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Does bariatric surgery prior to total hip or knee arthroplasty reduce post-operative complications and improve clinical outcomes for obese patients? Systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2016 AIMS: Our aim was to determine whether, based on the current literature, bariatric surgery prior to total hip (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) reduces the complication rates and improves the outcome following arthroplasty in obese patients. METHODS:
Aboelmagd, T +3 more
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Traumatic and surgical wounds [PDF]
BMJ, 2006 Management of traumatic and surgical wounds has had a chequered history. For example, in 1346 at the Battle of Crecy, France, foot soldiers were issued with cobwebs to staunch haemorrhage caused by trauma. Two centuries later, the eminent surgeon Ambroise Pare (1510-1590) rejected boiling oil as a primary dressing after amputation, preferring a mixture
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in early childhood. Its clinical behavior is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal outcome despite intensive treatment. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees ...
Annemieke Littooij +11 more
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Observational Analysis of Point-of-Care Lactate Plus™ Meter in Preclinical Trauma Models
DiagnosticsBackground/Objectives: Blood lactate concentration is often used to assess systemic hypoperfusion, tissue hypoxia, and sepsis in trauma patients and serves as a prognostic indicator and marker of response to therapy.
Catharina Gaeth +4 more
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Exploring resilience for people with type 2 diabetes who have a wound [PDF]
, 2015 Comorbidities related to diabetes such as chronic wounds can increase the need for surgical procedures, with at least 10% of all patients undergoing surgery having diabetes.
Edward, Karen-Leigh, Ousey, Karen
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Not-so-minor injuries: delayed diagnosis of a large splinter [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: In contrast with victims of major trauma, patients who suffer minor injuries receive little specialist input. In most cases, this causes no difficulty, but there are situations where minor trauma results in persistent disability affecting ...
Howells, L +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy remains a major complication in pediatric cancer, with disrupted somatosensory and nociceptive processing being a key aspect. This review synthesizes empirical studies on alterations in somatosensory and nociceptive processing in children and adolescents with cancer.
Julia Schweiger +4 more
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BiomedicinesThe extent and depth of burn injury may mandate temporary use of cadaver skin (allograft) to protect the wound and allow the formation of granulation tissue while split-thickness skin grafts (STSGs) are serially harvested from the same donor areas ...
Randolph Stone +8 more
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A Pilot Study for Enhancing Postpartum Discharge Instructions for Incision Care: Assessment of Comprehension [PDF]
, 2017 Literacy and Health Care • 14.5% of United States is illiterate 1 • Reading level of most medical forms is 10th grade 2 Improving Outcomes with a Visual Aid • Cesarean Surgical Site Infection (SSI) rate is 5% 3 • A patient with a SSI can be 2 times as
Baxter, MD, MSCP, Jason K. +3 more
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Human Wounds and Its Burden: An Updated Compendium of Estimates [PDF]
, 2019 Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that ∼8.2 million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and chronic wound treatments ranged from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion ...
Sen, Chandan K.
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