Irish journal of medical science
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Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide. This reason motivated us to investigate and introduce gastric cancer risk factors utilizing statistical methods. ⋯ The indices of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy represented that the decision tree model has acceptable accuracy to prediction the probability of mortality in gastric cancer patients. So a simple decision tree consisted of factors affecting on mortality of gastric cancer may help clinicians as a reliable and practical tool to predict the probability of mortality in these patients.
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There are an estimated 6,900 people with HIV living in Ireland. There is a significant prevalence of femoral osteonecrosis and risk factors for osteoporotic fractures. With this potential, increasing surgical workload, it is important to assess surgical demand and audit outcomes. ⋯ Complications were not related to immune status. The rate of surgical site infection in both elective and emergency procedures was low. The elective surgery patients can safely receive orthopaedic treatment in their regional orthopaedic unit. Due to the high non-infectious complication rates recorded in the emergency group, transfer to a tertiary facility with infectious disease expertise is advised.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Preemptive dexmedetomidine to prevent propofol injection pain in children.
The incidence of propofol injection pain is high in children, but no methods have been found to suppress it completely. This study intends to evaluate the efficacy of dexmedetomidine-midazolam in preventing propofol injection pain in children. ⋯ Pretreatment with dexmedetomidine 0.6 μg/kg, then midazolam 0.06 mg/kg could suppress propofol injection pain in children.
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Previous researches have been focused on revealing the functions of each individual gene and/or pathway in the initiation, progression and maintenance of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the mechanistic relationships among different genes and/or pathways are largely unknown. ⋯ Our study greatly improves the understanding of the HCC development in a systematic manner and provides the potential clue for exploiting drugs which might target the most significant genes and/or signaling pathways.
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In recent years, the enzyme collagenase has been developed for the percutaneous treatment of Dupuytren's contracture, allowing management of the condition as an outpatient. We present early results on the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture using injectable collagenase. ⋯ Collagenase is a safe and effective outpatient-based treatment for Dupuytren's contracture, which may be useful in controlling surgical waiting lists. We recommend its use as first-line treatment in patients who are unsuitable more invasive treatment alternatives.