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A retrospective cohort study by using the Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). ⋯ 4.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2016
Age-dependent decrease in desflurane concentration for maintaining bispectral index below 50.
We examined the hypothesis that the minimum alveolar concentration of desflurane for maintaining bispectral index (BIS) below 50 (MACBIS 50 ) decreases with advance of age. ⋯ Advance in age significantly decreased the concentrations of desflurane required to maintain BIS below 50. BIS reflected age-associated decrease in end-tidal concentrations of desflurane required for maintaining adequate depth of anaesthesia during resting state.
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Childhood mortality is high in low- and middle-income countries. Burns are one of the five leading causes of childhood injury mortality in South Africa (SA). While there is an abundance of literature on burns in the developed world, there are far fewer publications dealing with childhood mortality related to burns in Africa and SA. ⋯ Our overall mortality rate was 7.9%, and the rate declined significantly over the 3-year study period from 11.7% to 5.1%. Age ≤5 years, the presence of inhalational injury, burn injury >30% of TBSA and admission to the PBICU were significant risk factors for mortality.
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Scand J Work Environ Health · Jan 2016
The 18th Collegium Ramazzini statement: The global health dimensions of asbestos and asbestos-related diseases.
The Collegium Ramazzini reaffirms its long-standing position that responsible public health action is to ban all extraction and use of asbestos, including chrysotile. This current statement updates the Collegium's earlier statements with a focus on global health dimensions of asbestos and asbestos-related diseases (ARD). ⋯ Industrialized countries that have already gone through the transition to an asbestos ban have learned lessons and acquired know-how and capacity that could be of great value if deployed in industrializing countries embarking on the transition. The accumulated wealth of experience and technologies in industrialized countries should thus be shared internationally through global campaigns to eliminate ARD.