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J. Korean Med. Sci. · Feb 2016
Retraction Of PublicationNotice of Retraction: Pak CS, et al. A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Matched-Pairs, Active-Controlled Clinical Trial and Preclinical Animal Study to Compare the Durability, Efficacy and Safety between Polynucleotide Filler and Hyaluronic Acid Filler in the Correction of Crow's Feet: A New Concept of Regenerative Filler. J Korean Med Sci 2014; 29(Suppl 3): S201-S209.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Jan 2016
Alternative agents versus prophylactic platelet transfusion for preventing bleeding in patients with thrombocytopenia due to chronic bone marrow failure: a network meta-analysis and systematic review.
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To compare the relative efficacy of different treatments for thrombocytopenia (artificial platelet substitutes, platelet-poor plasma, fibrinogen, rFVIIa, rFXIII, thrombopoietin mimetics, antifibrinolytic drugs or platelet transfusions) in patients with chronic bone marrow failure and to derive a hierarchy of potential alternate treatments to platelet transfusions.
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Growing evidence demonstrates that a number of clinical disorders may be related to genetic defects in telomeres replication and extensions. Overall, these syndromes are referred to as telomeropathies or telomeres disorders or syndromes; they are increasingly being identified. In adulthood, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common symptom of telomeropathy. ⋯ In a cohort of patients addressed to lung transplantation, authors were able to demonstrate that subclinical bone marrow and liver abnormalities can be seen in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and short telomeres, in some cases in the absence of clinically significant abnormalities in peripheral blood count and liver function tests. This observation sustains the rationale for further studies aimed to validate telomere length testing as a useful parameter as part of the evaluation for transplant candidacy. A deeper clarification of the complex link between IPF and short telomeres and telomeropathies is required for a new ILD classification, aimed to a fullpersonalized approach to the disease.
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A helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) is a specialist flying emergency service where on-board medical personnel have both the knowledge and equipment to perform complicated medical procedures. The paucity of literature describing the types of patients flown by HEMS in South Africa (SA) and their clinical outcome poses a challenge for current aeromedical services, as there is no baseline information on which to base flight criteria, staffing and policy documents. This has the potential to hamper the advancement of HEMS in SA. ⋯ The study findings provided valuable information that may have an impact on the current staffing and authorisation criteria of SA HEMS operations.