Risk of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery—development and validation of a risk score and effect of acute kidney injury on survival:observational cohort study [PDF]
, 2015 Funding: This study was funded by Tenovus Tayside, Chief Scientist Office, Scotland and a travelling fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Bell, Samira +6 more
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Clinical Diagnosis of Placenta Accreta and Clinicopathological Outcomes [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To investigate the association between the intraoperative diagnosis of placenta accreta at the time of cesarean hysterectomy and pathological diagnosis.
Cahill, Alison G. +5 more
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Effect of behavioral intervention using smartphone application for preoperative anxiety in pediatric patients [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 BackgroundChildren and parents experience significant anxiety and distress during the preoperative period. This is important because preoperative anxiety in children is associated with adverse postoperative outcome.
Jong-Hyuk Lee +5 more
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Intra-operative blood salvage in total hip and knee arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose To review records of 371 patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA) with intra-operative blood salvage to determine the allogeneic blood transfusion rate and the predictors for allogeneic blood transfusion. Methods Records
Beller, Elaine +3 more
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Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively : a case control study [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery increases length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. A significant number of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures require perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP ...
Bingold, Tobias Michael +9 more
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Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 2020 A description of the work of a hospital barber, unnoticed but necessary.
Sheela Jaywant
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Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial [PDF]
, 2002 Objective To determine whether preoperative assessments carried out by appropriately trained nurses are inferior in quality to those carried out by preregistration house officers. Design Randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial.
Alhameed, Hameed +15 more
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New anthropometric classification scheme of preoperative nutritional status in children: A retrospective observational cohort study [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: WHO uses anthropometric classification scheme of childhood acute and chronic malnutrition based on low body mass index (BMI) (\u27wasting\u27) and height for age (\u27stunting\u27), respectively.
Dibbins, Albert +7 more
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Treatment of the Fractional Curve of Adult Scoliosis With Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery Versus Traditional, Open Surgery: An Analysis of Surgical Outcomes. [PDF]
, 2018 Study Design:Retrospective, multicenter review of adult scoliosis patients with minimum 2-year follow-up. Objective:Because the fractional curve (FC) of adult scoliosis can cause radiculopathy, we evaluated patients treated with either circumferential ...
Anand, Neel +18 more
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Pulmonary CirculationCardiac catheterization remains the gold standard for the diagnosis and management of pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH). There is lack of consensus regarding optimal anesthetic and airway regimen.
Emily Morell +13 more
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