Published in Journal of infection and public health
Empyema is a serious infection in pleural space. Finding out seasonal variations of empyema and its pathogens can help in providing preventive measures, and implicating future researches. This study is a 10-year observational study in a single center. Patients with empyema thoracis receiving thoracoscopic decortication between January 2012 and Dece...
Land use and land cover (LULC) scenarios are often co-produced by researchers and a reduced in the scenarios making, restricting the diffusion of scientific results to the co-construction group can limit their potential to support land management. In this study, we want to investigate if disseminating some LUCC scenarios to a broad and heterogeneou...
Background: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are recommended for the management of acute postoperative pain as part of a multimodal strategy to reduce opioid use, relieve pain, and reduce chronic pain in non-cardiac surgery. However, significant concerns arise in cardiac surgery due to the potential adverse effects of NSAID including ...
Published in European heart journal
This study assessed the impact of incorporating cancer as a predictor on performance of the PRECISE-DAPT score. A nationally linked cohort of ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients between 1 January 2005 and 31 March 2019 was derived from the UK Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project and the UK Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient...
Published in Heart rhythm
Conduction system pacing (CSP) has emerged as an alternative therapy to traditional right ventricular (RV) pacing. However, most CSP studies reflect small cohorts or single-center experience. This analysis compared CSP with dual-chamber (DC) RV pacing in a large, population-based cohort using data from the Micra Coverage with Evidence Development s...
Active surveillance (AS) is a viable strategy for managing small renal masses (SRMs) in lieu of immediate surgery, but concerns persist regarding its impact on delayed partial nephrectomy (PN) outcomes. We aimed to compare perioperative and pathological outcomes of patients initially on AS for SRMs, later undergoing PN, against those undergoing imm...
Published in Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
Despite various surgical and nonsurgical strategies for abdominal wall endometriosis, the lack of definitive guidance on optimal treatment choice leads to clinical uncertainty. This review scrutinizes the safety and efficacy of abdominal wall endometriosis treatments to aid in decision-making. We performed a systematic literature review of PubMed, ...
INTRODUCTION: Pediatric intracranial aneurysms (IAs) are rare and have distinct clinical profiles compared to adult IAs. They differ in location, size, morphology, presentation, and treatment strategies. We present our experience with pediatric IAs over an 18-year period using surgical and endovascular treatments and review the literature to identi...
UNLABELLED: International Society of Urological Pathology grade group 1 (GG 1) prostate cancer (PCa) is generally considered insignificant, with recent suggestions that it should even be considered as "noncancerous". We evaluated outcomes for patients with GG 1 PCa on biopsy (bGG 1) and high-risk features (prostate-specific antigen [PSA] >20 ng/ml ...
As a result of an increased focus on early detection including lung cancer screening, combined with more curative treatment options, the 5-year survival rates for lung cancer are improving. Welcome though this is, it brings new, hitherto unseen challenges. As more patients are cured and survive longer, they are at risk of developing second primary ...
