Krag Burt

Conclusion The initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in reduced elective cases with primarily only urgent and emergent cases being performed. A minority of vascular surgeons have been redeployed outside of their specialty, however, this is more common among states with high case numbers. Adequate PPE remains an issue for almost a…[Read more]

001).Fifty-seven percent of abstracts presented by women were published versus 48% of abstracts presented by men. Overall, there was no significant difference between genders in terms of subsequent conversions into a scientific publication within each specialty (P = .25-1.0).In radiation oncology, women presented 67% of abstracts and published 95%…[Read more]

h, in particular the stakeholder discussion, provided the opportunity to embrace the “deciding together” and “acting together” stances of participation rather than the lower “information giving” stance, thereby giving stakeholders greater ownership of the future activities of the overarching project and beyond. ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE…[Read more]

In this review, we analyze the therapeutic relevance of senescence induction by CDK4/6 inhibitors. We also discuss how different therapies, including checkpoint inhibitors and drugs targeting MEK or PI3K, can be used in combination with CDK4/6 inhibitors to reinforce or exploit senescence. Recently, a lot of effort has been put into identifying…[Read more]

Overall, only 38.4% (95% CI 33.7, 42.0%) of women received respectful maternity care. Delivering at private hospitals [AOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.25, 4.07], having ANC follow-up [AOR 1.8, 95% CI 1.10, 3.20], planned pregnancy [AOR 3.0, 95% CI 1.24, 7.34], labor attended by male provider [AOR 1.8, 95% CI 1.14, 2.77] and normal maternal outcome [AOR 2.3, 95%…[Read more]

No abstract available.Background South African speech-language therapists are the only health professionals charged with dysphagia rehabilitation. However, registered nurses and doctors are often initial healthcare contact points for post-stroke dysphagia. Notwithstanding service concerns, they do indeed identify and manage post-stroke dysphagia.…[Read more]

4 %), and in patients tested 14 days or more after the onset of symptoms, the sensitivity was 88.0 %. Regarding the 61 group-3 patients, median time after symptom onset was also 17 days, and the test was positive in 54 (88.5 % positivity). Conclusions Our study shows that Alltest lateral flow immunoassay is reliable as a complement of PCR to…[Read more]

able at 12-month. Moreover, a study with a larger patient population and longer follow-up is warranted to further assess the device. Trial registration Dafodil-1 trial has been prospectively registered on 10/07/2017 under Clinical Trial Registry-India (http//www.ctri.nic.in). (Registration number CTRI/2017/07/009008).Background The mortality rate…[Read more]