Publications by authors named "Volovets A"
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- The study investigates cases of drug use among hospitalized patients requiring urgent medical responses, with a focus on their management and outcomes.
- A total of 30 cases were reviewed from a Sydney teaching hospital, finding no deaths and identifying two main patient groups: those with substance use disorders and those with self-harm histories.
- The management strategies included cardiac monitoring, intensive care, and administration of charcoal or antidotes, highlighting the need for institutional policies to enhance harm reduction and address underlying patient risks.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex multiorgan disease, which often affects the gastrointestinal tract. With improved CF specific therapies and multidisciplinary management, patients with CF are now living longer with a median life expectancy of around 50 years. This increased life expectancy has resulted in corresponding increase in presentations of the CF patient with comorbid surgical conditions that were never important considerations.
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