The aim of this study was to firstly assess the incidence of malnutrition as determined by a validated assessment tool (SGA) in a surgical HNC population undergoing either a laryngectomy, pharyngectomy or pharyngolaryngectomy; and secondly determine the relationship between nutritional status on p...
For post-surgical PNP existing for less than 12 months and greater than 10 years an important or complete effect was observed for 70.7% and 56.0% of applications. For chemotherapy- or radiotherapy-induced PNP, this important or complete effect was observed for 52.7% and 52.3% of applications, ...
Outcome 1 was felt likely to generate the largest number of results as the inclusion of both ICD-10 and OPCS codes allows for the capture of any patients in the target population who are found to have either a small pleural effusion that may not require or be safe for intervention, and ...
Post-Discharge Surgical Site Infection Surveillance: A Comparison of Chart Review, Physician Survey, and ICD-9 Code SurveillanceGeeta Sood, MD
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Surgical trauma affects the proinflammatory status after cardiac surgery to a higher degree than cardiopulmonary bypass. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2005;129:760-766. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.07.052 24. Angelini GD, Penny WJ, el-Ghamary F, We...
These included postpartum hemorrhage- defined as obstetric hemorrhage at the time of delivery that might require blood transfusion and/or other life-saving measures, admission to high dependency unit, requiring close monitoring and invasive life-saving procedures, surgical complications including visceral ...
surgical procedures and death of spouses, siblings or close friends can either directly remind the person of their previous traumatic experience(s) or can induce similar feelings of vulnerability [73]. Three studies of adults in this review did not find age predicted recurrence [35,36,57]; howe...
ICD-10 includes two illnesses, neurasthenia and postviral fatigue syndrome (or benign myalgic encephalomyelitis), which have almost identical criteria that map onto CFS. However, the former is classified under psychiatry: other neurotic disorders, whereas the latter is classified under disease...
We identified surgical resections in the separations using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD_10_AM) procedural block codes for oesophagectomy by abdominal and thoracic/cervical/transthoracic mobilisation and endoscopic mucosal resection 0858–0860 (if recorded) [34]. Data linkage was ...