Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Surgical Outcomes
ABSTRACT The influence of coexisting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cognitive impairment (CI) on perioperative outcomes is unclear, despite its potential clinical significance. We aimed to compare clinical outcomes between surgical patients with OSA or high risk OSA (OSA/HR‐OSA) who have CI and those without CI.
Yasmin Alhamdah +9 more
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Low Rate of Urological Complications in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Using a Stentless Ureteral Anastomosis. [PDF]
Ciancio G +6 more
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Although chronic air pollution exposure is linked to lung cancer mortality, the short‐term effects of fluctuating air quality on overall cancer mortality remain uncertain. Here, the authors applied geomatics and machine‐learning models to retrospectively examine possible associations between 31‐day pollution exposure and mortality in a French cancer ...
Loice Pokam +12 more
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Robot-assisted urologic surgery after kidney transplantation: indications, graft-protection strategies, and outcomes-a scoping review. [PDF]
Drobot RB +9 more
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Refining risk stratification after indeterminate urinary cytology: Evidence from Bladder EpiCheck
Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate Bladder EpiCheck (BE) performance in detecting urothelial carcinoma (UC) and HG (high‐grade) events in patients with indeterminate cytology and negative cystoscopy. Methods This prospective study included 63 patients who presented with indeterminate urinary cytology and negative cystoscopy between ...
Claudia Mercader +12 more
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Feasibility and preliminary safety of urologic telesurgery using Chinese surgical systems: a single-center exploratory case series. [PDF]
Xu T +6 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produce guidelines that provide evidence‐based recommendations to support clinical care across England and Wales, but remain available in unstructured natural language form.
Ashvin Gupta +3 more
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Magnitude and outcome of urologic emergencies: prospective cohort study. [PDF]
Dejene EF, Debele AA, Demilow TL.
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Abstract Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common urologic disease in aging men, resulting in significant morbidity. The etiologies of BPH are unknown, though chronic prostatic inflammation is known to promote hyperplasia, fibrotic remodeling, and therapeutic resistance in BPH.
Nadia A Lanman +12 more
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Assessing the urologist workforce in British Columbia Wait times, workload, and burnout in 2022. [PDF]
Godard L +6 more
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