Articles: mortality.
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To determine whether maternal obesity during pregnancy is associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular events in adult offspring. ⋯ Maternal obesity is associated with an increased risk of premature death in adult offspring. As one in five women in the United Kingdom is obese at antenatal booking, strategies to optimise weight before pregnancy are urgently required.
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Chest pain is one of themost common complaints expressed by patients presenting to the emergency department, and any initial evaluation should always consider life-threatening causes. Esophageal rupture is a serious condition with a highmortality rate. If diagnosed, successful therapy depends on the size of the rupture and the time elapsed between rupture and diagnosis.We report on a 41-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department complaining of left-sided chest pain for two hours. ⋯ Chest pain; Coronary artery disease; Esophageal rupture; Misdiagnosis.
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Int J Organ Transplant Med · Jan 2013
Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin versus Serum Creatinine for the Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury after Liver Transplantation.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication after liver transplantation (LT), and considerably increases the morbidity and mortality of the procedure. The gold standard of measuring the kidney function, the serum creatinine level (sCr), has poor specificity and sensitivity for the early diagnosis of AKI. Novel biomarkers for the prediction or early diagnosis of AKI, would potentially increase the opportunities for therapeutic interventions. ⋯ Serum NGAL concentrations obtained during surgery is a predictor of AKI in patients undergoing LT.