We present three cases of traumatic asphyxia after thoracic compression. All victims were Caucasian males aged 22-50 years. One man was crushed by a truck trailer, another was crushed by an overturned vehicle, and the last was crushed by a large heavy stone slab.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Isotretinoin is the drug of choice for severe acne. We sought to examine the potential link between isotretinoin and insulin resistance.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis in accordance with the PRISMA statement.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
September 2024
Healthcare procurement management in public hospitals has been a major concern for the countries of the Southern Europe, both due to their perennial problems in the field of corruption and the impact of increasing migration flows on the Mediterranean routes to the European Union. This study attempts to analyze the healthcare procurement systems of the Southern EU countries (EU MED or MED-9) based on the degree of centralization and perceived corruption and examine the applied procurement policies and their results in terms of efficiency, transparency, and competition. The MED-9 group consists of Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain.
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