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Systematic Review Of Home Physiotherapy After Hip Fracture Surgery, Saurabh Mehta, Jean-Sébastien Roy Apr 2014

Systematic Review Of Home Physiotherapy After Hip Fracture Surgery, Saurabh Mehta, Jean-Sébastien Roy

Saurabh Mehta

OBJECTIVE: To compare the benefits of home physiotherapy, institution-based physiotherapy and no physiotherapy following hip fracture surgery. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. METHODS: Two reviewers independently extracted data from 5 included studies. Standardized mean differences were pooled for health-related quality of life and performance-based outcomes. Review Manager Version 5 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Analysis of the 5 included studies indicated that home physiotherapy was better than no physiotherapy and similar to outpatient physiotherapy in improving patient-reported health-related quality of life. Performance-based outcomes were marginally better following outpatient physiotherapy compared with home physiotherapy 3 and …

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Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) For Support During Whole Lung Lavage For Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis., Hitoshi Hirose, Julie Monteagudo, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Boyd Hehn, Naveed Hasan Dec 2013

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (Ecmo) For Support During Whole Lung Lavage For Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis., Hitoshi Hirose, Julie Monteagudo, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, Boyd Hehn, Naveed Hasan

Nicholas C Cavarocchi MDJ

INTRODUCTION ECMO as support during whole lung lavage (WLL) for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is reserved for severe cases where oxygenation is inadequate to support the patient using the ventilator alone. While most publications describe a venovenous cannulation with variable results we present a successful case using venoarterial cannulation and discuss the potential benefits of this mode of ECMO support. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 44 year old female with a past medical history of Behcets disease and a BMI of 37 who was diagnosed with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) on a lung biopsy after presenting with dyspnea. …

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Supporting Rebuilding Efforts In Afghanistan, Dialogue Feb 2013

Supporting Rebuilding Efforts In Afghanistan, Dialogue

Vivian C. McAlister

The Royal College has been quietly assisting in the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s residency education system, devastated by years of war, by supplying members of the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) with educational materials and advice to appropriately modernize the country’s training programs.
“These efforts are essential for the training of Afghan physicians in medical and surgical specialties, to ensure a healthy future for the people of Afghanistan,” says Major Vivian McAlister, MD, FRCSC, member of Royal College Council and NTM-A participant.
The capacity-building initiative is supported on the ground by the NTM-A team, which includes numerous Fellows of the Royal College, …

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