Nutritional Status in a Group of Patients with Wounds Due to Diabetic Foot Disease and Chronic Venous Insufficiency.

Wound healing is a complex physiological process that begins immediately upon injury. Nutritional status significantly affects the course of regenerative processes. Malnutrition can prolong the inflammatory phase, limit collagen synthesis, and increase the risk of new wound formation.

Altered Plasma Clot Properties and Trauma-Related Venous Thromboembolism despite Thromboprophylaxis.

Background: Prothrombotic clot phenotype may characterize patients developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) despite pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. We studied the role of fibrin clot properties and its potential determinants in individuals who experienced DVT after lower limb injury.

Methods: In a case-control study, we assessed 50 patients who developed DVT despite prophylactic use of low-molecular-weight heparins (the failed thromboprophylaxis group) after a lower limb injury, and three age- and sex-matched control groups, 50 patients each: (1) patients with trauma-related DVT without prior thromboprophylaxis; (2) individuals with unprovoked DVT; (3) patients without history of DVT (the no-DVT controls).

Quality of live of patients in the evaluation of outcomes of short stem hip arthroplasty for hip osteoarthritis.

BACKGROUND. The aim of the study was to evaluate clinical outcomes and broadly defined quality of life in patients with hip osteoarthritis after short stem hip arthroplasty. MATERIAL AND METHODS.

Developing an Integrated Mental Health Care Service: Description of a Pilot Mental Health Consultation/Liaison Clinic in a Primary Care Centre.

Unlabelled: To determine if a consultation/liaison mental health clinic in primary care as proposed for Vision for Change, The Primary Care Strategy and the Department of Health is an efficient model of delivering mental health care in Ireland.

Methods: The pattern of service use and the clinical characteristics of new patients attending a pilot consultation/liaison clinic in a local primary care centre were studied.

Results: During the first 16 months of this clinic 1.