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Research Background and Rationale At the end of December 2019, pneumonia of unknown origin was detected in the hospitals of Wuhan city, China, and reported to the WHO country office for the first time [1-3]. After a few days, the Chinese government has confirmed the human-to-human transmission of
Background
On February 21th 2020, SARS-CoV-2 outbreak erupted in Italy and, in the immediately subsequent period, all the Italian regional Health Systems had to face with an overwhelming increase of COVID-19 admissions requiring isolation, oxygen, ventilation and ICU beds.
The COVID-19 related
Design: Retrospective cohort study that will review the data of patients seen in participating centers with a confirmed or probable diagnosis of COVID-19 between March and April 2020. Those patients who test positive for nasopharyngeal exudate for SARS-CoV-2 will be considered a confirmed case using
Decision to perform this observational study was made due to the lack of information on the local incidence and risk factors for the development of immediate postoperative delirium (IPD).
A literature review was done to study the already implicated perioperative causative factors as well as other
I. BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE
1. Historical Background
Every day 16,000 children under the age of 5-years die. Although strides have been made in early diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia, it still accounts for about 15% of deaths of children under 5-years (1). Unfortunately care providers in low-
On the other hand, despite the EUS-injection of coils and CYA have shown very promising results, it is extremely important to have experience performing this technique, as the injection in a wrong vessel could be catastrophic. It has been develop in our unit a modification of Binmoeller´s original
Method.
Study population:
The study is a retrospective, multicenter cohort study, conducted at Rambam Health Care Campus and Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv and includes all Clalit HMO insured patients who were admitted for investigation of first event of syncope from 2006 to 2013 (diagnosis on
Coils that are currently used for intravascular embolization treatments can be delivered under EUS guidance offering a new treatment approach. Romero-Castro et al. previously reported a case series by using up to 20 coils to eradicate gastric fundic varices (GFV) in 4 patients, with a 75% success
Participants will be recruited from the current waiting list at either Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre or Big Thunder Orthopedics. The physician will be discussing the study and eligibility requirements with the potential participants. The research assistant at Big Thunder will then
The investigators propose to realize a single-center prospective, randomized, parallel group, to compare two groups of patients admitted with febrile pulmonary embolism . In the first group of patients, the use of antibiotics will be guided by clinical (clinical group). In the second group, the use
Cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infection is a complication of increasing incidence. The prevalence of CIED infection is estimated at 2%, with differences between authors ranging from 0.13% to 19.9%.
According to European Heart Rhythm Association survey conducted in high volume
PROCEDURAL DETAILS
A sleeve gastrectomy is performed with the patient in reverse Trendelenburg position. The liver is retracted cephalad and to the right, and the short gastric vessels of the greater curvature and retrogastric attachments are divided from the angle of His to approximately 6-8cm from
Malleolar fractures
Surgical treatment of patients with malleolar fractures imposes a special challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. A typical ankle fracture results in haematoma, sometimes blistering and almost always oedema formation. This postpones the optimal time for surgery. When operating on a
Introduction:
Major hepatectomy lead to significant postoperative anatomical and physiological changes. The liver dictates the systemic metabolic environment and helps maintain homeostasis. When segments of liver are removed, it is challenged to regenerate and restore cellular volume, as well as