Does preinjury warfarin impact outcome in trauma patients?
Our data suggest that the PIC of anticoagulation with warfarin does not adversely impact mortality or LOS outcomes in both head and non-head injured patients. In non-head injured patients, however, the occurrence rates and discharge destination were different. More research needs to be done to determine whether this is related to anticoagulation or other reasons (i.e., number of PICs). These data should be used when weighing risk/benefit ratios of prescribing chronic anticoagulation.
The corrosion sites contained highly diverse microbial communities, consistent with the involvement of microbial activities along the redox gradient at corrosion interface. We hypothesize an electron transport model for MIC, involving diverse bacterial groups such as acid-producing bacteria (APB), SRB, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB), metal-reducing bacteria (MRB) and metal-oxidizing bacteria (MOB).