Results 111 to 120 of about 328,577 (288)

Day surgery and general anaesthesia : what makes patients anxious? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
For many patients the prospective of undergoing surgery and general anaesthesia is highly anxiety provoking. With the global rise in day surgery and limited nurse/ patient contact, anxiety has become a prominent issue.
Mitchell, MJ
core   +1 more source

Frailty Recovery Following Minimally Invasive Surgery: An Emerging Perspective on Surgical Benefits in Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This prospective study investigated the impact of MIS on frailty and outcomes in elderly CRC patients. While frail patients showed lower OS, MIS was safely performed. Among recurrence‐free patients, frailty status improved at 1 year, suggesting that curative surgery may offer not only oncologic benefits but also potential for frailty improvement ...
Hajime Ushigome   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Invertebrate Biohybrid Robotics: Leveraging Nature for Locomotion and Sensing in Engineered Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review explores invertebrate biohybrid robots that integrate living organisms—such as insects, jellyfish, spiders, and sea slugs—into robotic systems for locomotion, sensing, and actuation. The advantages in efficiency and cost, discuss control, and power challenges are highlighted, and future considerations to guide the development of sustainable,
Charles J. Fraga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social competencies of children with disinhibited social engagement disorder: A systematic review

open access: yesJCPP Advances
Background Children with Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder (DSED) have specific difficulties with indiscriminate sociability, yet little is known about their broader social competencies as DSED tends not to be identified within samples in the wider
Claire Davidson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self‐Organized Multitarget Pursuit in Multi‐Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems via Hierarchical Probabilistic Graphical Models

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Multi‐UAV systems face challenges in adversarial environments due to limited adaptability and interpretability. This study proposes a self‐organized approach using hierarchical probabilistic graphical models with density‐driven parameter estimation.
Yixin Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Screening strategy for Chagas disease in a non-endemic country (Switzerland): a prospective evaluation

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2019
The WHO recommends screening of Latin American migrants for Chagas disease to reduce morbidity and mortality and increase the likelihood of eradicating the disease.
Claire Da Costa-Demaurex   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paying More for Primary Care: Can It Help Bend the Medicare Cost Curve? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Estimates how a permanent 10 percent increase in Medicare fees for primary care ambulatory visits would affect the number and cost of visits and spending for inpatient and post-acute care.
Arkadipta Ghosh   +3 more
core  

Characterizing the Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is the second‐most common inherited bleeding disorder worldwide, afflicting one in 4000–5000 people, and is the most morbid inherited bleeding disorder of women. HHT causes recurrent severe epistaxis, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, and arteriovenous malformations in the ...
Hanny Al‐Samkari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Profiles of Health Care Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Compares the healthcare systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, including spending, use of health information technology, and ...

core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy