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Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
About: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Adipose tissue. The organization has 528 authors who have published 579 publications receiving 18688 citations.
Topics: Population, Adipose tissue, Insulin resistance, Genome-wide association study, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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TL;DR: This internal liver retractor was easy to handle and provided an effective and safe retraction with good exposure of the surgical field and improved ergonomy in single incision as well as reduced port laparoscopic SG.
Abstract: Background
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is a safe and efficient procedure with comparable results between conventional and single-incision approach in selected patients. However, the critical point in both approaches is the retraction of the hypertrophic and fatty left lobe of the liver which increases technical difficulties and limit the exposure of the hiatus. Traditional liver retractors require an additional sub-xiphoid incision for insertion and cause post-operative pain as well as iatrogenic liver injuries. Various techniques have been described to allow adequate liver retraction through smaller incisions or fewer ports without compromising patient safety. However, some disadvantages of these methods are the need for incision of the liver ligament or diaphragmatic crura puncture rendering the device difficult to reposition.
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TL;DR: The cohort of patients in adult care who benefit from a new transition program based on case management approach will provide unprecedented long-term results of patients with various conditions who went through transition.
Abstract: Objective The transition from paediatric to adult medicine involves risks of poor patient outcomes and of significant losses of patients to follow up. The research aimed to analyse the implementation in an initial cohort of patients of a new programme of transition to adult care based on a case management approach. Design A longitudinal study of the case management approach to transition, initiated in a university hospital in France in September 2016. Methods Patients with the endocrine or metabolic disease diagnosed during childhood and transferred to adult care were included. The transition programme includes three steps based on case management: liaising with paediatric services, personalising care pathways, and liaising with structures outside the hospital (general practitioners, agencies in the educational and social sector). Results The cohort included 500 patients, with malignant brain tumour (n = 56 (11%)), obesity (n = 55 (11%)), type 1 diabetes (n = 54 (11%)), or other disease (n = 335 (67%)). Their median age at transfer was 19, and the sex ratio was 0.5. At median 21 months of follow-up, 439 (88%) had a regular follow-up in or outside the hospital, 47 (9%) had irregular follow-up (absence at the last appointment or no appointment scheduled within the time recommended), 4 had stopped care on doctor's advice, 4 had died, 3 had moved, and 3 had refused care. The programme involved 9615 case management actions; 7% of patients required more than 50 actions. Patients requiring most support were usually those affected by a rare genetic form of obesity. Conclusions Case managers successfully addressed the complex needs of patients. Over time, the cohort will provide unprecedented long-term outcome results for patients with various conditions who experienced this form of transition.
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TL;DR: This research presents a novel probabilistic procedure that allows for direct measurement of the response of the immune system to earthquake-triggered landsliding.
Abstract: Aims/Hypothesis Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is a frequent and severe complication of diabetes. As Matrix-gla-protein (MGP) is expressed in several components of the nervous system and is involved in some neurological disease, MGP could play a role in peripheral nervous system homeostasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors associated with sensitive diabetic neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes, and, in particular, dephospho-uncarboxylated MGP (dp-ucMGP), the inactive form of MGP. Methods 198 patients with Type 2 Diabetes were included. Presence of sensitive diabetic neuropathy was defined by a neuropathy disability score (NDS) ≥6. Plasma levels of dp-ucMGP were measured by ELISA. Results In this cohort, the mean age was 64+/-8.4 years old, and 80% of patients were men. Peripheral neuropathy was present in 15.7% of the patients and was significantly associated (r = 0.51, p<0.0001) with dp-ucMGP levels (β = -0.26, p = 0.045) after integrating effects of height (β = -0.38, p = 0.01), insulin treatment (β = 0.42, p = 0.002), retinopathy treated by laser (β = 0.26, p = 0.02), and total cholesterol levels (β = 0.3, p = 0.03) by multivariable analysis. Conclusions The association between diabetic neuropathy and the inactive form of MGP suggests the existence of new pathophysiological pathways to explore. Further studies are needed to determine if dp-ucMGP may be used as a biomarker of sensitive neuropathy. Since dp-ucMGP is a marker of poor vitamin K status, clinical studies are warranted to explore the potential protective effect of high vitamin K intake on diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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TL;DR: Hypoxia-induced down-regulation of SSAO activity could represent an adaptive mechanism to lower toxic molecules production, and may thus protect from tissue injury during these harmful conditions.
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TL;DR: Differences in the HDL phosphosphingolipidome in a rare population of subjects with premature CAD despite high HDL-C levels may lay the groundwork for further analysis of the relationship between the HDL lipidome and disease states, as well as for the development of biomarkers of CAD status and HDL function.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ronald M. Evans | 199 | 708 | 166722 |
Thierry Poynard | 119 | 668 | 64548 |
Heikki Joensuu | 108 | 571 | 50300 |
Gilles Montalescot | 100 | 641 | 58644 |
François Cambien | 92 | 251 | 36260 |
Antoine Danchin | 80 | 483 | 30219 |
Laurence Tiret | 79 | 194 | 25231 |
Karine Clément | 78 | 275 | 32185 |
Karine Clément | 73 | 228 | 14710 |
Pascal Ferré | 69 | 241 | 23969 |
Michael T. Osterholm | 68 | 260 | 22624 |
Vincent Jarlier | 67 | 278 | 17060 |
Florent Soubrier | 67 | 226 | 24486 |
Stephen H. Caldwell | 66 | 308 | 18527 |
Christian Funck-Brentano | 64 | 267 | 70432 |