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Latin-American guidelines for opioid use in chronic nononcologic pain
Aim: Latin-American experts in the use of opioids in patients with chronic nononcologic pain (CNOP) have updated existing recommendations to current Latin-American reality. Methods: Several key opinion leaders from Latin ...
Low values of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) during surgery and anastomotic leak of abdominal trauma patients
Background
There is a well known relationship between hypoperfusion and postoperative complications like anastomotic leak. No studies have been done addressing this relationship in the context of abdominal trauma surgery. ...
Pigment epithelium-derived factor: Clinical significance in estrogen-dependent tissues and its potential in cancer therapy
Pigment epithelium‐derived factor (PEDF) is a glycoprotein that belongs to the family of non‐
inhibitory serpins. The broad spectrum of PEDF biological activity is evident when considering ...
Prophylactic Use of Fresh Frozen Plasma in Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: Does it Make any Sense?
Background: The use of fresh frozen plasma in liver resection has recently been questioned due to the lack of supportive evidence. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical impact of a transfusion protocol implemented ...
Protocol for peripheral parenteral nutrition management ready to use in surgical patients
Patients undergoing elective surgery, require a comprehensive clinical treatment that tends to maintain or prevent deterioration of nutritional status and promote clinical outcomes, and in turn improve the safety of ...
The autoimmune tautology with a focus on antiphospholipid syndrome.
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are often diagnosed according to classification criteria; however, they share similar subphenotypes including signs and symptoms, non-specific autoantibodies and other immune changes, which are ...
Socioeconomic status. The relationship with health and autoimmune diseases
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a hierarchical social classification associated with different outcomes in health and disease. The most important factors influencing SES are income, educational level, occupational class, ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus 2014
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, lupus) is the prototype of systemic autoimmune disease (AD). Immune system activation in SLE is characterized by exaggerated B-cell and T-cell responses and loss of immune tolerance against ...