Diabetologia
January 2025
A preliminary study compared the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with the use of self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) by aircraft pilots with insulin-treated diabetes in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Austria, certified to fly commercial aircraft within the European Aviation Safety Agency ARA.MED.330 protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Patients with major burns can undergo temporary coverage while skin graft donor sites heal, where dermal templates have an emerging role. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes and resource utilisation in patients with major burns treated with a bilayer biodegradable synthetic matrix (NovoSorb BTM).
Method: This retrospective cohort study included patients admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Adult Burn Unit with burns to at least 40 % TBSA who survived their acute admission.
Background: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that most commonly affects the ileum. As a result, it is associated with a high lifetime risk of one or more surgical resections. The surgical paradigm is to preserve intestinal length.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To examine blood glucose measurements recorded as part of the diabetes protocol operated by the UK, Ireland and Austria, which allows commercial airline pilots with insulin-treated diabetes to fly.
Methods: An observational study was conducted in pilots with insulin-treated diabetes, granted medical certification to fly commercial or noncommercial aircraft, who recorded pre-flight and hourly in-flight blood glucose measurements. These values were correlated to a traffic light system (green 5.
Background: Posterior vaginal wall prolapse (also known as 'posterior compartment prolapse') can cause a sensation of bulge in the vagina along with symptoms of obstructed defecation and sexual dysfunction. Interventions for prevention and conservative management include lifestyle measures, pelvic floor muscle training, and pessary use. We conducted this review to assess the surgical management of posterior vaginal wall prolapse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAviat Space Environ Med
July 2009
In a Notice of Proposed Amendment, the European Aviation Safety Agency proposes to introduce a Leisure Pilot License (LPL). Holders of a LPL for airplanes will be allowed to fly single-engine piston airplanes with a maximum takeoff mass of 2000 kg or less, carrying a maximum of three passengers. In this commentary paper, we express significant concern about the flight safety consequences of the proposed aeromedical requirements of the LPL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of a new class of chiral 4-N,N-dialkylaminopyridine acyl-transfer catalysts capable of exploiting both van der Waals (pi) and H-bonding interactions to allow remote chiral information to stereochemically control the kinetic resolution of sec-alcohols with moderate to excellent selectivity (s = 6-30). Catalysts derived from (S)-alpha,alpha-diarylprolinol are considerably superior to analogues devoid of a tertiary hydroxyl moiety and possess high activity and selectivity across a broad range of substrates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the development of a new class of readily prepared chiral 4-(pyrrolidino)-pyridine catalysts capable of exploiting both van der Waals (pi) and H-bonding interactions, thus allowing remote chiral information to stereochemically control the kinetic resolution of sec-alcohols.
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