Irish journal of medical science
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This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and predictive factors of restenosis in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES). ⋯ Our findings provide a new insight into the prediction for restenosis in CHD patients underwent PCI with SES.
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Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in children. The majority of appendicectomies in children are performed by general surgeons, rather than specialist paediatric surgeons. ⋯ Children younger than 8 years undergoing appendicectomy in HVGHs or SPCs, or by HVSs, have marginally better outcomes. In older children, marginally shorter in-hospital stays and higher laparoscopic rates are seen in those looked after outside of high-volume or specialist units. Our results show that nonspecialist centres provide an essential, and safe, service to paediatric patients with acute appendicitis.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained arrhythmia in older adults, causes significant complications such as stroke, dementia, and decreased quality of life. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that is associated with increased risk of poor clinical outcomes including falls, disability, and mortality. We aimed to investigate the relationship between AF and frailty and functionality in older adults. ⋯ EHRA AF symptom severity score is positively correlated with frailty. AF is associated with worse metabolic profile and clinical features on CGA that AF might be a frailty marker. Frailty should be investigated in AF patients.
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Caesarean delivery is the most common major surgical procedure performed worldwide and pain management after caesarean delivery remains challenging. Finding a balance between sufficient postoperative pain relief and excess sedation secondary to opioids is often difficult in this patient population. This quality improvement project aimed to manage the amount of opioid consumption after caesarean delivery using a new postoperative analgesic regimen. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that postoperative opioid consumption can be reduced with specific analgesic protocols and allow us to improve patient's quality of recovery.
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Assess the association between the Society for Vascular Surgery/American Association for Vascular Surgery (SVS/AVSS) (Rutherford et al., J Vasc Surg 26: 517-38, 1997; Chaikof et al., J Vasc Surg 35:1061-6, 2002) medical comorbidity scoring scheme (MCS), and the global scoring system (GS) and major morbidity and mortality after elective endovascular aneurysm repair. Primary end points were peri-operative morbidity and mortality. Secondary end points were intensive care unit admission, high dependency unit admission, total stay > 5 days and 2-year mortality. ⋯ The MCS shows association with perioperative morbidity and mortality. GS shows association with perioperative morbidity but not perioperative mortality; however, this may be due to our study being underpowered. We believe that the analysis of higher numbers of patients could unmask trends in both of these scores and individual components of both scores changed.