Publications by authors named "C Dempster"
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- * Out of 100 reviewed patients, 78 were analyzed, revealing that those who underwent PCN had the highest total mean radiation exposure (286.9 mGy) and required significantly more procedures compared to the other two interventions.
- * The results indicated that PCN not only led to higher radiation exposure but also resulted in more complications, with over 40% of PCNs experiencing dysfunction and an average exchange period of 16.5 days.
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- The study analyzed the rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) in cesarean deliveries before and after introducing an infection prevention care bundle at a hospital.
- The care bundle, implemented in April 2014, included specific practices for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care and aimed to decrease SSI rates.
- Results showed a significant drop in SSIs from 2.44% to 1.1%, meaning a 221% reduction, indicating the effectiveness of the infection prevention bundle.
Background: Hypertension and cardiovascular disease are common in children undergoing dialysis. Studies suggest that hemodiafiltration (HDF) may reduce cardiovascular mortality in adults, but data for children are scarce.
Methods: The HDF, Heart and Height study is a nonrandomized observational study comparing outcomes on conventional hemodialysis (HD) versus postdilution online HDF in children.
Background: Cardiovascular disease is prevalent in children on dialysis and accounts for almost 30% of all deaths. Randomised trials in adults suggest that haemodiafiltration (HDF) with high convection volumes is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality compared to high-flux haemodialysis (HD); however paediatric data are scarce. We designed the haemodiafiltration, heart and height (3H) study to test the hypothesis that children on HDF have an improved cardiovascular risk profile, growth and nutritional status and quality of life, compared to those on conventional HD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As the Chilean population ages, anesthesiologists are regularly faced with elderly and even nonagenarian people undergoing surgical procedures.
Aim: To determine the postoperative survival time in nonagenarians and its risk factors at a private clinic.
Material And Methods: Review of medical records of the clinic, searching for patients aged 90 years or older, which were subjected to a surgical procedure between 2001 and 2012.