THE IMPACT OF A CASH DRIVEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ON BLOOD UTILIZATION : AN ANALYSIS OF BLOOD UTILIZATION DURING ELECTIVE SURGERIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL ITUK... by obinna ajuzieogu, adaobi o amucheazi, Richard Ewah

“…AIMS/OBJECTIVES   1                    To assess the efficacy of blood ordering practice. 2                    To assess the feasibility of a prospective random work to develop practice guidelines.   MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective study involving patients booked for elective surgical procedures who were asked to provide blood for the surgery. …”
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Surgical management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to the parotid gland by Michał Gontarz, Marta Urbańska, Jakub Bargiel, Krzysztof Gąsiorowski, Tomasz Marecik, Grażyna Wyszyńska-Pawelec

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Comparison of analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block versus erector spinae plane block in children undergoing elective open pyeloplasty – A randomized, do... by Isaac Lalfakzuala Ralte, Debesh Bhoi, Praveen Talawar, Ganga Prasad, Rajeshwari Subramaniam, Prabudh Goel

“…Sixty children of age 1–6 years, with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status I or II, undergoing elective open pyeloplasty were included in the study. …”
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Frailty assessment as a predictor of postoperative complications and life space in Indian older adults undergoing elective major orthopaedic surgery: A prospective study from a ter... by Abhijith Rajaram Rao, Sumitab Singh, Baburao Gudeti, Pramod Kumar Mehta, Rajesh Malhotra, Avinash Chakrawarty, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Prasun Chatterjee

“…We intend to report the association between frailty, as diagnosed using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) modified frailty index, and immediate and one-month postoperative outcome in older adults undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery. Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the inpatient department of a tertiary care centre. …”
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Clinical and Phenotypic Correlates of Mitral Valve Prolapse in Marfan Syndrome: The Cornell Aortic Aneurysm Registry by Nupoor Narula, Yosef Schwartz, Richard B. Devereux, Xiaoyue Ma, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Leonard Girardi, Mary J. Roman

“…Methods Imaging, anthropometric, cardiovascular disease, and surgical data were compared in patients with and without MVP in a large, single‐center MFS registry. …”
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Perioperative Oral decontamination and ImmunoNuTrition (POINT) to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications in elderly patients scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgeries: pr... by Jing Zhang, Yuguang Huang, Wen Wang, Yuelun Zhang, Xiaochun Zheng, Lu Che, Junping Chen, Lan Yao, Jiawen Yu, Lining Huang, Qianmei Zhu, Lichi Xu, Ji Fu, Meizheng You, Chaolei Liu, Guoping Fan

“…A total of 592 patients aged 65 years and older who are scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgeries in seven tertiary hospitals in China will be recruited. …”
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Obstetric mode of delivery and risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: insights from the Quebec pregnancy cohort by Odile Sheehy, Malika Ferroum, Jessica Gorgui, Jin-Ping Zhao, Anick Berard

“…During the same period, cesarean section rates rose from 18.7% in 1997 to 29.4% in 2018, exceeding WHO guidelines and raising health concerns for women and children. Methods This study aims to investigate the association between different obstetric modes of delivery and the risk of ADHD in children. …”
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Peran Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum dalam Pemberantasan Politik Uang Di Kabupaten Minahasa by Dicky Janeman Paseki, Boby Pinasang, Hironimus Taroreh

“…Research results show that Bawaslu has the task of preventing and taking action against elections, as well as election process disputes in accordance with Article 93 letter b of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections. …”
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Use of Hyaluronan in the Selection of Sperm for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Wei Fan, Weixia Guo, Qiong Chen

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CHOICE OF SURGICAL METHOD OF TREATMENT OF CHOLELITHIASIS by V. M. Timerbulatov, D. I. Mekhdiev, M. V. Timerbulatov, R. B. Sagitov, R. A. Yamalov

“…The majority of them (71,8%) had an elective surgery, though 28,2% of patients underwent an emergency operation. …”
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Classification technology of machine-plucking high quality tea by ZHANG Lan-lan, DONG Ji-fen, TANG Meng, CAI Wei-zhi, WEN Zheng-jun, LUO Yao-ping

“…This result indicates that the MCF in combination with the wind election method is effective in separating standard shoots from debris. …”
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The usage of probabilistic assessment for cost calculations of using NPP with hydrogen industrial production by Yu. A. Kolbantcev, M. V. Konyushin, A. A. Kalyutik

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¿Elección o justicia abierta? Como dar legitimidad al poder judicial en el contexto de la reforma en Mexico? by Laurence Pantin

“…After describing the context and content of this reform, this article argues that the experience of judicial elections in the United States and Bolivia does not support the idea that this method enhances the legitimacy of judges. …”
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Ending Electoral Fraud in Nigeria: can the Agenda Setting Role of the Mass Media salvage the situation? by Чінеду А. Нвамара, Емека Вільямс Етумну

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Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Political In(tolerance) among Islamists in Jakarta by A'an Suryana, Ismail Alviano, Ghulam Ruchma Algiffary, Bobi Arisandi

“…The country began holding free and fair elections at the national level in 2004, with regional elections following shortly thereafter. …”
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Peculiarities of Political Struggle in the Formation of Regional Parliamentarism in Modern Russia by A. A. Zaikin

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Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (North-West Institute of Management, Branch of RANEPA) by A. A. Vasetsky, D. Yu. Ivanov

“…It is obvious that the rapid nature of the ongoing external (global) and internal changes and challenges required flexible response methods. The project management methodology, according to the authors, is adequate to modern reality and is optimal when implementing initiatives aimed at information development. …”
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Elevated serum levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in 71 patients 3 months after elective cardiac surgery suggest a potential link to persistent inflammation but not an in... by Krzysztof Laudanski, Mohamed Antar, Hossam Gad, Daniel A. Diedrich

“…In this study, we investigate postoperative serum kinetics of MCP-1 as a potential contributor to postoperative neurocognitive decline, arteriosclerosis, and the development of organ failures.MethodsSeventy-one patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery were included in this study. …”
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Study protocol of Elective Para-aortic and pelvic versus Pelvic only Irradiation in pelvic node positive Cervical cancer: a multicentric open labelled phase III randomised controll... by Sudeep Gupta, Supriya Chopra, Akhil Kapoor, Prachi Mittal, Ankita Gupta, Jeevanshu Jain, Satyajit Pradhan, Abhishek Shinghal, Ankita Rungta Kapoor, Vinay Saini, Sanju Sanju, Prashanth Giridhar, Lincoln Pujari, Zachariah Chowdhury

“…This study intends to study these patients and isolate the subset who will benefit most from elective PALN irradiation.Methods and analysis This is an ongoing multicentric phase III randomised controlled trial with a sample size of 274 subjects in two arms (137 in each arm) to determine the superiority of limited elective para-aortic irradiation compared with no irradiation. …”
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A randomized study to compare the efficacy and safety of ketamine, levobupivacaine, and a combination of both as pre-incision surgical site infiltration for providing postoperative... by Anuj Yadav, Parul Mullick, Mansi Jain

“…Objectives: We aimed to compare the postoperative Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score, requirement of additional analgesia, side-effects, and patient satisfaction among elective hysterectomy patients using ketamine, levobupivacaine, and a combination of both. …”
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