Publications by authors named "L A Musto"
Article Synopsis
- This study looked at how well doctors can predict who might get an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is a problem with a blood vessel in the belly.
- They found 37 models that try to predict this risk, but only 4 were really different and good enough to use.
- Common risk factors include age, smoking, and health problems like high blood pressure, but none of these models have been tested in a real-world situation yet.
Today's constrained healthcare environment can make it very difficult for nurses to provide compassionate, competent, and ethical care, and yet their continued commitment to care is viewed as requisite. Nurses' commitment to care of patients, enmeshed with professional identity, may be understood as heroic. A few nursing scholars have advanced the concept of a nurse-patient covenant to explain or inspire nurses' commitment to care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGraft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an expected and relatively common complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It may affect different organs and typically involves the skin, liver, and gastrointestinal tract (GI-GVHD). GI-GVHD may show heterogeneous presentations with peculiar diagnostic implications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of common femoral artery occlusive disease: the current gap in the evidence and future perspectives.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The common femoral artery (CFA) is frequently affected by peripheral artery disease, and common femoral endarterectomy has been the go-to treatment due to its anatomical complexities.
- - Complications from this surgery can include infections, hematomas, bleeding, and nerve damage, which are becoming more prevalent with an aging population and rising obesity and diabetes rates.
- - There's an increasing trend toward endovascular techniques for treating CFA issues, which are safer and allow for local anesthesia, leading to lower risk; the review highlights gaps in current evidence and future directions for treatment.