... include: number of involved nodes level of involved nodes extracapsular spread of tumour type of nodal dissection size of largest tumour mass 11 diagnosis and managementofhead and neck ... Overview of treatment of the primary tumour and neck This section addresses the first line treatment ofhead and neck cancer Managementof recurrent tumour is discussed in section The aim of treatment ... of the carotid sheath 13 diagnosis and managementofhead and neck cancer 5.2.2surgical treatment Neck dissection removes both the soft tissue and the lymph nodes A number of modifications of...
... areas of metastatic disease in patients with head and neck cancer should include: number of involved nodes level of involved nodes extracapsular spread of tumour type of nodal dissection size of ... tumours of the: base of tongue tonsil soft palate Oral cavity cancer includes tumours of the: buccal mucosa retromolar triangle alveolus hard palate anterior two-thirds of tongue floor of mouth ... aware of the presenting features ofhead and neck cancer, and the local referral pathways for suspected cancers Dental practitioners should include a full examination of the oral mucosa as part of...
... median of 93 minutes after arrival of the patient in the ER [49] In contrast, 52% of the patients in our study received the first dose of fibrinogen concentrate within the first hour, most of them ... difference may be the result of multiple factors related to the managementoftrauma patients in our clinic, and therapy with coagulation factor concentrates could be one of these factors The observation ... inaccuracies of the TRISS score, the level of specialisation of the trauma care institution and by improvements in trauma care other than coagulation management To circumvent these limitations,...
... Kramer N, Scalea TM: Nonoperative managementof blunt splenic injury: a 5-year experience J Trauma 2005, 58(3):492-498 Schroeppel TJ, Croce MA: Diagnosis and managementof blunt abdominal solid organ ... in blunt abdominal trauma: a systematic review of incidence and management J Trauma 2002, 53(1):79-85 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed ... Organ-specific severity of injury in NOM group Note that a patient may have injury in more than one organ Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation...
... radiologists.11 A blinded comparison of interpretation of plain CT scans of the head performed out of hours for a variety of pathologies, of which the minority were head injuries, comparing senior ... early managementof patients with a head injury,14 followed in 1999 by the Galasko report from the Royal College of Surgeons.15 SIGN published SIGN 46: Early managementof patients with a head ... department 4.1PRINCIPLES OF ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT A detailed review of all aspects of care of patients with a head injury before arrival and in the ED is not within the scope of this guideline...
... Journal ofTrauma J Trauma 2010, 69(5):1011-21 34 Moore FA, Davis JW, Moore EE Jr, Cocanour CS, West MA, McIntyre RC Jr: Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: managementof adults ... http://www.wjes.org/content/7/1/3 Page of 31 Velmahos GC, et al: Managementof the most severely injured spleen: a multicenter study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT) Arch ... Hepatic trauma: contemporary management Surg Clin North Am 2004, 84(2):437-50 Kozar RA, Moore JB, Niles SE, et al: Complications of non-operative managementof high-grade blunt hepatic injuries J Trauma...
... open-label study of aripiprazole effectiveness in the managementof patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in a general psychiatric outpatient setting Annals ofGeneral Psychiatry ... received lorazepam for the treatment of restlessness Hsieh et al Annals ofGeneral Psychiatry 2010, 9:35 http://www.annals -general- psychiatry.com/content/9/1/35 Page of Figure Patient disposition Efficacy ... treatment, 110 (71.9%) of subjects CGI-S = Clinical Global Impression scale Severity of Illness score Hsieh et al Annals ofGeneral Psychiatry 2010, 9:35 http://www.annals -general- psychiatry.com/content/9/1/35...
... improving your managementof LRTI and why?) All but two of non-exposed GPs indicated they would prefer to adopt the disease-focused intervention of CRP testing to optimise managementof LRTI in their ... of physicians with experiences of implementing both approaches and the attitude of physicians who have no practical experience of either intervention Our goal was to highlight the influence of ... prioritising of intervention uptake We focused on two contrasting interventions for improved managementof the exemplar condition of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in general practice...
... adherence of GPs to a dementia guideline was lower than expected [24] Up to now, no previous studies of the use of e-learning or blended learning for the training of GPs on dementia management ... KT about dementia in general practice) was conducted in a setting of GPs QCs in urban and rural areas of the western part of Germany [25] QCs are regular regional meetings of GPs to discuss clinical ... to change practice of primary care professionals British Journal ofGeneral Practice 2009, 59:104-109 Grimshaw J, Thomas R, MacLennan G, et al: Effectivenness and efficiency of guideline dissemination...
