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Association of tracheostomy timing with outcomes following traumatic brain injury
Surgery Open ScienceIntroduction: The optimal timing for tracheostomy among patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains controversial. Earlier tracheostomy is hypothesized to reduce sedation requirements and allow for earlier mobility.
Syed Shaheer Ali +7 more
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Persistent vegetative state secondary to a motor vehicle accident [PDF]
, 2012 The case presents a young girl who was involved in a road traffic accident. Despite being alive at present, her body cannot perform any basic functions since she is in a persistent vegetative state.
Abela, Franklin, Dimech, Anthony
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The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective A “Code Blue” is a term to activate an alarm for the resuscitation team for a patient who has a cardiopulmonary arrest. The role of a pediatric otolaryngologist in a tracheostomy‐related code blue case is not clearly defined. We aim to describe the role of pediatric otolaryngologists in pediatric tracheostomy code blue (PTCB) cases ...
Deepa Shivnani +12 more
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Restoring Functional Status: A Long-Term Case Report of Severe Lung and Ventilatory Muscle Pump Dysfunction Involving Recurrent Bacterial Pneumonias [PDF]
, 2012 Background and Purpose: Prolonged mechanical ventilation contributes to immobility and deconditioning making efforts to safely discontinue ventilator support desirable. This case report documents how implementing physical therapy treatment interventions,
Laatsch-Lybeck, Linda Jean +2 more
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ALT Rescue Flap With Iliac Crest Bone Graft and Spanning Plate for Mandibular ORN
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.In select patients with focal full‐thickness mandibular ORN defects, the use of ALTFL in conjunction with ICBG and a spanning reconstructive plate appears to offer clinical and radiographic arrest of ORN. This technique has considerably lower morbidity than osteocutaneous reconstruction, with abbreviated hospital stays, a low complication rate, and no ...
Derek J. Vos +4 more
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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From Expectations to Experience: A Comparison of Program Director Priorities to Resident Case Logs
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.The present study identified 47 essential otolaryngology procedures via program director surveys and evaluated the extent of resident participation in these cases through ACGME case logs. Results revealed significant variability in surgical experience, with nearly half of these essential procedures being logged fewer than 10 times during residency ...
Taylor S. Erickson +7 more
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ChildrenBackground/Objectives: Children with neurological impairments, especially those who are non-ambulatory, may require additional care services beyond what is available for the general pediatric population, and tracheostomy may be necessary for addressing ...
Young Tae Lim, Jung Eun Kwon
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Improving citations of published articles [PDF]
Higher educational institutions are ranked according to the number of citations received for their published work. More the citations better is the ranking. Every researcher hence looks to improve the citation score for their published work. This article
Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan +1 more
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