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Cellulitis: Treatment failure or failure to define treatment failure? [PDF]
Dear Editor, Cellulitis is a common ED diagnosis and antibiotics are part of routine management. Each year, almost 60 000 people are hospitalised for treatment of cellulitis in Australia, of which an estimated 11% were deemed preventable.1 Appropriate antibiotic selection involves the right antibiotic type, dosage and route of administration.
Nimai Etheridge, Gerben Keijzers
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Is “Failure to treat” a Treatment failure?
Over-servicing in dentistry has been widely reported on and censured due to the potential physical, social and financial harms it can cause a patient. In contrast, under-treatment is less often noticed or raised as a concern as it seldom presents with overt signs of carelessness or disregard.
Sykes, Leanne M. +3 more
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Treatment failure in osteoporosis [PDF]
Guidelines concerning the definition of failure of therapies used to reduce the risk of fracture are provided.This study aims to provide guidelines concerning the definition of failure of therapies used to reduce the risk of fracture.A working group of the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation was convened to ...
Diez-Perez, A +13 more
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore the associations between percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) insertion timing relative to cardiac surgery and patient outcomes.
Jean-Luc A. Maigrot, BS +5 more
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Necroptosis has emerged as a novel and crucial player in acute and chronic liver diseases. Necroptotic cells lead to the release of DAMPs including S100A9, followed by the development of necroinflammation.
Li Bai +5 more
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Treatment failure in tuberculosis [PDF]
Treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection with 3 months of rifampicin/isoniazid is a major part of preventive TB programmes. The effectiveness of treatment of latent TB infection can only be assessed by rates of subsequent breakdown and there are few outcome data for this combination of rifampicin/isoniazid.
J R, Panickar, W, Hoskyns
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IntroductionExtracellular vesicles (EVs) carrying functional cargoes are emerging as biomarkers and treatment strategies in multiple liver diseases. Nevertheless, the potential of EVs in liver failure remains indistinct.
Wang Lu +9 more
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Background Natriuretic peptides have been recommended as biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with heart failure and are often elevated in the setting of acute kidney injury.
Thanat Chaikijurajai +2 more
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The level of NT-proBNP in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction of the left ventricle [PDF]
The prevalence of chronic heart failure (CHF) remains high. Echocardiography is a reliable method of diagnosing heart failure. Determination of brain natriuretic peptide allows to identify patients with the most probable diagnosis of heart failure, which
V V Kirillova +3 more
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Background Infection is common in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), which may worsen the clinical condition and prognosis. However, the characteristics of infection and its influence on prognosis in hepatitis B virus related ACLF (HBV-ACLF) as ...
Xing-Ran Zhai +9 more
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