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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"postoperative mortality"”.
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Kardiovaskuliniai įvykiai pilvo chirurgijoje /
… surgery are associated with higher morbidity and mortality. There is no clear definitions of cardiac complications, so there are differences in their assessment and management. In order to find out the timing of these complications and to investigate their impact on 30-day all-cause mortality …
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Deep Learning-Based Synthesis of Surgical Hyperspectral Images
Postoperative death within 30 days after surgical intervention is the third largest contributor to mortality globally. Causes of postoperative mortality are manifold but also comprise challenging perception and the inability to estimate physiological tissue parameters during interventions. To …
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The Influence of Elective Surgery on Health in Veterans with Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… chronic, and associated with greater risk of postoperative mortality in veterans. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to determine if elective outpatient surgery had a persistent and deleterious effect on the physical or mental health of veterans, and also to explore factors that …
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‘Fit for surgery’; retrospective analysis of the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and postoperative outcome
… of surgical cases but contributes to over 80% of postoperative deaths. Evidence suggests that cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may be an independent predictor of postoperative outcome. However, this relationship requires further understanding and optimisation to better inform patient …
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Outcomes after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) in patients with traumatic thoracic aortic injuries (TTAI) - a single center retrospective review
… surgical emergencies that are attended with high mortality rates. Most patients do not survive long enough, post injury, to reach a hospital. On-site mortality rates may approach approximately 85%. Two main treatment options for blunt thoracic aortic injuries (BTAI) are open surgery and thoracic …
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Common Arterial Trunk Repair at the Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town: A 20-year review of surgical practice and outcomes
… outcomes were 30-day and overall, in-hospital mortality for paediatric patients who underwent CAT repair at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH). Secondary outcomes encompassed (a) Incidence of postoperative complications and (b) medium-term outcomes, including reinterventions, …
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The incidence of recurrence after Delorme's procedure for full thickness rectal prolapse - a retrospective private-public cohort study
… procedure (DP), specifically recurrence and postoperative bowel function, in both a multi-surgeon public hospital and a single surgeon cohort in the private sector (Groote Schuur Hospital and Kingsbury Hospital). Patients and Methods: This retrospective cohort study includes all patients who …
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Aortic Valve Replacement: The Influence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch for Left Ventricular Remodeling, Cardiac Function and Survival
… complications and survival, to evaluate whether postoperative heart failure can be detected using brain-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as a predictive biomarker, to investigate the influence of PPM in bioprostheses with respect to recovery of left ventricular diastolic function and left …
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Trend and Impact of Nephrectomy Centralisation on Renal Cell Carcinoma Survival
… often detected incidentally. Despite this, mortality from RCC has not changed substantially and over 4,000 patients still die from RCC in the UK annually, accounting for 3% of all cancer deaths. In response, the Improving Outcomes for Urological Cancers guidance from the National Institute …
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The Green Lane Valve: a Novel Decellularised Heart Valve
… review and meta-analysis demonstrated lower postoperative mortality and reoperation rates in patients who received decellularised heart valves. Following subcutaneous implantation in rats, glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine pericardia produced evidence of myofibroblastic activity, chronic M1 …
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The association between preoperative anaemia and surgical mortality and morbidity in South African surgical patients
… anaemia has been associated with poor postoperative outcomes. To date, no large study has investigated this association in South Africa. The demographics of South African surgical patients differ from those of the European and Northern American surgical patients where the preoperative …
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Korrelation des präoperativen physischen Status und prädiktiver Parameter mit perioperativer Morbidität, Mortalität und Langzeitüberleben nach Ösophagusresektion
… analysiert und präoperativer Status und postoperativer Verlauf mittels statistischer Standartverfahren miteinander in Beziehung gesetzt. Daneben kam auch ein von H. Bartels et al. 1998 publizierter Präoperativ-Score zur Anwendung. Ferner wurde eine eigene Regressionsanalyse erstellt. Die …