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Prothrombotic complications in metastatic pancreatic carcinoma: A case presentation

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Eun Young Anna Han 1; Arthur Chen Wun Tan 1
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Pancreatic cancer represents one of the most prothrombotic neoplasms secondary to high tumoral expression of tissue factor, cytokine release, activation of leukocytes and hypofibrinolysis. Studies have shown that the incidence of thrombotic complications can reach up to 36%. We present a case of an 84-year-old male patient who was admitted onto the Geriatrics ward with a 3-day history of sudden-onset dyspnoea, productive cough, pallor, and general malaise. Admission blood revealed microcytic anaemia (Hb 91 g/L), neutrophilic leukocytosis (WCC 29.9 x 10^9/L, Neut 26.9 x10^9/L) and elevated C

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Do hospital-based deconditioning prevention programmes work?

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N Abeysekara1; R Ratnayake2;
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Introduction: A summary of the best available evidence in relation to the importance and awareness of hospital associated deconditioning (HAD) and barriers associated with hospital-based deconditioning prevention in order to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of deconditioning prevention programmes. Additionally, to gather available evidence focused on the implementation of a national programme. Method: Literature search of Published and unpublished studies and trials were searched using various databases; HDAS (Healthcare Database Advanced Search) databases (OVID platform) Embase

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