PREOPERATIVE chest CT markers of myosteatosis, specifically reduced skeletal muscle density (SMD) and increased intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), are associated with worse overall survival (OS) in ...

Background The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), calculated from serum albumin levels and lymphocyte counts, is a simple ...

Are you a risk-taker? When you’re an individual trader in the stock market, one of the few safety devices you have is the risk-reward calculation. The actual calculation to determine risk vs.

Perioperative strategies in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases will be eligible for inclusion, as defined by the study. Potential studies may report on (but are not limited to) ...

scoring in risk stratification prior to non-cardiac surgery is unclear. Although current guidelines recommend stress testing in intermediate-high risk individuals, over one-third of perioperative ...

Vascular. 2009;17(3):129-137. Laboratory tests may be a perfect additional tool for preoperative risk stratification because laboratory tests can be easily performed, have relatively low costs ...

Such risk stratification strategy had been applied to select patients for antihypertensive and statin therapy.2 3 In the present study, we conducted a prospective analysis of the UK-Biobank to ...

The included studies were heterogeneous and had a high risk of bias, which is a major limitation of this review. Is PAC effective in improving patient satisfaction and safety, while reducing anxiety?

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may increase the risk of pulmonary aspiration among patients undergoing surgery ...

performed over a 3-year period to determine the value of negative DSE for preoperative risk assessment in elderly patients. All patients with negative DSE performed for preoperative evaluation ...

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