Background.  Access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) medications for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with ongoing barriers to care is restricted by healthcare payers in the absence of HCV treatment outcomes data in the era of direct-acting antivirals (DAA). Methods.  Retrospective analysis of HCV treatment outcomes using interferon (IFN)-free DAA regimens and an inclusive treatme...

AIM To evaluate the safety and feasibility of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for total laparoscopic uncut Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy after distal gastrectomy. METHODS The clinical data of 42 patients who were divided into an ERAS group (n = 20) and a control group (n = 22) were collected. The observed indicators included operation conditions, postoperative clinical indexes, and posto...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease and ultimately leads to right heart failure and premature death. A total of four classical targeted drugs, prostanoids, endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs), phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE-5Is), and soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator (sGCS), have been proved to improve exercise capacity and hemodynamics compared ...

Background: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary perioperative care protocol that aims to reduce postoperative complications and the length of hospital stay. ERAS has been mainly implemented in gastrointestinal surgeries, its adaptation urological remains uncommon. This study aimed introduce management robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) at NTT Medical Center To...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols advocate early postoperative resumption of normal diet to decrease surgical stress and prevent excessive catabolism. The aim of the present study was to identify reasons for delayed tolerance of normal postoperative diet. This was a retrospective analysis including all consecutive colorectal surgical procedures since May 2011 until May 2017. Data...

UNLABELLED This study assesses the impact of shortening the inpatient length of stay on status at discharge in patients with mania. METHODS The authors performed a chart review on 131 patients with discharge diagnoses of bipolar disorder, current episode manic type, admitted to the private attending service at Colorado Psychiatric Hospital between 1985 and 1995. In 1990, a new program (the al...

OBJECTIVE To define the current standards of donor right hepatectomy, including the middle hepatic vein for adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Donor morbidity and mortality are inevitable given the ultra-major nature of the donor operation. Results from a matured center could define the true impact of this donor procedure most accurately. PATIENTS AND M...

OBJECTIVES Few studies have focused on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). The optimal treatment for CTD-PAH has yet to be established. DESIGN Meta-analysis of the data from evaluations of treatment for PAH generally (19 studies) and CTD-PAH specifically (nine studies) to compare the effects of pulmonary vasodilative PAH agents. MEDLINE, EM...

Abstract Aim To design and facilitate an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol for the Wessex Kidney Centre (WKC) live donors renal transplants. This audit focussed on post-operative analgesia guidelines average length of hospital stay post ERAS implementation. Method An was created living donors. The incorporated pre, peri to optimise patient care. based a survey sent all transplant ...

Enhanced Rehabilitation After Surgery (ERAS) protocols have been recently introduced in Spain, especially for better recovery colorectal surgeries, although they also used other areas such as obstetric or bariatric surgery. This protocol has offered positive results the immediate postoperative period, and a lower appearance of comorbidities. study aims to demonstrate its effectiveness medium te...