Clinical Conditions and History of Illness Among Terminal Chronic Kidney Disease Patients [PDF]
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is one of the public health problems in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine the clinical condition of premorbid and the incidence of ESRD. The study design is a case-control.
Adiningrat, A. (Arya) +2 more
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An explorative study on robotics for supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder during clinical procedures [PDF]
This short report presents a small-scale explorative study about children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) interaction with robots during clinical interactions.
Arnold, Karen +7 more
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Reporting quality of systematic reviews with moxibustion
Background Moxibustion is one of the major interventions of Chinese medicine (CM). The systematic reviews (SRs) are essential references for evaluating the efficacy and safety of moxibustion interventions. This study aimed to assess the reporting quality
Ran Tian +5 more
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Note on Comparability of MicroCog Test Forms [PDF]
This study investigated the differences between the Standard and Short forms of MicroCog by comparing Domain scores for a clinical sample of 351 substance abusers which gave a significant difference between scores on the Spatial Processing Domain ...
Edwards, Lisa +5 more
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Virtual patients design and its effect on clinical reasoning and student experience : a protocol for a randomised factorial multi-centre study [PDF]
Background Virtual Patients (VPs) are web-based representations of realistic clinical cases. They are proposed as being an optimal method for teaching clinical reasoning skills. International standards exist which define precisely what constitutes a VP.
A Adebajo +37 more
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Lung cancer treatment in traditional chinese medicine: History, current status, and development
Objective: This article discusses the following aspects, including the history of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the treatment of lung cancer, the breakthrough in the theory of TCM in treatment of lung cancer, clinical study of TCM in treating ...
Chu-Chu Zhang +5 more
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This retrospective observational multicentre cohort study compared the rate of postoperative cystoid macular oedema (CME) between two intraocular lens (IOL) scleral fixation (SFIOL) techniques: a flanged IOL fixation technique (Yamane technique) and a ...
Hiroto Ishikawa +15 more
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A multisite study of performance drivers among institutional review boards. [PDF]
Introduction:The time required to obtain Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval is a frequent subject of efforts to reduce unnecessary delays in initiating clinical trials. This study was conducted by and for IRB directors to better understand factors
Allen, Karen +9 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware +13 more
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Delivering a “Dose of Hope”: A Faith-Based Program to Increase Older African Americans’ Participation in Clinical Trials [PDF]
Background: Underrepresentation of older-age racial and ethnic minorities in clinical research is a significant barrier to health in the United States, as it impedes medical research advancement of effective preventive and therapeutic strategies ...
Anderson, Aaron M. +15 more
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