Publications by authors named "Elrond Yi Lang Teo"

Unlabelled: The extent of provider-to-patient hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from diversion, self-injection, and substitution ("tampering") of anesthetic opioids is unknown. To quantify the contribution of opioid tampering to nosocomial HCV outbreaks, data from health care-related HCV outbreaks occurring in developed countries from 1990 to 2012 were collated, grouped, and compared. Tampering was associated with 17% (8 of 46) of outbreaks, but 53% (438 of 833) of cases.

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Study Objective: To evaluate airway changes in patients undergoing surgery in the prone position.

Design: Single-arm observational study.

Patients: Patients between 18 to 65 years old, scheduled for prone spinal surgery; 74 patients were enrolled and 54 patients were analyzed.

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