Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Colette Galet,1 Yunshu Zhou,2 Patrick Ten Eyck,2 Kathleen S Romanowski1 1Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2Institute SPORT PROTEIN BERRY for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Purpose: Clinicians anecdotally noted that elderly patients who suffered from traumatic injurie

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The Relation between Left Coronary Dominancy and Atherosclerotic Involvement of Left Anterior Descending Artery Origin

Introduction: Limited umbrella information is available regarding the relationship between coronary vessel dominance and atherosclerotic involvement.Rheological factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary lesions.More than 90% of the coronary blood flow enters the left coronary if it is the dominant artery.The main purpose of this

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