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UnknownOutcomes of urgent gastrointestinal-related procedures in Latin America (LATAM-URG): a prospective multicentre study.

Background

Urgent abdominal operations represent a large proportion of surgical care and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Evidence is scarce from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Latin America (LA). The lack of regionally representative outcomes dat...
S-EPMC12921494 | biostudies-literature
UnknownWorldwide Disparities in Recovery of Cardiac Testing 1 Year Into COVID-19.

Background

The extent to which health care systems have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide necessary cardiac diagnostic services is unknown.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the pandemic on cardiac testing practices, volumes and types of diagnos...
S-EPMC9109706 | biostudies-literature
UnknownLiraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.

Background

The cardiovascular effect of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 analogue, when added to standard care in patients with type 2 diabetes, remains unknown.

Methods

In this double-blind trial, we randomly assigned patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk t...
S-EPMC4985288 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRisk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

Background

The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed...
S-EPMC6306365 | biostudies-literature
UnknownExtended pharmacological thromboprophylaxis and clinically relevant venous thromboembolism after major abdominal and pelvic surgery: international, prospective, propensity score-weighted cohort study.

Background

There is low-certainty evidence on the impact of extended pharmacological prophylaxis on venous thromboembolism-associated morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of extended prophylaxis after major abdominopelvic surgery for the pre...
S-EPMC11894929 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEffect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study.

Background

Surgery is the main modality of cure for solid cancers and was prioritised to continue during COVID-19 outbreaks. This study aimed to identify immediate areas for system strengthening by comparing the delivery of elective cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in periods of l...
S-EPMC8492020 | biostudies-literature
UnknownElective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans.

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled worldwide during the 12 weeks of peak disruption due to COVID-19.

Methods

A global expert response study was co...
S-EPMC7272903 | biostudies-literature
UnknownSARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study.

Background

Preoperative SARS-CoV-2 vaccination could support safer elective surgery. Vaccine numbers are limited so this study aimed to inform their prioritization by modelling.

Methods

The primary outcome was the number needed to vaccinate (NNV) to prevent one COVID-19-related death ...
S-EPMC7995808 | biostudies-literature
UnknownA prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts.

Background

Pulmonary complications are the most common cause of death after surgery. This study aimed to derive and externally validate a novel prognostic model that can be used before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and to support resource allo...
S-EPMC12056793 | biostudies-literature
UnknownMachine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score.
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S-EPMC8344569 | biostudies-literature
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