Background: Total hip and total knee arthroplasties are well accepted as reliable and
suitable surgical procedures to return patients to function. Health-related quality-of-life …

Objectives: To summarise epidemiological data on the frequency of hip replacements in the
countries of the developed world, especially in countries of the Organisation for Economic …

Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death. Survivors may sustain severe neurologic
morbidity. There is negligible research specific to brain injury in drowning making current …

Introduction We evaluated the efficacy of and tolerance to mild therapeutic hypothermia
achieved using an endovascular cooling system, and its ability to reach and maintain a …

The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting
practices for acute management of drowning in out-of-hospital and emergency care settings …

The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting
practices for acute management and treatment of drowning in out-of-hospital and …

The Wilderness Medical Society convened a panel to review available evidence supporting
practices for the prevention and acute management of drowning in out-of-hospital and …

Background: Induced hypothermia is widely used for comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.
Other causes of hypoxic brain injury carry a poor prognosis when treated using traditional …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Degenerative spine disease will become an increasing health
problem, and a significant number of patients will be considered for surgery. Spinal …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent and disabling chronic conditions affecting
older adults, and is a significant public health problem among adults of working age. The …