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Developing Skills and Competence in Acute Care – A case study of an ‘Acute Illness’ Course, 2006-2009 [PDF]

Within secondary care hospital settings, acutely ill patients are exposed to the unnecessary risk of the adverse consequences and increased mortality that arise from suboptimal care.
Garside, Joanne
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A health dialogue intervention reduces cardiovascular risk factor levels: a population based randomised controlled trial in Swedish primary care setting with 1-year follow-up

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The total number of cardiovascular (CVD) deaths accounted for almost a third of all deaths globally in 2013. Population based randomised controlled trials, managed within primary care, on CVD risk factor interventions are scarce.
Mats Hellstrand, Bo Simonsson, Sevek Engström, Kent W. Nilsson, Anu Molarius   +4 more
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Are the General Medical Council's Tests of Competence fair to long standing doctors? A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

, 2015
The General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise investigations may involve a test of competence for doctors with performance concerns. Concern has been raised about the suitability of the test format for doctors who qualified before the introduction of
Alison Sturrock, Jane Dacre, Leila Mehdizadeh, Mehdizadeh, L, Sturrock, A, Dacre, J   +5 more
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Detection of a balanced translocation carrier through trophectoderm biopsy analysis: a case report

Molecular Cytogenetics, 2019
Background Balanced translocation carriers are burdened with fertility issues due to improper chromosome segregation in gametes, resulting in either implantation failure, miscarriage or birth of a child with chromosomal disorders. At the same time, these
Olga Tšuiko, Tuuli Dmitrijeva, Katrin Kask, Pille Tammur, Neeme Tõnisson, Andres Salumets, Tatjana Jatsenko   +6 more
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Self-rated health and associated factors among the oldest-old: results from a cross-sectional study in Sweden

Archives of Public Health, 2020
Background Very few population-based studies have investigated self-rated health and related factors in the increasing age group 85 years or older.
Bo Simonsson, Anu Molarius
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Talent and competencies in clinical nutrition [PDF]

Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2022
The formation of medical students in clinical nutrition is scattered throughout the curriculum and is insufficient in many cases. This article reviews the status of nutrition in the curriculum, giving some keys for an effective inclusion therein. Also, basic concepts regarding talent are explained from a practical point of view, and the importance of ...
Miguel, León Sanz, Miguel, Arjona Torres, Julia, Álvarez Hernández   +2 more
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Mental health and learning disability nursing students' perceptions of the usefulness of the objective structured clinical examination to assess their competence in medicine administration [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate mental health and learning disability nursing students’ perceptions of the usefulness of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in assessing their administration of medicine competence.
McCann, Terence, Hemingway, Steve, Roberts, Bronwyn, Stephenson, John, Roberts, B, Hemingway, S, Stephenson, J, Stephenson, John; id_orcid   +7 more
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Oral health-related quality of life in 4–16-year-olds with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis

BMC Oral Health, 2022
Background Few studies have investigated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in young individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Aims were to investigate whether OHRQoL differs between children and adolescents with JIA compared to ...
Elisabeth G. Gil, Marit S. Skeie, Josefine Halbig, Birgitta Jönsson, Stein Atle Lie, Marite Rygg, Johannes Fischer, Annika Rosén, Athanasia Bletsa, Keijo Luukko, Xie-Qi Shi, Paula Frid, Lena Cetrelli, Karin Tylleskär, Karen Rosendahl, Anne N. Åstrøm   +15 more
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25-hydroxyvitamin D3 generates immunomodulatory plasticity in human periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stromal cells that is inflammatory context-dependent

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionHuman periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hPDL-MSCs) exhibit a tight bi-directional interaction with CD4+ T lymphocytes. The hPDL-MSCs’ immunomodulatory abilities are drastically enhanced by pro-inflammatory cytokines via ...
Christian Behm, Alice Blufstein, Alice Blufstein, Johannes Gahn, Andreas Moritz, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Xiaohui Rausch-Fan, Oleh Andrukhov   +7 more
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Apolipoprotein M modulates erythrocyte efflux and tubular reabsorption of sphingosine-1-phosphate

Journal of Lipid Research, 2014
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) mediates several cytoprotective functions of HDL. apoM acts as a S1P binding protein in HDL. Erythrocytes are the major source of S1P in plasma. After glomerular filtration, apoM is endocytosed in the proximal renal tubules.
Iryna Sutter, Rebekka Park, Alaa Othman, Lucia Rohrer, Thorsten Hornemann, Markus Stoffel, Olivier Devuyst, Arnold von Eckardstein   +7 more
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