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Injury
January 2025
División de Cirugía de Trauma y Emergencias, Departamento de Cirugía, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia; Departamento de Cuidado Intensivo, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia; Departamento de Cirugía, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Hemostatic resuscitation is a mainstay in the management of trauma patients. Factors such as blood loss and tissue injury contribute to coagulation and hemodynamic status imbalances. Hemorrhage remains a leading cause of death in trauma patients, despite advances in strategies such as damage control surgery, massive transfusion protocol, and intensive care.
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March 2025
Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Aim/objective: To design and test the usability of case-based HIV microlearning lessons using WhatsApp groups. This paper reports on effectiveness and uptake.
Background: South Africa has the largest antiretroviral treatment program globally.
Br J Anaesth
March 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Children with a respiratory disease requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) have an elevated risk for subsequent neurodevelopmental and behavioural disorders (NDBD). This study evaluates NDBD in children receiving IMV during surgical admissions.
Methods: Children enrolled in Texas Medicaid between 1999 and 2012 with a surgical admission were evaluated.
J Arthroplasty
February 2025
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Background: Financial responsibility may impact patient outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This study investigated whether a patient's out-of-pocket spending after TKA would affect their utilization of postoperative services.
Methods: The retrospective study identified 13,173 patients undergoing primary TKA and their associated billing claims between 2019 and 2021.
Clin Lung Cancer
February 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University Medical School Cancer Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Electronic address:
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for severe radiation pneumonitis (RP) after thoracic radiotherapy (RT) in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), develop a prediction model to identify high-risk groups, and investigate the impact of severe RP on overall survival (OS).
Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical, dosimetric, and hematological factors of patients with stage III NSCLC receiving thoracic RT without immunotherapy. The primary and secondary end points were severe RP and OS, respectively.
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