Heman-Ackah, Sabrina M Su, YouRong Sophie Spadola, Michael Petrov, Dmitriy Chen, H Isaac Schuster, James Lucas, Timothy
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Neurosurgery
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) represents a life-saving therapy in cases of refractory hypoxia and has been utilized in patients suffering from the most severe forms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A strikingly high mortality rate of 94% was described in early reports of patients with COVID-19 transitioned to ECMO. Later case re...
Ghaffari-Rafi, Arash Leon-Rojas, Jose
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BMC Neurology
BackgroundThe predominant treatment for epilepsy is pharmacotherapy, yet 20–40% do not respond to anti-epileptic drugs. After becoming pharmacoresistant, some patients are worked-up to determine candidacy for epilepsy surgery. Despite the 2009 American Epilepsy Society guidelines, there is no broadly accepted criteria for the investigatory pathway ...
Ogasawara, Sadahisa Ooka, Yoshihiko Koroki, Keisuke Maruta, Susumu Kanzaki, Hiroaki Kanayama, Kengo Kobayashi, Kazufumi Kiyono, Soichiro Nakamura, Masato Kanogawa, Naoya
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Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
In patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) without both macrovascular invasion and extrahepatic metastasis, the initial treatment choice recommended is transarterial chemoembolization (TACE). Before sorafenib came into wide use, TACE had been pointlessly carried out repeatedly. It was in the early 2010s that the concept of TACE re...
Girolineto, Beatriz Maria Pereira Oliveira, Alan Maicon de Gonçalves, Ana Maria Rosa Freato Campos, Marília Silveira de Almeida Pereira, Leonardo Régis Leira
ABSTRACT Objective To develop and validate the content of a tool aimed to select patients with hypertension for pharmaceutical care, based on identification of individuals in greater need of attention. Methods The tool was developed and assessed for face and content validity, which was carried out in three stages. Phase I consisted of comprehensive...
Girolineto, Beatriz Maria Pereira de Oliveira, Alan Maicon Gonçalves, Ana Maria Rosa Freato Campos, Marília Silveira de Almeida Pereira, Leonardo Régis Leira
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Einstein
Objective To develop and validate the content of a tool aimed to select patients with hypertension for pharmaceutical care, based on identification of individuals in greater need of attention. Methods The tool was developed and assessed for face and content validity, which was carried out in three stages. Phase I consisted of comprehensive literatu...
Morrell, Aidan T. Golladay, Gregory J. Kates, Stephen L.
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Arthroplasty Today
Background Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Patient optimization represents an important target for PJI prevention. Unfortunately, best practice screening guidelines are not consistently followed by all surgeons. Our study aimed to determine both the degree and the effect that compl...
Au, Kin Pan Chan, Albert Chi Yan
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World Journal of Gastroenterology
Since its introduction in 2012, associating liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) has significantly expanded the pool of candidates for liver resection. It offers patients with insufficient liver function a chance of a cure. ALPPS is most controversial when its high morbidity and mortality is concerned. Operative ...
Miglietta, Federica Griguolo, Gaia Guarneri, Valentina Dieci, Maria Vittoria
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The oncologist
In the light of recent advances in the immunotherapy field for breast cancer (BC) treatment, especially in the triple-negative subtype, the identification of reliable biomarkers capable of improving patient selection is paramount, because only a portion of patients seem to derive benefit from this appealing treatment strategy. In this context, the ...
Theuns, Dominic A M J Bhagwandien, Rohit E Szili-Torok, Tamas Zijlstra, Felix Yap, Sing-Chien
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
The subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) was developed to avoid complications related to transvenous leads. A trade-off with the S-ICD is the inability to deliver antitachycardia pacing (ATP). Data is scarce about the recurrence and characteristics of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTa) during a follow-up in survivors of out-of-hospital ca...
Wulfmeyer, Vera C. Auber, Bernd Haller, Hermann Schmitt, Roland
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American Journal of Nephrology
Background: Tolvaptan can slow down renal function decline in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). While there is consensus across international recommendations that the drug should only be used in patients with high risk of rapid progression, identification criteria for rapid progression vary. Here, we investigated different asse...
