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Introduction: Organ donation refers to the collection of a human organ from a living or deceased donor and its transplantation into a recipient. An organ transplant recipient is a patient with organ failure who will not survive unless he receives a new organ. Although the benefits of organ transplantation are undeniable, there is a significant gap between the number of donors and recipients, as the demand for organs greatly surpasses the available supply.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReturn to work following traumatic hip dislocation: a prognostic outcome study.
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
January 2025
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cologne Merheim Medical Center, Witten/Herdecke University, Colone, Germany.
Background: Traumatic hip dislocations are associated with high morbidity and overall limitations of daily living activities. Residual disability inhibits returning to work after severe injuries and minimizes financial independence and social involvement, which are both related to well-being and good health. The aim of this study was to analyze epidemiological and socioeconomic status following traumatic hip dislocations to identify predictors for return to work.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunicating hydrocephalus in glioblastoma presenting as chronic hydrocephalus: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
January 2025
Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), Neurosurgical Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Objective: Communicating hydrocephalus (CH) is an uncommon complication that can affect patients with glioblastoma (GBM). Due to its clinical and radiological findings, it presents as a chronic hydrocephalus. The mechanisms underlying its occurrence and impact on the prognosis of the disease are poorly known, but some studies have suggested that shunting can have a positive impact on the quality of life of these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient safety is our business! Staff perspectives on implementing hospital falls prevention education.
Health Promot Int
January 2025
School of Allied Health, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia, 6009 Australia.
Providing patients with falls prevention education reduces falls in hospitals, yet there is limited research on what influences successful implementation at the staff, ward and hospital levels. We engaged hospital-based health professionals to identify multi-level barriers and enablers to patient falls education that could influence the implementation of a Safe Recovery program. Purposive sampling was used to recruit hospital staff (n = 40) for focus groups and one-on-one interviews.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase: Pediatric Morel-Lavallée lesions are infrequent and may present in atypical locations. A 3-year-old boy presented with a nontender, mobile, cystic swelling on the medial aspect of his left distal thigh, 2 weeks after a road traffic accident. The diagnosis was confirmed using 3D ultrasonography.
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