submitted by angela254 8 minutes ago
This document is intended to give clinical guidance for the diagnosis of symptomatic recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE) and/or deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We define recurrent PE and DVT as those events occurring after an initial course of adequate antithrombotic treatment for a first venous thromb...
submitted by tamfriebarg 8 minutes ago
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is required for hemostasis, recruiting platelets from rapidly flowing blood to sites of vessel injury and protecting factor VIII (FVIII) from degradation. The adhesive activity of VWF correlates with its size: large VWF multimers bind more avidly to platelets [1]. VWF ...
submitted by TyeJere 8 minutes ago
We read with interest the recent paper “Cigarette smoking and the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study” by Enga KF identifying smoking as a risk factor for provoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) [1]. However, risk for unprovoked VTE, e.g. without associated comorbidities such as m...
submitted by heinzl 10 minutes ago
To determine whether tubal ligation is a risk factor for future hysterectomy after second-generation endometrial ablation. Retrospective chart review (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). Resident-run clinic and private office in a community setting. Five hundred eighty-seven patients who un...
submitted by GranCannon 26 minutes ago
Differential access to healthy foods has been hypothesized to contribute to health disparities, but evidence from low and middle-income countries in scarce. This study examines whether the access of healthy foods varies across store types and neighborhoods of different socioeconomic statuses (SES...
submitted by TysonNatha 26 minutes ago
There is a growing body of research linking urban transport systems to inequities in health. However, there is a lack of research providing evidence of the effect of transport systems on indigenous family wellbeing. We examined the connections between urban transport and the health and wellbeing ...
submitted by vagg 1 hour ago
Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is increasingly recognized as a major stroke subtype worldwide. Current diagnostic evaluation of atherosclerotic disease of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) relies on detection of stenoses with luminographic imaging studies that do not directly visualize plaqu...
submitted by julienb147 2 hours ago
The goal of this investigation was to investigate how walking patterns are affected following muscle-damaging exercise by quantifying both lower limb kinematics and kinetics. Fifteen young women conducted a maximal isokinetic eccentric exercise (EE) muscle damage protocol (5×15) of the knee exte...
submitted by sason227 2 hours ago
The objective of this study was to obtain parameter estimates for the efficacy of duloxetine versus alternative oral therapies for the treatment of chronic low back pain. Electronic databases were searched to identify randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trials. Studies reporting pain inte...
submitted by mayo2238 2 hours ago
The International Classification of Human Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) provides insight into functional health status in patients with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). In the assessment of functional limitations in patients with WAD, there are several condition-specific questionnai...
submitted by cristy56 2 hours ago
Nous rapportons le cas d’un patient ayant présenté une occlusion de la veine centrale de la rétine associée à l’apparition de blanc périveinulaire. La prise en charge par OCT spectral domain en mode « en-face » a permis une mise en évidence précise de ces zones de micro-infarcisse...
submitted by oleanomarorea 3 hours ago
Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction is a commonly performed procedure for patellofemoral instability. In recent years the surgery has evolved considerably as the anatomy and goals of reconstruction have become more defined. This has resulted in numerous surgical options involving variou...
submitted by kojikovac 4 hours ago
We hypothesise that the human infant, whether born prematurely or at term, may have special capacities when mounting a healing response to severe post-natal gastrointestinal injury consequent upon stem cells of endodermal origin, located in the infant gut, persisting beyond the intrauterine perio...
submitted by JulKob 4 hours ago
The exstrophy–epispadias complex is a rare congenital malformation of the genitourinary system, abdominal wall musculature, and pelvic bones. Historically, surgical outcomes in patients with classic bladder exstrophy, the most common presentation of the exstrophy–epispadias complex, were poor...
submitted by robopalmer 4 hours ago
Hypospadias is an embryological disorder that results in an abnormal ventral positioning of the urethral meatus. Among multiple surgical techniques described to correct this anomaly, the use of buccal mucosa grafts has gained popularity among pediatric urologists, pediatric surgeons and plastic s...