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Pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of complications. Likewise, living in rural, regional and remote Victoria, Australia, is also associated with poorer health outcomes. There is a gap in the literature with regard to whether Victorian women with pre-existing diabetes experience a greater risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to their metropolitan counterparts.
Our objective is to compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes for women with pre-existing diabetes delivering in rural vs metropolitan hospitals in Victoria, Australia.
Retrospective population-based study using routinely collected state-based data of singleton births to women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who delivered in metropolitan (n=3233) and rural hospitals (n=693) in Victoria, Australia, between 2006-2015. Pearson's χ
test, Fisher's exact test and MannWhitney U-test were used to compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes between metropolitan and rural locations.
Delivery in a rural hospital was associated with higher rates of stillbirth (2.3% vs 1.1%, P=0.027), macrosomia (25.9% vs 16.9%, P<0.001), shoulder dystocia (8.4% vs 3.5%, P<0.001) and admission to the neonatal intensive care unit/special care nursery (73.2% vs 59.3%, P<0.001). Smoking (18.0% vs 8.9%, P<0.001), overweight/obesity (P=0.047) and socioeconomic disadvantage (P<0.001) were more common in rural women.
Women with pre-existing diabetes who deliver in rural hospitals experience a greater risk of adverse perinatal outcomes and present with increased maternal risk factors. These results suggest a need to improve care for women with pre-existing diabetes in rural Victoria.
Women with pre-existing diabetes who deliver in rural hospitals experience a greater risk of adverse perinatal outcomes and present with increased maternal risk factors. These results suggest a need to improve care for women with pre-existing diabetes in rural Victoria.
Nitrous oxide (N
O) is an important and persistent greenhouse gas making a significant contribution to global climate change. Deep fertilization has been demonstrated to increase crop yield and nutrient use efficiency by decreasing losses of volatilization and surface runoff. However, N
O emissions from croplands induced by deep fertilization are variable and mitigation strategies remain uncertain. This study aimed to (i) quantify the response of area-scaled (N
O emissions) and yield-scaled N
O emissions (N
O intensity) from croplands to deep fertilization, and (ii) identify the soil, climate, and management factors that mitigate N
O emissions and N
O intensity under deep fertilization.
Compared with the control, deep fertilization increased N
O emissions by 18.6% (P < 0.001) but decreased N
O intensity by 20.1% (P = 0.018). By adopting deep fertilization, N
O emissions could be significantly mitigated in rice-paddies soils (-48.8%), with fertilizer depth > 10 cm (-33.0%), and with fertilizer N amount > 200 kg N ha
(-8.2%). N
O intensity following deep fertilization significantly decreased in soils with pH ≤6 (-22.5%), at sites with precipitation of 500-1000 mm (-25.5%), in rice-paddies soils (-53.0%), with the method of mixed fertilizer in the control (-21.2%), and with fertilizer depth > 10 cm (-33.6%).
This study provides a basis for assessing the effect of deep fertilization on N
O emissions and provides potential measures to mitigate N
O emissions associated with deep fertilization practices.
This study provides a basis for assessing the effect of deep fertilization on N2 O emissions and provides potential measures to mitigate N2 O emissions associated with deep fertilization practices.
Spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a common neurosurgical emergency with a high case fatality rate. The clinical course of SAH generates high health economic expenses. Here we highlight possible cost-driving factors for in-hospital care expenses for the first year. Furthermore, results are compared with ischemic stroke treatment.
One hundred and one patients with aneurysmal SAH treated in our hospital from 2007 through 2009 were included. The Hunt and Hess (HH) scale, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) scale, Fisher Scale, and further outcome-relevant data were recorded. Expenses were calculated using the German fixed case rate classification system consisting of Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) and the Operation and Procedure catalogue (OPS). Overall acute length of stay (LOS) and LOS on the intensive care unit (ICU) were separately evaluated. Expenses were compared with formerly published first-year costs of ischemic stroke.
Fifty-four percent of the patients (medc stroke.
Clinical condition and LOS determine in-hospital expenses after SAH. Aneurysmal SAH prevalently results in a relevant economic impact on the health system exceeding formerly published treatment expenses for ischemic stroke.
Surgical resection of brain metastases (BM) offers the highest rates of local control and survival; however, it is reserved for patients with good functional status. In particular, the presence of BM tends to oversize the detriment of the overall functional status, causing neurologic deterioration, potentially reversible following symptomatic pharmacological treatment. Thus, a timely indication of surgical resection may be dismissed. FSEN1 in vitro We propose to identify and quantify these variations in the functional status of patients with symptomatic BM to optimize the indication of surgical resection.
Historic, retrospective cohort analysis of adult patients undergoing BM microsurgical resection, consecutively from January 2012 to May 2016, was conducted. The Karnofsky performance status (KPS) variation was recorded according to the symptomatic evolution of each patient at specific moments of the diagnostic-therapeutic algorithm. Finally, survival curves were delineated for the main identified factors.
One hundtion of patients with symptomatic BM.
The aim of this study is to compare the outcome of the minimally invasive transmuscular approach using a tubular retractor system (Metrx) with the conventional microsurgical standard approach (CM) for microsurgical treatment of lumbar disk herniation.
This is a prospective randomized controlled study with a 11 distribution of patients in CM and Metrx study groups. Two hundred and twenty-seven (117 CM and 110 Metrx) patients were included. The primary outcome parameters are postoperative pain intensity reduction, length of hospitalization, postoperative quality of life, and daily life performance based on the standardized questionnaires Visual Analog Scale (VAS), 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and Prolo scores. The secondary outcome parameters are intraoperative variables surgery duration, blood loss, and fluoroscopy dose.
There were no significant statistical differences in the primary outcome measures between the two groups with respect to postoperative pain relief (median VAS pre-op to 3 months post-op for sciatica 9-2 [CM] vs.
