christian G. Giske, Eddie Weitzberg, David W. Nelson   +6 more
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A standardized comparison of peri-operative complications after minimally invasive esophagectomy: Ivor Lewis versus McKeown. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: While our institutional approach to esophageal resection for cancer has traditionally favored a minimally invasive (MI) 3-hole, McKeown esophagectomy (MIE 3-hole) during the last five years several factors has determined a shift in our ...
Berger, Adam C., Brown, Andrew M., Evans III, Nathaniel R., Palazzo, Francesco, Pucci, Michael J., Rosato, Ernest L., Tatarian, Talar   +6 more
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The Effect of Clinical Ambiguity on the Decision-Making Process Among Intensive Care Unit Providers in Northern America Using Clinical Vignettes in Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Desiree Fleck,1,* Hossam Gad,2,* Beth Hogan Quigley,1,* Mohamed Antar,2 Ahmed Sayed Ahmed,3 Mohamed A Mahmoud,3 Krzysztof Laudanski2 1Department of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 2Department of ...
Fleck D, Gad H, Hogan Quigley B, Antar M, Sayed Ahmed A, Mahmoud MA, Laudanski K   +6 more
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Ultrasound-based assessment of muscle mass is associated with early recovery after kidney transplant: a prospective single-center study

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Low muscle mass and frailty are associated with worse perioperative outcomes. However, traditional modalities for quantifying muscle mass are limited, costly, may require radiation exposure, and can be unreliable with kidney failure.
Nicholas V. Mendez, Michael P. Bokoch, Dieter Adelmann, Matthew D. Bucknor, Elaine Ku, Kerstin Kolodzie   +5 more
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Benchmarking imputation strategies for missing time-series data in critical care using real-world-inspired scenarios

Scientific Reports
Handling missing data remains a central challenge in Intensive Care Units (ICU) time-series analysis, where gaps frequently arise from non-random mechanisms such as sensor disconnections and workflow-driven interruptions.
Michael Poette, Sandrine Mouysset, Daniel Ruiz, Vincent Pey, Jean-Marc Alliot, Vincent Minville   +5 more
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Supplementum 282: Abstracts Swiss Anaesthesia 2024, joint annual congress of the Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and the Swiss Association for Anaesthesia Care

Swiss Medical Weekly
Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Swiss Association for Anaesthesia Care   +1 more
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Supplementum 292: Abstracts Swiss Anaesthesia 2025, joint annual congress of the Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and the Swiss Association for Anaesthesia Care (Lausanne, Switzerland, November 6-8, 2025)

Swiss Medical Weekly
Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Swiss Association for Anaesthesia Care   +1 more
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