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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2020 Background Most preventing measures for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are based mainly on the decolonization of the internal surface of the endotracheal tubes (ETTs).
María Jesús Pérez-Granda +8 more
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The relationship between systemic inflammation and stoma formation following anterior resection for rectal cancer: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: There is evidence that temporary defunctioning stoma formation in patients undergoing anterior resection reduces the risk of anastomotic leakage.
Horgan, Paul G. +3 more
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Cardiac and Pulmonary Ultrasound for Diagnosing TRALI
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2015 Unexpected acute respiratory failure after anesthesia is a diagnostic challenge: residual neuromuscular blockade, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, laryngospasm, atelectasis, aspiration pneumonitis, and other more uncommon causes should be taken into ...
J. I. Alonso-Fernández +5 more
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Management of a huge right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple comorbidities
The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2020 Background Floating right heart thrombi (RHT) represent an underdiagnosed, potentially hazardous, and to some extent rare phenomenon in patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (APE).
Peter Philip Shaker Selwanos +6 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Despite the several strategies available for the management of biofilm-associated ventilator-associated pneumonia, data regarding the efficacy of applying antibiotics to the subglottic space (SS) are scarce.
María Jesús Pérez-Granda +6 more
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BJA Open, 2023 Background: Whilst somatic complications after major surgery are being increasingly investigated, the research field has scarce data on psychiatric outcomes such as postoperative depression. This study evaluates the impact of patient and surgical factors
Matilda Widaeus +3 more
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Clinicopathological determinants of an elevated systemic inflammatory response following elective potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: The postoperative systemic inflammatory response (SIR) is related to both long- and short-term outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer.
Horgan, Paul G. +6 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Background and Aims: Paracetamol (PCM) has an anti-shivering effect and may also exacerbate intraoperative hypothermia. This study compares the incidence of shivering as the primary outcome and the incidence of perioperative hypothermia (
Medha Mohta, T Bindu Mounika, Asha Tyagi
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Huge Interatrial Septal Aneurysm: A Coincidental but Rather Fatal Finding
Case Reports in Medicine, 2011 We report the case of a patient with a huge interatrial septal aneurysm as an intraoperative coincidental finding that led to a fatal outcome. The patient was admitted to our hospital in order to undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting because ...
Petros Tzimas, Georgios Papadopoulos
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Effect of Lowest Instrumented Vertebra on Trunk Mobility in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing a Posterior Spinal Fusion [PDF]
, 2014 Study Design Prospective. Objectives The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of posterior spinal fusion surgery terminating at different lowest instrumented vertebrae (LIV) on trunk mobility in individuals with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (
Anissipour, Alireza K. +10 more
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