When considering the endocrine system, the GI tract is commonly overlooked, while it is in fact the largest endocrine organ in the human body. The GI tract lining comprises specialised enteroendocrine ...
Background End-of-life (EOL) care involves providing quality medical attention to the dying patient. It is fraught with some ethical challenges, often underexplored in African settings. This ...
Objectives To develop and validate educational clinical vignettes (CVs) based on real-life patients with serious pathology from the disciplines of oncology, internal medicine and orthopaedics that are ...
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Background Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer, with inherited cases conferring a markedly increased risk. The underlying mechanisms driving malignant transformation by CP ...
Introduction Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic and safety performance of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) with cone beam CT (CBCT) for the biopsy of pulmonary nodules.
Introduction Perioperative hypothermia is a common and preventable complication of surgery. Systems level change that enables perioperative teams to integrate hypothermia prevention into practice in ...