European review for medical and pharmacological sciences
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Dec 2014
Comparative StudyLaparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis: comparison of outcomes and costs between early and delayed cholecystectomy.
Several trials showed that early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is superior to delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis. However actual practice does not conform to current evidence. The aim of this study is to compare outcomes and total hospital costs between early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. ⋯ Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy has an outcome comparable to the delayed procedure, with a shorter total hospital stay and lower total costs, and it should be considered as the preferred approach in treatment of acute cholecystitis.
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Nov 2014
Role of three commonly used scoring systems in prediction of pulmonary thromboembolism in Xining area.
To analyze the clinical values of three commonly used scoring systems including Wells score, revised Geneva score and Pisa score in predicting pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in Xining area. ⋯ Thus, the Pisa score showed a relatively higher clinical value in Xining area to predict clinical probability of PTE in patients, with its overall sensitivity and specificity being higher than the Wells and revised Geneva score.
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Nov 2014
Randomized Controlled TrialAcute high dose-fentanyl exposure produces hyperalgesia and tactile allodynia after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia is well known complication of acute high dose and chronic opioid therapy. In this study, we evaluated development of opioid-induced hyperalgesia following intraoperative short-term use of µ-opioid agonist fentanyl after coronary artery bypass surgery. ⋯ Our results showed that patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery receiving fentanyl anesthesia developed postoperative tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia and this was more prominent in high dose group.
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci · Nov 2014
Both genes and lncRNAs can be used as biomarkers of prostate cancer by using high throughput sequencing data.
To investigate prostate cancer-related genes and lncRNAs by using a high throughput sequencing dataset. ⋯ The analysis used in this study is reliable in screening prostate cancer markers including both genes and lncRNAs by using RNA-seq data, which provides new insight into the understanding of molecular mechanism of prostate cancer.