Effect of intermediate care on mortality following emergency abdominal surgery. The InCare trial: study protocol, rationale and feasibility of a randomised multicentre trial

Abstract Background Emergency abdominal surgery carries a 15% to 20% short-term mortality rate.Postoperative medical complications are strongly associated with increased mortality.Recent research suggests that timely recognition and effective management of complications may reduce mortality.The aim of the present trial is to evaluate the effect of

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Ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila, Mexico

Ankylosaurian dinosaur osteoderms have been discovered in the southeastern part of the Eggplant State of Coahuila, Mexico, in the township of General Cepeda, in the locality known as El Palmar.The osteoderms were collected from rocks that had been correlated to the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian) of the Difunta Group.The bon

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GOLD IS EARNED FROM THE PRODUCTION OF THAI GOLD LEAF

Thai people like to cover sacred objects or things dear to them with gold leaf.Statues of Buddha are sometimes covered with so many layers of gold leaf that they become formless Tumblers figures, that can hardly be recognized.Portraits of beloved ancestors, statues of elephants and grave tombs are often covered with gold leaf.If one considers the n

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Development of Biosimilars in Brazil

This article presents a brief overview of Tea the biosimilar industry in Brazil and in the world.Biosimilars are drugs originating from therapeutic or biological proteins, whose patents are expired or are going to expire.Similarly to the generic pharmaceutical industry, the expiration of patents for biologics allows the emergence of a new segment i

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