Study Design. Review article of current literature on the preoperative evaluation and postoperative
management of patients undergoing high-risk spine operations and a presentation of …

Background Little is known from patients' perspective about the quality of postdischarge
care and the causes of rehospitalization after elective surgery. Methods A prospective …

The nature, definition, typical services, utility and future developments in Open Patent Services
(OPS) are described. This is with particular reference to the European Patent Office (EPO)…

Saturable in vitro binding of [ l4 C-carboxyl]-PLMF 1 was found to be present in plasma
membrane fractions of leaves from Mimosa pudica L. The chlorophyll-free preparations of plasma …

The World Wide Web has provided millions of people with rapid access to a huge number of
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Anticoagulant-related intramuscular hematomas are uncommon. However, when they do
occur, the clinical consequences can be significant. The authors describe nine patients on …

The perioperative assessment and management of patients with neurovascular, neurodegenerative,
or neuromuscular disease is a topic that lacks evidence to a great degree and is …

1. Incorporate sleep apnea questioning into a routine review of systems, and positive airway
pressure (PAP) machines into the medication reconciliation process. 2. Continue the patient’…

The IMPACT (of patent laws on documentation) working group is a working group of the PDG
(Patent Documentation Group). The effects of international and national patent legislation …

Since several years patent information users expressed their strong wish to have standardized
legal status data back to the 1980's. In April 2011, the PDG Working Group IMPACT [1, 2] …