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Trends in missed presentations and late HIV diagnosis in a UK teaching hospital: a retrospective comparative cohort study.
(2012-03-28)
BACKGROUND: Late diagnosis is an important cause of HIV-related morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs in the UK and undiagnosed infection limits efforts to reduce transmission. National guidelines provide recommendations ...
Safety and efficacy of duodenal stent insertion for gastric outlet obstruction: characterisation of a regional district general hospital service.
(2020-11)
INTRODUCTION: Placement of a duodenal or pyloric stent is a recognised palliative procedure for symptomatic relief of malignant gastric outlet obstruction. This procedure can be associated with significant complications, ...
The Changing Face of Emergency General Surgery: A 20-year Analysis of Secular Trends in Demographics, Diagnoses, Operations, and Outcomes.
(2020-03)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate secular trends in the epidemiology of emergency general surgery (EGS), by analyzing changes in demographics, diagnoses, operations, and outcomes between 1997 and 2016. SUMMARY ...
Twenty-year study of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality following emergency general surgical admission.
(2019-10)
BACKGROUND: Emergency general surgery (EGS) patients have a higher mortality than those having elective surgery. Few studies have investigated changes in EGS-associated mortality over time or explored mortality rates after ...
Emergency general surgery in the United Kingdom: A lot of general, not many emergencies, and not much surgery.
(2018-09)
BACKGROUND: The provision of emergency general surgery services is a global issue, with important implications for patients and workforce. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of emergency general ...
Cannulated Lag Screw Fixation of Displaced Lateral Humeral Condyle Fractures Is Associated With Lower Rates of Open Reduction and Infection Than Pin Fixation.
(2017-01)
BACKGROUND: Open reduction/internal fixation remains the most common way to surgically stabilize displaced pediatric lateral humeral condyle fractures, but closed reduction and internal fixation is being increasingly used. ...
Updated Results of the COVID-19 in MS Global Data Sharing Initiative: Anti-CD20 and Other Risk Factors Associated With COVID-19 Severity.
(2022-11)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Certain demographic and clinical characteristics, including the use of some disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), are associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection ...
Magnetic resonance imaging investigation of radio-lunate relations: use in assessing distal radial fracture reduction.
(2017-03)
UNLABELLED: Reformatted magnetic resonance imaging scans of 27 normal wrists were examined in incremental degrees of rotation around the central axis of the radial shaft to 30° in both directions from true lateral. A line ...
Bilateral pulmonary metastasectomy through right thoracotomy.
(2013-07)
Bilateral thoracotomies spaced at least 4 weeks apart are often required for the resection of bilateral pulmonary metastases. The anatomic distribution of the metastatic disease may rarely permit excision of bilateral ...
Need for recovery amongst emergency physicians in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional survey.
(2020-11-02)
OBJECTIVES: To determine the need for recovery (NFR) among emergency physicians and to identify demographic and occupational characteristics associated with higher NFR scores. DESIGN: Cross-sectional electronic survey. ...