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    Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

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    Environmental physiology of the teleostean thyroid gland: a review

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    Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: An international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

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    Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). However, there is a lack of data available about SSI in children worldwide, especially from low-income and middle-income countries. This study aimed to estimate the incidence of SSI in children and associations between SSI and morbidity across human development settings. Methods A multicentre, international, prospective, validated cohort study of children aged under 16 years undergoing clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty gastrointestinal surgery. Any hospital in the world providing paediatric surgery was eligible to contribute data between January and July 2016. The primary outcome was the incidence of SSI by 30 days. Relationships between explanatory variables and SSI were examined using multilevel logistic regression. Countries were stratified into high development, middle development and low development groups using the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). Results Of 1159 children across 181 hospitals in 51 countries, 523 (45路1%) children were from high HDI, 397 (34路2%) from middle HDI and 239 (20路6%) from low HDI countries. The 30-day SSI rate was 6.3% (33/523) in high HDI, 12路8% (51/397) in middle HDI and 24路7% (59/239) in low HDI countries. SSI was associated with higher incidence of 30-day mortality, intervention, organ-space infection and other HAIs, with the highest rates seen in low HDI countries. Median length of stay in patients who had an SSI was longer (7.0 days), compared with 3.0 days in patients who did not have an SSI. Use of laparoscopy was associated with significantly lower SSI rates, even after accounting for HDI. Conclusion The odds of SSI in children is nearly four times greater in low HDI compared with high HDI countries. Policies to reduce SSI should be prioritised as part of the wider global agenda

    Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy

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    Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist has fostered safe practice for 10 years, yet its place in emergency surgery has not been assessed on a global scale. The aim of this study was to evaluate reported checklist use in emergency settings and examine the relationship with perioperative mortality in patients who had emergency laparotomy. Methods: In two multinational cohort studies, adults undergoing emergency laparotomy were compared with those having elective gastrointestinal surgery. Relationships between reported checklist use and mortality were determined using multivariable logistic regression and bootstrapped simulation. Results: Of 12 296 patients included from 76 countries, 4843 underwent emergency laparotomy. After adjusting for patient and disease factors, checklist use before emergency laparotomy was more common in countries with a high Human Development Index (HDI) (2455 of 2741, 89路6 per cent) compared with that in countries with a middle (753 of 1242, 60路6 per cent; odds ratio (OR) 0路17, 95 per cent c.i. 0路14 to 0路21, P < 0路001) or low (363 of 860, 42路2 per cent; OR 0路08, 0路07 to 0路10, P < 0路001) HDI. Checklist use was less common in elective surgery than for emergency laparotomy in high-HDI countries (risk difference -9路4 (95 per cent c.i. -11路9 to -6路9) per cent; P < 0路001), but the relationship was reversed in low-HDI countries (+12路1 (+7路0 to +17路3) per cent; P < 0路001). In multivariable models, checklist use was associated with a lower 30-day perioperative mortality (OR 0路60, 0路50 to 0路73; P < 0路001). The greatest absolute benefit was seen for emergency surgery in low- and middle-HDI countries. Conclusion: Checklist use in emergency laparotomy was associated with a significantly lower perioperative mortality rate. Checklist use in low-HDI countries was half that in high-HDI countries
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