A prospective study of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries

Saleem S, McClure EM, Goudar SS, Patel A, Esamai F, Garces A, Chomba E, Althabe F, Moore J, Kodkany B, Pasha O, Belizan J, Mayansyan A, Derman RJ, Hibberd PL, Liechty EA, Krebs NF, Hambidge KM, Buekens P, Carlo WA, Wright LL, Koso-Thomas M, Jobe AH, Goldenberg RL, Bull. World Health Organ. 2014 Aug;92(8):605-12 PMID:

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Failure mode and effects analysis applied to the maintenance and repair of anesthetic equipment in an austere medical environment

Rosen MA, Lee BH, Sampson JB, Koka R, Chima AM, Ogbuagu OU, Marx MK, Kamara TB, Koroma M, Jackson EV Int J Qual Health Care 2014 Aug;26(4):404-10 PMID: 24836514 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Medical technology designed for Western settings frequently does not function adequately or as intended when placed in an austere clinical environment because of issues

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Fetal outcomes of elective delivery

Hoffman MK, Merriam AA, Ehrenthal DB Clin Obstet Gynecol 2014 Jun;57(2):401-14 PMID: 24709710 Abstract Retrospective observational studies have suggested that delivery at or beyond 39 weeks has numerous neonatal benefits including less need for respiratory support, fewer neurodevelopmental delays and lower health care costs. This has lead governmental agencies, and professional organizations to endorse a

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Personalized Antiplatelet Therapy

Gurbel PA, Rafeedheen R, Tantry US Rev Esp Cardiol 2014 Jun;67(6):480-487 PMID: 24792466 Abstract It is well established that high on-treatment platelet reactivity to adenosine diphosphate during clopidogrel therapy is an independent risk factor for ischemic event occurrences in a postpercutaneous coronary intervention patients. However, the precise role of platelet function testing remains debated. Platelet

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