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The surgeon as a risk factor [PDF]
Surgery can be a risky business. Members of the public are now attuned to that fact and appreciate that their surgeon's performance is a key determinant of success. Outcome after surgery is of course relatively easy to assess; you survive the operation or you don't, the anastomosis holds or it doesn't, the hernia recurs or it doesn't, and so on.
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Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: Global Trends, Etiology and Risk Factors
Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. However, its toll is higher in more developed countries. Reasons for vast differences in mortality rates of pancreatic cancer are not completely clear yet, but it may be ...
Prashanth Rawla, T. Sunkara, V. Gaduputi
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Sudden Fall in the Lipid-Lowering Effect of Evolocumab: The Butler Is Not Always Guilty
A 78-year-old man came to our attention after undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography documenting multivessel coronary artery disease. He was started on treatment with the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor ...
Federica Fogacci+3 more
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We discuss how to build ETF risk models. Our approach anchors on i) first building a multilevel (non-)binary classification/taxonomy for ETFs, which is utilized in order to define the risk factors, and ii) then building the risk models based on these risk factors by utilizing the heterotic risk model construction of https://ssrn.com/abstract=2600798 ...
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Effects of heat waves on heat stroke in Shanghai, 2013—2023
BackgroundThe substantial health damage attributed to heat waves, along with their increasing intensity and frequency in the context of global warming, highlights the importance of exploring the health effects of heat waves.
Fei’er CHEN+6 more
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In this study, the squid surimi gel was prepared by sodium citrate (SC) and sodium tartrate (ST) which substituted of sodium chloride (NaCl) in different proportions and the effect of organic salts on the properties changes of squid surimi gel was ...
Ming'ao LI+6 more
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Epidemiology of colorectal cancer: incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors
According to GLOBOCAN 2018 data, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most deadly and fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Nearly 2 million new cases and about 1 million deaths are expected in 2018.
Prashanth Rawla, T. Sunkara, A. Barsouk
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The 18th National Postgraduate Symposium on Environmental and Occupational Medicine, co-sponsored by the Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine and the School of Public Health of Sun Yat-sen University, was successfully ...
Yunjia ZHAO+6 more
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Background In 1996, Shanghai implemented universal salt iodization and has became the last provincial unit in China to carry out this intervention. In this study, we summarized achievements in past 20 years, to provide suggestions and evidence for the ...
Zhengyuan Wang+9 more
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