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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Intramuscular and Oral Betamethasone and Dexamethasone in Reproductive Age Women in India [PDF]

Clinical and Translational Science, Volume 13, Issue 2, Page 391-399, March 2020., 2020
High‐dose betamethasone and dexamethasone are standard of care treatments for women at risk of preterm delivery to improve neonatal respiratory and mortality outcomes. The dose in current use has never been evaluated to minimize exposures while assuring efficacy.
Alan H. Jobe, Mark A. Milad, Thomas Peppard, William J. Jusko   +3 more
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Cochlear Implant Receiver Location and Migration: Experimental Validation Pilot Study of a Clinically Applicable Screening Method

Frontiers in Surgery, 2020
Objectives: Postoperative follow-up after cochlear implantation lacks a reliable screening method to detect cochlear implant receiver device migration. This study aims to validate a clinically applicable method to assess the position and migration of the
Laura M. Markodimitraki, Laura M. Markodimitraki, Inge Stegeman, Inge Stegeman, Adriana L. Smit, Adriana L. Smit, Hans G. X. M. Thomeer, Hans G. X. M. Thomeer   +7 more
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Intraoperative radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background and objective We report our experiences with Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) among breast cancer (BC) patients in our region. Methods All patients who received radical IORT from April 2014 on to March 2020 were included in the study ...
Vahid Zangouri, Hamid Nasrollahi, Ali Taheri, Majid Akrami, Peyman Arasteh, Seyed Hassan Hamedi, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Nazanin Karimaghaee, Aliye Ranjbar, Mohammad Yasin Karami, Sedigheh Tahmasebi, Ahmad Mosalaei, Abdolrasoul Talei   +12 more
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Laparoscopic vs open Ladd’s procedure for malrotation in neonates and infants: a propensity score matching analysis

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background Laparoscopic Ladd’s procedure for malrotation in children is still a controversial approach. Although some retrospective studies have compared the outcomes of the two types of procedure with inconsistency outcomes.
Weike Xie, Zhongwen Li, Qi Wang, Lei Wang, Yongkang Pan, Chaoxiang Lu   +5 more
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Quality of life among liver transplantation recipients before and after surgery: A single-center longitudinal study

Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2020
Background: Liver transplantation has improved patients' survival rates and quality of life (QoL). This study investigated the effect of liver transplantation and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score on patients' QoL at Shiraz Organ ...
Alireza Shamsaeefar, Saman Nikeghbalian, Kourosh Kazemi, Sivash Gholami, Mehrab Sayadi, Fatemeh Azadian, Nasrin Motazedian, Seyed Ali Malekhosseini   +7 more
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A problem at any age: a case report of congenital malrotation with bowel ischemia in an 84-year-old

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background Malrotation with bowel ischemia is classically thought of as a disease of infants. However, the true prevalence of malrotation in both the pediatric and adult population is unknown due to the unclear number of asymptomatic patients.
Marisa E. Schwab, Sage P. Kramer, Aya Bashi, Taehyun P. Chung, Claudia M. Mueller   +4 more
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Airway obstruction requiring tracheal intubation after fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid gland: a case report

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background There have been no reports of tracheal intubation for airway obstruction after acute thyroid swelling following fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the thyroid gland.
Junko Kousaka, Tsuneo Imai, Masayuki Saito, Hirona Banno, Yukie Ito, Mirai Ido, Manami Goto, Takahito Ando, Yukako Mouri, Kimihito Fujii, Shogo Nakano   +10 more
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Use of the Advanced Lung Cancer Inflammation Index as a Prognostic Indicator for Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
BackgroundThis study aimed to assess the clinical utility of the advanced lung cancer inflammation index (ALI) as a prognostic indicator for patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) and construct a prognostic nomogram based on ALI.MethodsA total of 97 CCA ...
Huasheng Wu, Fadian Ding, Meitai Lin, Zheng Shi, Zhengzhou Mei, Shaoqin Chen, Chao Jiang, Huabin Qiu, Zhenhua Zheng, Youting Chen, Peng Zhao   +10 more
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Postoperative decrease of albumin (ΔAlb) as early predictor of complications after gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review

Perioperative Medicine, 2022
Background Postoperative complications are frequent after gastrointestinal surgery and early prediction remains an unmet need. Serum albumin shows a rapid decrease after surgery, and this decline (ΔAlb) may reflect the intensity of the surgical stress ...
Gaëtan-Romain Joliat, Arnaud Schoor, Markus Schäfer, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Hübner, Ismail Labgaa   +5 more
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Key Technologies of New Type of Intravascular Ultrasound Image Processing

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Since entering the 21st century, the application of ultrasound technology has developed rapidly. Intravascular ultrasound technology has been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Youping Xiao
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