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Ileostomy creation in colorectal cancer surgery: risk of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

The Journal of surgical research Nov 29, 2016
BACKGROUND: Ileostomy creation is associated with postoperative dehydration and readmission; however, the effect on renal function is unknown. Our goal was to characterize the impact of ileostomy creation on acute and chronic renal function.
Ileostomy Treatment Outcome Follow-Up Studies Patient Readmission Proportional Hazards Models Propensity Score Humans Retrospective Studies Acute Kidney Injury Female Colorectal Neoplasms Risk Factors Male Aged Middle Aged Aged, 80 and over Postoperative Complications Adult Logistic Models Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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Comparison of Data from a Single-Analyte and a Multianalyte Method for Determination of Urinary Total Deoxynivalenol in Human Samples.

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Nov 28, 2016
Deoxynivalenol (DON) exposure is estimated by the combined measures of urinary DON and DON-glucuronides. In this study, data from single-mycotoxin (SM) and a multimycotoxin (MM) methods were compared for 256 Swedish adult urine samples. Both methods ...
Adult Male Middle Aged Pilot Projects Adolescent Food Contamination Chromatography, Liquid Mycotoxins Tandem Mass Spectrometry Humans Trichothecenes Female Aged Aged, 80 and over Young Adult
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Exploring Value From the Patient's Perspective Between Modern Radiation Therapy Modalities for Localized Prostate Cancer.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Nov 24, 2016
PURPOSE: Patients' perspectives on their treatment experiences have not been compared between modern radiation modalities for localized prostate cancer. We evaluated treatment regret and patients' perceptions of their treatment experiences to better ...
Watchful Waiting Patient Satisfaction Brachytherapy Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated Radiosurgery Surveys and Questionnaires Follow-Up Studies Emotions Decision Making Prostatic Neoplasms Aged Aged, 80 and over Adult Male Middle Aged Humans
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Living with the animals: animal or robotic companions for the elderly in smart homes?

Journal of medical ethics Nov 22, 2016
Although the use of pet robots in senior living facilities and day-care centres, particularly for individuals suffering from dementia, has been intensively researched, the question of introducing pet robots into domestic settings has been relatively ...
Humans Aged Aged, 80 and over Homes for the Aged Equipment Design Pets Communication Activities of Daily Living Animals Independent Living Dementia Social Behavior Robotics Patient Acceptance of Health Care Remote Sensing Technology Animal Assisted Therapy
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Predictors of in-hospital mortality following major lower extremity amputations in type 2 diabetic patients using artificial neural networks.

BMC medical research methodology Nov 22, 2016
BACKGROUND: Outcome prediction is important in the clinical decision-making process. Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been used to predict the risk of post-operative events, including survival, and are increasingly being used in complex medical ...
Patient Discharge Outcome Assessment, Health Care Multivariate Analysis Spain Amputation, Surgical Prevalence Comorbidity Hospital Mortality Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Lower Extremity Humans Neural Networks, Computer Prognosis Retrospective Studies Female Aged Aged, 80 and over Male Middle Aged
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Robotic-Assisted Versus Manual Prostatic Arterial Embolization for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Comparative Analysis.

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology Nov 21, 2016
PURPOSE: Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a safe and efficacious procedure for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), though is technically challenging. We present our experience of technical and clinical outcomes of robotic and manual PAE in pati...
Humans Time Factors Treatment Outcome Prostatic Hyperplasia Robotics Prostate Embolization, Therapeutic Retrospective Studies Aged Aged, 80 and over Male Middle Aged
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Ways of Grieving Among Ojibwe Elders: "They're All Around Us. They're Always.".

Omega Nov 18, 2016
Death, grief, and loss are common experiences for many individuals who identify as American Indian/Alaska Native, yet decidedly little is known about the lived experience of grieving in this population. To address this gap in the literature, research...
Humans Middle Aged Female Indians, North American Aged Grief Aged, 80 and over Attitude to Death Male Spirituality
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Early surgery after angiography in patients scheduled for valve replacement.

Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals Nov 14, 2016
Background There are limited data regarding the risks of cardiac surgery early after coronary angiography in patients scheduled for isolated aortic and/or mitral valve replacement. Our aim was to evaluate the risk of early surgery after coronary angi...
Risk Assessment Time Factors Hospital Mortality Treatment Outcome Aortic Valve Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Male Middle Aged Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation Time-to-Treatment Renal Insufficiency Coronary Angiography Creatinine Patient Selection Mitral Valve Heart Valve Diseases Humans Biomarkers Retrospective Studies Acute Kidney Injury Female
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Emergent laparotomy and temporary abdominal closure for the cirrhotic patient.

The Journal of surgical research Nov 11, 2016
BACKGROUND: Temporary abdominal closure (TAC) may be performed for cirrhotic patients undergoing emergent laparotomy. The effects of cirrhosis on physiologic parameters, resuscitation requirements, and outcomes following TAC are unknown. We hypothesi...
Aged Aged, 80 and over Young Adult Adult Male Middle Aged Emergencies Sepsis Adolescent Liver Cirrhosis Treatment Outcome Humans Retrospective Studies Female Risk Factors Wounds and Injuries Follow-Up Studies Laparotomy Abdominal Wound Closure Techniques Intra-Abdominal Hypertension Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
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The Variability of Translocator Protein Signal in Brain and Blood of Genotyped Healthy Humans Using In Vivo I-CLINDE SPECT Imaging: A Test-Retest Study.

Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine Nov 10, 2016
I-CLINDE is a radiotracer developed for SPECT and targets the 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO). TSPO is upregulated in glial cells and used as a measure of neuroinflammation in a variety of central nervous system diseases. The aim of this study was...
Tissue Distribution Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Receptors, GABA Humans Aged Biomarkers Genotype Aged, 80 and over Brain Radiopharmaceuticals Adult Female Reference Values Sensitivity and Specificity Reproducibility of Results Molecular Imaging Male Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic Middle Aged
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