Background: Recent reports from North America and Europe have documented an annual
increase in the incidence of differentiated thyroid carcinoma. We sought to investigate the …

Methods Medical students from years 1–4 completed a self-administered questionnaire.
Section 1 tested general knowledge about organ donation; section 2 tested the students' ability …

Heart failure is an increasingly prevalent medical condition associated with significant morbidity
and mortality. In spite of optimal medical therapy, a large number of patients continue to …

Objective The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in an increase
in hospital resource utilization and the need to defer nonurgent cardiac surgery procedures. …

Objective: Several recent studies have found exceedingly high noise levels in the neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) and in incubators. The purpose of this study was to perform a …

… Dr Kent is a consultant for Medtronic; and is an adviser to Abbott. Dr Curzen is a chief
investigator for the RIPCORD 2 (A Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare Routine Pressure …

Objective: Robot-assisted surgery is a minimally invasive approach for repairing the mitral
valve. This study aimed to assess its safety and clinical efficacy when compared with …

Objective To review the early results of a less invasive, single-stage hybrid arch procedure
involving replacement of the ascending aorta, arch debranching, and zone 0 antegrade stent …

OBJECTIVES: Surgical site complications following great saphenous vein (GSV) harvest
presents a significant risk of morbidity. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has shown …

Objective To determine the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients after cardiac
surgery, assess the perioperative risk factors, and determine the type of GI tract pathology …