... Ledgerwood AM: The effects of treatment of renal trauma on renal function J Trauma 1987, 27:471-476 Broghammer JA, Fisher MB, Santucci RA: Conservative managementof renal trauma: a review Urology ... expectant (conservative) managementof renal trauma- a systematic review J Trauma 2005, 59:493-503 Altman AL, Haas C, Dinchman KH, Spirnak JP: Selective nonoperative managementof blunt grade renal ... surgically, the conservative managementof grade IV injuries in the setting of blunt trauma has been well established In a meta-analysis of 16 published Becker et al Journal of Medical Case Reports...
... improving your managementof LRTI and why?) All but two of non-exposed GPs indicated they would prefer to adopt the disease-focused intervention of CRP testing to optimise managementof LRTI in their ... of physicians with experiences of implementing both approaches and the attitude of physicians who have no practical experience of either intervention Our goal was to highlight the influence of ... prioritising of intervention uptake We focused on two contrasting interventions for improved managementof the exemplar condition of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in general practice...
... adherence of GPs to a dementia guideline was lower than expected [24] Up to now, no previous studies of the use of e-learning or blended learning for the training of GPs on dementia management ... KT about dementia in general practice) was conducted in a setting of GPs QCs in urban and rural areas of the western part of Germany [25] QCs are regular regional meetings of GPs to discuss clinical ... to change practice of primary care professionals British Journal ofGeneral Practice 2009, 59:104-109 Grimshaw J, Thomas R, MacLennan G, et al: Effectivenness and efficiency of guideline dissemination...
... the format of the trauma team leader decision scenarios’ Other links MDchoice.com — http://www.MDchoice.com This website contains two interactive scenarios for each of the topic areas of advanced ... visit to this site to anyone with an interest in trauma care Best feature Interactive nature of the clinical scenarios Worst feature Several of the vignettes contain unnecessary text that becomes ... Overall, I found the trauma scenarios to be well presented and educational More importantly, they were actually fun to work through, and seemed to be appreciated by a diverse group of medical users...
... One must be aware of the possibility of nerve lesions and of perforation of the pelvic organs, particularly in cases of comminutive fractures of the sacrum, which render the use of a pelvic clamp ... re-expansion of a retroperitoneal venous haematoma, by simple decompression Treatment options The referral of patients to hospital departments specializing in the treatment of cases of multiple trauma ... patients with pelvic trauma who underwent embolization of the two internal iliac arteries However, it is often difficult to distinguish between the trauma itself and the consequences of embolization...
... relationship between the risk of bleeding and the mechanism of injury of skeletal fractures in general or of long-bone fractures in particular Traffic accidents are the leading cause of pelvic injury Motor ... the treatment of the bleeding trauma patient V Managementof bleeding and coagulation IV Tissue oxygenation, fluid and hypothermia Flowchart of treatment aspects for the bleeding trauma patient ... risk of coagulopathic bleeding We have also considered the managementof bleeding following injury in children A more conservative approach to the surgical managementof bleeding in children is generally...
... relation between the risk of bleeding and the mechanism of injury of skeletal fractures in general or of long-bone fractures in particular Traffic accidents are the leading cause of pelvic injury Motor ... criticism of many of these studies is that the number of RBCs units transfused is an indicator of severity of injury that cannot be completely adjusted for by regression analysis All of these ... diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma J Trauma 1993, 35:267-270 74 Rohrl B, Sadick M, Diehl S, Obertacke U, Duber C: [Whole-body MSCT of patients after polytrauma: abdominal injuries] Rofo 2005,...
... immediate bleeding management in trauma patients blinding of either participants or personnel and of these also reported blinding of the outcome assessor Most studies (n = 26) had no loss of patients, ... oftrauma patients Intervention details Comparator details Warming techniques for treatment of hypothermia in polytrauma Hypertonic fluids for resuscitation of hypovolemic shock Adults, polytrauma, ... the multifactorial nature oftrauma hemorrhage, the multiplicity of interventions, issues with trial design, difficulties with the conduct oftrauma trials and lack of a coordinated approach...