Effect of Uterine Artery Clamping in Reducing Cesarean Hysterectomy in Pregnancies Complicated by Placenta Accrete Spectrum by Balen Mohammad Jabar, Maryam Bakir Mahmood, Taher Abdullah Hussein Hawramy, Naz Azad Abdullah

“…A sample of sixty pregnant women with placenta accreta spectrum surgically managed by elective cesarean section and divided into two study groups (32 women underwent elective cesarean section with uterine artery clamping [interventional group] and 28 women underwent elective cesarean section without uterine artery clamping [control group]. …”
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LIPOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: WHICH DECISION RULE THRESHOLD TO CHOOSE? by A. T. Teplyakov, A. V. Kuznetsova, N. V. Protopopova, A. V. Andriyanova, T. E. Suslova, O. N. Nasanova, V. V. Kalyuzhin

“…The research objective is to determine the posterior probability of adverse cardiovascular events after elective coronary intervention in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) associated with type 2 diabetes, at high level of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) in blood serum, as well as to find out the optimal separation point value for this predictor, which increase allows to identify high risk with accuracy.Material and methods. …”
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis: A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Astrid Marot, Margaux Dubois, Eric Trépo, Christophe Moreno, Pierre Deltenre

“…<h4>Aim</h4>Synthesize the available evidence on liver transplantation for AH to assess alcohol relapse and 6-month survival.<h4>Methods</h4>Meta-analysis of trials evaluating liver transplantation for AH, either clinically severe or diagnosed on the explant.…”
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Antenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Adverse Maternal and Child Outcomes in Special Populations of Women at Risk of Imminent Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Rachel M Amiya, Linda B Mlunde, Erika Ota, Toshiyuki Swa, Olufemi T Oladapo, Rintaro Mori

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, POPLINE, and World Health Organization Regional Databases was conducted for all comparative studies. …”
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INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL LUNG VENTILATION ON REAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE VALUE OF SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS by I. V. Polyakov, K. N. Zolotukhin, I. N. Leyderman

“…Elective or emergence surgery often is closely connected with development of hypercatabolism-hypermetabolism syndrome. …”
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Circumcision weeks: Making circumcision part of routine training and service delivery at district-level hospitals in South Africa by F. Peters, T.S. Marcus

“…Background: Medically safe, elective male circumcision supports traditional and cultural rites of passage by reducing the risk of adverse events and death among men undergoing initiation. …”
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Adjunctive azithromycin prophylaxis protects women from uterine cesarean scar defect: A randomized controlled trial by Ding Huang, Sha Chen, Yanqing Cai, Liye Shi, Yiru Shi, Min Zeng, Weiwei Cheng, Jian Zhang, Hongjie Pan

“…This study investigated the protective effect of adjunctive azithromycin in combination with single‐dose cephalosporin against CSD in women undergoing non‐elective cesarean delivery. Material and methods A randomized, double‐blind, controlled clinical trial was conducted in a University hospital in Shanghai, China. …”
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES IN COLONIC ANASTOMOSIS by A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Vlasov, V. V. Plotnikov, A. V. Vazhenin

“…A multicenter retrospective clinical trial was conducted between January 2003 to December 2013 in patients undergoing elective and emergency colon cancer resections. The patients were divided into 4 groups with different methods of colonic anastomoses.  …”
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SYNERGY BETWEEN THE YOUTH AND A SECURED NATION: AN ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP NIGERIA THROUGH POLITICS AND ELECTORAL REMINISCENCE by ABDULKAREEM ONAKOYA

“…The study therefore aims at examining these roles and some of the impacts of the persistent insecurity on political development in the country. Survey research method with the use of questionnaire to garner responses from various stakeholders and politicians was adopted by the researcher. …”
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Islamic Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion: Examining the Intervening Role of Financial Self-Efficacy by Muslichah Muslichah, Yuniarti Hidayah Suyoso Putra, Rose Abdullah, Abdul Kadir Usry

“…Accidental sampling is the method employed. The response percentage for the 300 questionnaires distributed—181 of which were returned—was 60%. …”
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La doppia preferenza di genere: i suoi effetti nelle elezioni comunali del 2013 a Siena, Pisa e Massa by Cristina Agostinelli

