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Oral antibiotic prophylaxis lowers surgical site infection in elective colorectal surgery: results of a pragmatic cohort study in Catalonia
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: The role of oral antibiotic prophylaxis (OAP) and mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) in the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) after colorectal surgery is still controversial. The ...
Biofabrication of tissue engineering vascular systems
(AIP Publishing LLC, 2021-05)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among persons aged 65 and older in the United States and many other developed countries. Tissue engineered vascular systems (TEVS) can serve ...
Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence for histologic melanoma recognition compared to 18 international expert pathologists
(Elsevier, 2021-02)
To the Editor: Currently, pathologic melanoma classification is based on the—inevitably somewhat subjective—integration of several histologic features.1 Thus, discordance between pathologists classifying ...
Self-learning methodology in simulated environments (MAES©) as a learning tool in perioperative nursing. An evidence-based practice model for acquiring clinical safety competencies
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: The self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments (Spanish acronym: MAES©, (Murcia, Spain) is a type of self-directed and collaborative training in health sciences. The objective of ...
Retención en los primeros meses después de un curso de las habilidades en soporte vital básico
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
Las guías internacionales del European Resuscitation Council (ERC) y la American Heart Association (AHA) están basadas en las investigaciones publicadas en los 5 años anteriores, y sostienen que los ...
Related factors to streptococcus pneumoniae invasive infection and clinical manifestations: the potential role of nasopharyngeal microbiome
(Frontiers Media, 2021-04)
Infections of the lower respiratory tract, such as pneumonia, are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Streptococcus pneumoniae might colonize the upper respiratory tract and is the main ...
Injuries of the subscapularis: prevalence of partial lesions and their diagnostic difficulty
(Fundación Española de Artroscopia, 2021-12)
Objective: to conduct a review of partial ruptures of the subscapularis muscle (SSC) and establish their prevalence and preoperative diagnostic difficulty, as well as their frequent association to ...
Deformations and ruptures in human lenses with cortical cataract subjected to ex vivo simulated accommodation
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2021)
Purpose: Human cortical opacities are most commonly accompanied by changes in lens fiber structure in the equatorial region at the lens nucleus–cortex interface. Cortex and nucleus have different elastic ...
Interobserver and intertest agreement in telemedicine glaucoma screening with optic disk photos and optical coherence tomography
(MDPI, 2021)
Purpose: To evaluate interobserver and intertest agreement between optical coherence tomography (OCT) and retinography in the detection of glaucoma through a telemedicine program. Methods: A stratified ...
Breast cancer-related lymphoedema: risk factors and prediction model
(Wiley, 2021)
Aims: To identify the risk factors for lymphoedema following axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in a European sample and to propose a lymphoedema prediction model for this population. Design: Predictive ...