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Impact of pre-operative health-related quality of life on outcomes after heart surgery.
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The aim of this study is to define the impact of perioperative patient and procedural variables on HRQOL dynamics, a year after cardiac surgery.Citations
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Long-term quality of life in patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
I. Norkiene,Tomas Jovaisa,Nadiezda Scupakova,Vilius Janusauskas,Kestutis Rucinskas,Pranas Šerpytis,Kestutis Laurusonis,Robertas Samalavicius +7 more
TL;DR: Despite the complex clinical course and prolonged recovery, ECMO survivors achieved satisfactory levels of both mental and physical recovery, which were comparable to the age- and pathology-adjusted population means.
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Response to Re: Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis score for early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis in Darwin.
TL;DR: The main take-home message from this study is that while the LRINEC test is a useful, easy test to perform with good diagnostic accuracy, it does not supersede clinical examination and maintaining a high clinical suspicion for the disease remains the gold standard for diagnosing necrotizing fasciitis.
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Predictors of health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery: a systematic review
TL;DR: In this article , the authors identify predictors for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after cardiac surgery in order to identify potentially modifiable factors where interventions to improve patient outcomes could be targeted.
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Predictors of long-term HRQOL following cardiac surgery: a 5-year follow-up study.
Daiva Grazulyte,I. Norkiene,Evaldas Kazlauskas,Inga Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene,Smilte Kolevinskaite,Donata Ringaitiene,Jurate Sipylaite +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the long-term change of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and identified predictors of HRQOL 5 years after cardiac surgery.
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