“… The ltalian law n. 215 of 2012 introduces important changes to the TUEL, «Law on local government», with the objective of strengthening the existing promotion of equal opportunities, supporting the local authorities and ensuring the presence of both genders within elected assemblies. The research proposes a method of comparative anal ysis to observe and control the effects produced by the new electoral instruments adopted for the election of municipal councils with at least 5000 inhabitants. …”
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Bowel viability assessment during surgery (review of the literature) by A. A. Zacharenko, M. A. Belyaev, A. A. Trushin, D. A. Zaytcev, R. V. Kursenko

“…There is still no standardised and available for every operative theatre method for bowel viability assessment during surgery. …”
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Endometriosis leading to frequent emergency department visits-women's experiences and perspectives. by Christine Roman Emanuel, Herborg Holter, Ida Nygren Hansson, Maria Forslund

“…Most women with endometriosis are treated as elective outpatients, but these patients sometimes need to visit the emergency department. …”
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The importance and benefits of defining full-time equivalence in the field of acute care surgery by Kristan Staudenmayer, Amy Goldberg, Marc DeMoya, Randi N Smith, Joanelle Bailey, Mari Freedberg

“…In this article, we address the importance, benefits and challenges of defining full-time equivalence for ACS as a method to establish a stable ACS workforce for the future.…”
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Evaluating the impact of patient blood management implementation: a protocol for a quasiexperimental study in a Portuguese tertiary care setting by João Firmino-Machado, Diana Castro Paupério, Henrique Coelho, Sandrine Jorge, Guilherme Rabello, Donat R Sphan

“…This study will evaluate the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of implementing a PBM programme in elective surgical patients at a tertiary Portuguese hospital, with secondary objectives focusing on preoperative anaemia prevalence and aetiology, PBM protocol adherence, transfusion practices guided by viscoelastic tests and the impact of cell salvage techniques.Methods A baseline evaluation will be conducted in 2018, and postintervention assessments will follow from 2019 to 2024. …”
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Transient Elevation of Liver Function Tests and Bilirubin Levels After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by Alexandros Giakoustidis, Menelaos Papakonstantinou, Christos Gkoutzios, Paraskevi Chatzikomnitsa, Areti Danai Gkaitatzi, Athanasia Myriskou, Petros Bangeas, Panagiotis Dimitrios Loufopoulos, Vasileios N. Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Giakoustidis

“…The aim of this study is to present a series of patients of our institute with elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin after laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the absence of intraoperative injury or any other obvious etiology and to provide a possible explanation of this finding. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: From 2019 to 2023, 200 patients underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Papageorgiou General Hospital and at the European Interbalkan Medical Center of Thessaloniki utilizing the “critical view of safety” method. …”
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Apnoeic oxygenation during paediatric tracheal intubation: a study protocol for a single-centre, cluster randomised clinical trial (ApOx-Pedi-Trial) by Markus A Weigand, Marietta Kirchner, Stefan Mohr, Davut Deniz Uzun, Benjamin P Zimmermann, Sebastian Knoeller, Aleksandar R Zivkovic, Felix C F Schmitt

“…However, its efficacy in airway management during elective surgeries has not been adequately studied.Methods and analysis The ApOx-Pedi-Trial is a single-centre, cluster randomised, controlled clinical trial comparing the use of low-flow apnoeic oxygenation during the induction of general anaesthesia in infants and children up to 6 years of age undergoing elective surgery at the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital to standard of care (no apnoeic oxygenation). …”
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Outcomes of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Custom Femoral Stems in Patients With Secondary Hip Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review by Kevin Ilo, BSc, FRCS, Prith Hallikeri, FRCS, Habillan Naathan, BMBS, Bernard Van Duren, D Phil, FRCS, Mark Higgins, FRCS, Iain McNamara, MD, FRCS, Toby Smith, BSc, MSc, PhD

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Are Planned Caesarean Hysterectomies Performed Too Early in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Cases? by Aytekin Uzkar, Selim Karaküçük

“…There is currently no consensus regarding the optimal gestational age at which elective surgery should be performed to reduce the potential complications of PAS. …”
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Maternal and perinatal outcomes of live births after uterus transplantation: A systematic review by Mats Brännström, Hans Bokström, Henrik Hagberg, Ylva Carlsson

“…The aim of the study was to systematically review maternal and neonatal outcomes in the pregnancies of women who have undergone UTx. Material and Methods The population of this review were women that have undergone UTx and delivered child(ren). …”
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