BACKGROUND Pain related to burn injuries is one of the most troublesome pain intensity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of massage on anticipatory anxiety, procedural pain intensity, vital signs and relaxation level of patients with burn injury. METHODS In this quasi-experimental study, through convenience sampling, 60 hospitalized adult burn patients were selected from...

Abstract Background Even if pilot studies have been conducted to validate Intravascular Lithotripsy, most challenging cases were excluded, including unprotected Left Main (LM) coronary stenosis. Methods We retrospectively enrolled patients treated with IVL in a real–world multicenter registry from 21 centers among Italy and Spain January 2020 November 2021. The primary safety endpoint was freed...

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Percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) accompanying End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis therapy is complicated due to the presence of complex lesions and the associated severity of complications and high mortality rates. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety and to simultaneously delineate optimal procedural algorithms and ...

OBJECTIVE Single dose of systemic antibiotics and short-term use of mouthwashes reduce bacteremia. However, the effects of a single dose of preprocedural rinse are still controversial. This study evaluated, in periodontally diseased patients, the effects of a pre-procedural mouth rinse on induced bacteremia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Systemically healthy individuals with gingivitis (n=27) or perio...

OBJECTIVE Strokes are infrequent but potentially serious complications following carotid intervention, but antiplatelet therapy can reduce these risks. There are currently no specific guidelines on dose or duration of peri-procedural antiplatelet treatment for patients undergoing carotid intervention. Within the ongoing Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2), this study aimed at assessin...

The radial artery has been increasingly used for its favorable safety profile. However, no conclusive data are available on the optimal sheath size. In particular, it is seemingly difficult to weight both advantages and disadvantages of narrower versus larger sheaths size. Despite several studies were performed to compare the use of 6-Fr to the smaller 5-Fr sheaths, these were mostly small, sin...

Procedural textures have significant advantages over image textures. Procedural textures are compact, are resolution and size independent, often remove the need for a texture parameterization, can easily be parameterized and edited, and allow high quality antialiasing. However, creating procedural textures is more difficult than creating image textures. Creating procedural textures typically in...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) is increasingly performed in patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Post-procedural MR grading is challenging and an unsettled issue. We hypothesised that the direct planimetry of vena contracta area (VCA) by 3D-transoesophageal echocardiography allows quantifying post-procedural MR and implies further prognostic relevance missed by th...

BACKGROUND To investigate the efficacy and procedural skills of metallic stent placement for malignant gastric outlet obstruction. METHODS Nine patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction were performed metallic stent placement. Two stent placement methods were employed, the first, stents were placed under guidance of endoscopy in 7 patients (stent introducer: 140 mm in length and 4-6 ...