Postgraduate medicine
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Postgraduate medicine · Jun 2024
Comparative StudyComparison of two ablation procedures combined with high ligation and foam sclerotherapy and compression therapy for patients with venous leg ulcers.
To compare the ablation techniques' efficacy of endovenous microwave ablation (EMA) combined with high ligation (HL), foam sclerotherapy (FS) and compression therapy (CT) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) combined with HL-FS-CT in the treatment of VLUs. ⋯ EMA+HL-FS-CT and EVLA+HL-FS-CT are both effective at treating VLUs. Both of the two comprehensive treatments were beneficial to the healing of ulcers, but no evidence showed which one was superior in the ulcer healing time.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jun 2024
Identifying malnutrition risk in hospitalized patients: an analysis of five tools in the light of GLIM criteria.
The prompt identification of malnutrition among hospitalized patients using the appropriate screening tool is paramount. The objective of our study is to compare the most recommended screening tools concerning the new GLIM criteria for malnutrition in hospitalized patients. ⋯ We emphasized MST's alignment with GLIM criteria, underscoring the importance of a multidisciplinary approach for early malnutrition diagnosis. Patients at risk of malnutrition can be diagnosed more quickly and accurately with appropriate screening tools and the effectiveness of treatments can be increased.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jun 2024
Short-term efficacy of endovascular procedures for lower extremity thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease).
Although thrombolysis obliterans (TAO) has been recognized for more than a century, there is no optimal treatment for this disease. The aim of this report was to compare the short-term efficacies of catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT), percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and CDT+PTA in treating TAO disease. ⋯ Endovascular procedures are effective for TAO in the short term. The effectiveness of CDT alone is suboptimal; combining CDT with PTA achieves the most favorable endovascular treatment outcome; while the effectiveness of PTA falls in between these two procedures.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jun 2024
Observational StudySerum lipid ratios as novel prognostic biomarkers for patients with locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant therapy.
To investigate the association between lipid ratios and survival outcomes in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. ⋯ NCT05621564.
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Postgraduate medicine · Jun 2024
Controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score is a novel marker of type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic microvascular complications.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its microvascular complications are characterized by chronic inflammation. The Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score is a tool used to assess nutritional status and is often associated indirectly with inflammatory processes. We aimed to compare the CONUT scores of T2DM patients with those of healthy volunteers and to compare T2DM patients with and without microvascular complications. ⋯ The CONUT score could be useful in detecting diabetic microvascular complications in clinical practice, as it is an inexpensive and easy-to-assess marker.