80 Furthermore, we advocate bariatric surgery for all potential donors with a BMI>40 kg/m2, in which standard dietary restriction results in insufficient weight loss. One must bear in mind that long-term follow-up of obese renal donors is limited, as obesity has been considered a relative ...
Commonly prescribed medications that may be potentially inappropriate in both groups included benzodiazepines, proton-pump inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and risperidone was an additional contributor in the non-frail group. When adjusted for other characteristics, frail women had a ...
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Although these criteria represent advancement in the field, many questions remain, including their role in clinical practice, biomarker discovery, and regulatory review of new drugs or devices seeking Food and Drug Administration approval. For certain organs and sites, the minimal criteria to diagnose ...
High-throughput ‘omics’ technologies that generate molecular profiles for biospecimens have been extensively used in preclinical studies to reveal molecular subtypes and elucidate the biological mechanisms of disease, and in retrospective studies on cl
High-throughput ‘omics’ technologies that generate molecular profiles for biospecimens have been extensively used in preclinical studies to reveal molecular subtypes and elucidate the biological mechanisms of disease, and in retrospective studies on cl
UWL: non volitional weight loss >5% within the last 6 months, or >10% beyond the last 6 months. Free Fat Mass Index (FFMI): calculated as FFM (kg) divided by squared height (meters). FFMI cut-offs for malnutrition risk are <17 kg/m2 for men and <15 kg/m2 for women. Food and...
(e.g., morphine, drugs to control anxiety), establishing priorities, but not excluding people from access to goods essential for their survival. Indeed, rationing can be ethically defensible and even recommended in situations as varied as the favoring of socially unprotected people (e.g., ...
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particularly as drugs have now proven to be effective and licensed for its treatment. Unfortunately, current criteria lack sensitivity and specificity, making early identification and severity assessment of SOS/VOD difficult. The aim of this work is to propose a new definition for diagnosis, and a...