Clinical Studies of Sudden Upper Airway Obstruction in Patients With Hereditary Angioedema Due to C1 Esterase Inhibitor Deficiency
Clinical Studies of Sudden Upper Airway Obstruction in Patients With Hereditary Angioedema Due to C1 Esterase inhibitor Deficiency ~ Background: Hereditary angioedema due to C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency is clinically characterized by recurrent and self-limiting skin, intestinal, and laryngeal edema. Asphyxiation by laryngeal edema is the main cause of death among patients who die of [...]
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Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Early Childhood Caries: A Microbiologic Perspective
Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Early Childhood Caries: A Microbiologic Perspective ~ Early childhood caries (ECC) is a particularly virulent form of dental caries that is characterized by an over-whelming infectious challenge and is associated with unusual dietary practices. ECC initially presents with smooth-surface carious lesions affecting the primary maxillary incisors (PMIs). As the disease [...]
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Work-Related Noise Hazards In The Dental Surgery
Work-Related Noise Hazards In The Dental Surgery ~ Noise is an acoustic phenomenon which mainly arisesin a gas, solid or, on occasion, liquid environment. We areall accustomed to everyday “normal noise”, which isconstantly present all around us. Certain occupations,however, create the kind of noise whose sources arestrictly related to the characteristics of the workplace.Noise is [...]
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Consensus document on the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in dental surgery and procedures
Consensus document on the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in dental surgery and procedures ~ Classically, prophylaxis has been considered pre- or peri- operative administration of an antibiotic for prevention of a local and/or systemic infectious complication and the corresponding clinical consequences. The aim of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery is to prevent the possible appearance of [...]
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Dental Surgery for Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy with Warfarin: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Dental Surgery for Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy with Warfarin: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis ~ Warfarin therapy is used by more than 4 million patients in North America for conditions such as atrial fibrillation, mechanical heart valve and venous thromboembolism.1 Warfarin therapy reduces the risk of arterial thromboembolic events such as stroke by 70%2,3 and [...]
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Osteonecrosis of the Jaw – Do Bisphosphonates Pose a Risk?
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw – Do Bisphosphonates Pose a Risk? ~ Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates are used widely for the management of metastatic cancer in bone (intravenous zoledronic acid or pamidronate), for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis (oral alendronate, risedronate, and ibandronate and intravenous ibandronate), for the treatment of Paget’s disease of bone (intravenous pamidronate and [...]
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Platelet Rich Plasma – Utilizing autologous growth factors for dental surgery to enhance bone and soft tissue grafts
Platelet Rich Plasma – Utilizing autologous growth factors for dental surgery to enhance bone and soft tissue grafts ~ The addition to a graft site of an easily obtained autologous concentrate of blood platelets, called platelet rich plasma (PRP), offers an improved quality and speed of healing for both hard and soft tissue. This article [...]
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Regional Nerve Blocks for Oral Surgery in Companion Animals
Regional Nerve Blocks for Oral Surgery in Companion Animals ~ Regional nerve blocks provide a practical means of periand postoperative analgesia as an adjunct to general anesthesia for painful oral procedures in companion animals. Regional nerve blocks are technically simple to master, quick and easy to administer, and have a low incidence of complications. Few [...]
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Evidence to Continue Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Ambulatory Oral Surgery
Evidence to Continue Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Ambulatory Oral Surgery ~ The surgeon is faced with the choice of altering or stopping warfarin and risking thromboembolism or leaving the patient on the warfarin and risking uncontrolled bleeding. A common approach to managing patients with a low risk of thromboembolism needing surgery is to interrupt warfarin [...]
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Dental Surgery in Anticoagulated Patients
Dental Surgery in Anticoagulated Patients ~ Continuous oral anticoagulant therapy has been used to decrease the risk of thrombo-embolism for more than half a century, prolonging the lives of thousands of patients. Many physicians recommend interrupting continuous anticoagulant therapy for dental surgery to prevent hemorrhage. In reviewing the available literature, there are no well-documented cases [...]
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Nutrition and ageing in Africa
Nutrition and ageing in Africa ~ Although the proportion of elderly people in African populations is much smaller than that in developed countries, the absolute numbers of older Africans are rapidly increasing. The huge majority of Africans live in poor economic circumstances and few countries are able to offer social assistance programs. The health and [...]
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School-based community gardens: Re-establishing healthy relationships with food
School-based community gardens: Re-establishing healthy relationships with food ~ There are many well established health benefits of consuming a wide variety of vegetables and fruit. In Australia, and other industrialised countries, cardiovascular disease and cancer are the two leading causes of morbidity and mortality (Perrin et al., 2002; Stables et al., 2002). Increased consumption of [...]
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