[PDF] Top 20 Serum electrolytes and outcome in patients undergoing endoscopic gastrostomy

... Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a gold standard for long term enteral ...dysphagia and head/neck cancer are the most common indications for PEG as they can lead to protein-energy ... See full document

... explore and provide an answer to this issue. In neurologic or head and neck cancer patients, with prolonged dysphagia undergoing endoscopic gastrostomy, our goal was to ... See full document

... preoperative serum BNP and mortality in patients undergoing valve replacement surgery or coronary artery by- pass graft ...studies in this area, this study has the highest number ... See full document

... KRAS and BRAF mutations were detected by pyrosequencing, and the timing of perioperative chemotherapy was ...abdomen and pelvis and regular colonoscopic ...clinical, endoscopic or ... See full document

... evaluate serum Cr concentration in consecutive adult patients that were referred to and underwent endoscopic gastrostomy, to have nutri- tional support for long-term dysphagia ... See full document

... RESS in the literature is the use of more aggressive or more conservative techniques of ...failure in the FESS, others believe that the conservation of normal tissues in the sinus is the key to a ... See full document

... To provide more consistency to this classification we used: Baecke Usual Physical Activity Questionnaire, which investigates the usual physical activity of the last 12 months and has been validated for the ... See full document

... ng/ml and .502 ng/ml predicted hospital and overall mortality ...1.6% and 4%, ...rates in patients with NT- proBNP ...preoperative serum creatinine, diabetes, chronic obstructive ... See full document

... Committee in Research of the Hospital AC Camargo Cancer Center and approved on May 30, 2011 with the number ...delivered in writing to all patients by researchers who also gave clarifications ... See full document

... of patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic total occlusion (CTO) treated with PCI is poorly ...evaluates outcome of successful PCI on CTO in patients with and without ... See full document

... , and haemoglobin levels less than 10 g/ dl. Child-Pugh C cirrhosis, and positive hepatitis B antigen were also ...Plough) and ribavirin (Rebetol, Schering Plough), initially given as a function of ... See full document

... evaluated in order to macroscopic and microscopic ...–pedunculated and semi-pedunculated; non-polypoid– ses- sile and flat lesions) (16); and c) location (rectum, left colon and ... See full document

... 113 patients who admitted to the Dicle University Medical Faculty , Department of Gastro- enterology between January 2012 and December 2014 and in whom received PEG was ...The patients ... See full document

... min, and the serum was frozen at -80 ºC until ...USA). In short, 96-well lat-bottom microtiter plates were illed with the samples (diluted 1:2 in sample diluents) and left for a 24-hour ... See full document

... all patients were monitored with an arterial and central ve- nous line; after this initial period every procedure, such as fluid challenges, inotropic agents, and vasopressors, was checked with a new ... See full document

... score and individual cardiac risk profile (namely RCRI) accordingly to HTC ...of patients with LHTC had a history of renal disease ...0.001) and RCRI > 2 ...LHTC patients had higher mean ... See full document

... differences in operating time between open, HAL, and laparoscopic ...higher in the open method 500 (75-3000) mL compared HAL, and laparoscopic methods; 100 (10-1000) and 125 (50-300) mL ... See full document

... (66%) and 17 female (34%) patients. There were 35 (70%) male and 15 (30%) female patients in the control ...intraoperative and other complications after ...rate and needs ... See full document

... analyzed in the selected patients: age, gender, race (white or non-white), donor type, time after KT, immunosuppressive therapy, and post-KT fractures (spontaneous or minimal ...trauma). In ... See full document

... dysphagia and did not improve after endoscopic treatment. Both patients refused surgery and they were followed-up for 3 years, but no significant clinical or endoscopic changes were ... See full document