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Investigators examined data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors study 2019 to describe the global, regional, and national burden of liver cancer due to hepatitis C since 1990.
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The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019. The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission.
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from 2016‐2019 and secondary diagnosis of T2DM. Data was weighted to allow for representative nationwide estimates.ResultsWe identified 426,549 patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of TIA between 2016 and 2019. The primary diagnosis of the readmission was used to identify the etiology of readmission.
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Medicare beneficiaries who underwent CABG from 2001 to 2019. With over 95% of adult and congenital cardiac surgery procedures and a majority of lung cancer and esophageal cancer surgery in the U.S., A study presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 61st Annual Meeting explores findings in more than a million U.S.
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We have now seen positive outcomes from our initial clinical work in PAD and ischemic stroke and anticipate similarly positive findings from our current study in lung cancer. Global burden of peripheral artery disease and its risk factors, 19902019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Kim, Min Seo et al.
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