Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler +8 more
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Environmental, Nutritional, and Therapeutic Factors That Affect Surgical Wound Healing: A Narrative Review of Experimental Findings From the Last 5 Years. [PDF]
Zimmerman HM +5 more
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Associations of Sleep and Shift Work With Osteoarthritis Risk
Objective Daily rhythms may be critical for maintaining homeostasis of joint tissues. We aimed to investigate the relationships among circadian clock disruption, sleep, and osteoarthritis (OA) risk in humans. Methods In the UK Biobank, a prospective 500,000–person cohort, we evaluated associations among sleep duration, sleeplessness/insomnia, and shift
Elizabeth L. Yanik +5 more
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Unintentionally retained surgical gauze presenting as chronic infected fistula to the surgical wound: a report of two cases. [PDF]
Bake JF +6 more
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Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu +110 more
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Advancing understanding of HIFU in uterine fibroids: A meta-review on postoperative recovery and surgical wound healing. [PDF]
Cao WT, Peng ZH, Wang RQ, Luo H.
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs +15 more
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Correction: Risk factors and incidence of surgical wound infection after stoma reversal: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Li S, Zhou Z, Wang F, Li W, Liu C, Li L.
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Antibiotic treatment practice for multidrug-resistant bacteria in deep surgical wound Infections - A retrospective analysis from the trauma registry. [PDF]
Muhammad ZA, Ahmad T, Muhammad MA.
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Objective The objective of this study was to estimate the minimal important change (MIC) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for pain and physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) following a physiotherapist‐guided exercise intervention.
Yareni Guerrero +8 more
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