Clinics
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To examine the severity of trauma in entrapped victims and to identify risk factors for mortality and morbidity. ⋯ Entrapped victims had greater trauma severity, more blood loss and a greater mortality than respective, non-entrapped controls.
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Comparative Study
Comparative study of earthquake-related and non-earthquake-related head traumas using multidetector computed tomography.
The features of earthquake-related head injuries may be different from those of injuries obtained in daily life because of differences in circumstances. We aim to compare the features of head traumas caused by the Sichuan earthquake with those of other common head traumas using multidetector computed tomography. ⋯ As depicted with computed tomography, the severity of earthquake-related head traumas in survivors was milder, and isolated extracranial injuries were more common in earthquake-related head traumas than in non-earthquake-related injuries, which may have been the result of different injury causes, mechanisms and settings.
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To translate, to perform a cultural adaptation of and to test the reproducibility of the Cochin Hand Functional Scale questionnaire for Brazil. ⋯ The Brazilian version of the Cochin Hand Functional Scale was successfully translated and adapted, and this version exhibited good internal consistency, reliability and construct validity.
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A significant benefit from physical activity has recently been described in some patients who suffer from neurodegenerative diseases. ⋯ The regular practice of physical activity seems to contribute to a reduction in neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia patients and to attenuate the burden of the caregivers of those patients.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
A comparison of three different target-controlled remifentanil infusion rates during target-controlled propofol infusion for oocyte retrieval.
To evaluate the effects of three different target-controlled remifentanil infusion rates during target-controlled propofol infusion on hemodynamic parameters, pain, sedation, and recovery score during oocyte retrieval. ⋯ Similar pain-free conscious sedation conditions without significant changes in hemodynamic parameters were provided by all three protocols. However, target controlled infusion of remifentanil at 1.5 or 2 ng/mL proved superior at providing early recovery compared to 2.5 ng/mL.