A useful narrative on pharmacology and metabolomics for surgeons caring for the diabetic population; the vast majority of the CTSNet membership.
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Nutrition
November 11, 2019
May 17, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
The British Heart Foundation reports that the number of premature deaths related to cardiovascular disease has risen in the UK for the first time in 50 years.
March 20, 2019
Yanagawa and colleagues evaluated the experience of 10 centers in Ontario, Canada, participating in the Ontario Transfusion Coordinator (ONTraC) program to determine if red blood cell transfusion rates were reduced by patient participation in the program and optimization of hemoglobin prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
December 15, 2017
Patient Care
A baby in the UK has surgery to put her ectopic heart back inside her chest.
August 6, 2014
This prospective trial from 14 ICUs in northern Europe evaluated the potential benefit of adding immune-modulating nutrients (IMHP) to standard enteral nutrition in reducing infectious complications in ventilated patients. The addition of IMHP did not alter the incidence of infectious complications, but was associated with much worse 6 month surviva
May 15, 2014
We are all dissapointed to see that a study that looked at 783 patients from the chianti region over 10 years that looked at resveratrol metabolites showed no health benefits for high intake of this mtabolite of chocolate and wine