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Prognostic significance of diabetes and stress hyperglycemia in acute stroke patients

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2022
Background Hyperglycemic non-diabetic stroke patients have a worse prognosis than both normoglycemic and diabetic patients. Aim of this study was to assess whether hyperglycemia is an aggravating factor or just an epiphenomenon of most severe strokes ...
Antonio Muscari, Roberta Falcone, Guerino Recinella, Luca Faccioli, Paola Forti, Marco Pastore Trossello, Giovanni M. Puddu, Luca Spinardi, Marco Zoli   +8 more
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Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018
Heart failure, in its diverse forms based on the value of the ejection fraction, is associated to high mortality and the frequent need for hospitalization, with a consequent heavy burden on healthcare resources.
Alfredo Monteverde, Valeria Carlino, Giulia Ganci, Giuseppe Taormina, Mario Barbagallo   +4 more
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Improving the cancer adult patient support network (iCAN): a pilot study on a communication model and modified focus group

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundMany consider that cancer has the greatest impact of any disease in the world, and it can drastically limit patients’ quality of life.
Giuseppina Campisi, Giuseppina Campisi, Monica Bazzano, Rodolfo Mauceri, Rodolfo Mauceri, Vera Panzarella, Gaetano La Mantia, Gaetano La Mantia, Gaetano La Mantia, Olga Di Fede   +9 more
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Continuity of care [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2007
I read with interest the views of James Willis1 on the need for continuity of care: it is certainly an area where there should be increasing debate in what is otherwise an age of increasing fragmentation of medical care. I think it is important to remember that when a diagnosis is made and a care plan agreed on, it is exactly that, a plan that is ...
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Predictors of poor functional outcomes and mortality in patients with hip fracture: a systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Hip fracture is an important and prevalent medical condition associated with adverse outcomes. The aim of this article is to systematically review and summarise the predictors of poor functional outcomes and mortality for patients with hip ...
Bang Yu Xu, Shi Yan, Lian Leng Low, Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala, Sher Guan Low   +4 more
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Development and pilot evaluation of a complex intervention to improve experienced continuity of care in patients with cancer [PDF]

, 2009
High experienced continuity of care in patients with cancer is associated with lower needs for care, better quality of life and better psychological outcomes. We developed and evaluated an intervention to improve experienced continuity. The intervention,
McCarthy, O, M King, Jones, L, Rogers, M., Richardson, A., O McCarthy, Tookman, A, Williams, R., R Williams, I Nazareth, Nazareth, I., A Tookman, McCarthy, O., Williams, R, M Rogers, King, M., Jones, L., Nazareth, I, Tookman, A., L Jones, Rogers, M, Richardson, A, A Richardson, King, M   +23 more
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Integration and continuity of primary care: polyclinics and alternatives - a patient-centred analysis of how organisation constrains care co-ordination [PDF]

, 2015
Background An ageing population, the increasing specialisation of clinical services and diverse health-care provider ownership make the co-ordination and continuity of complex care increasingly problematic.
Exworthy, M., Exworthy, Mark; id_orcid, Halliday, J., Ovretveit, J., Asthana, Sheena, Peckham, S, Øvretveit, John, Halliday, J, Peckham, Stephen, Rod Sheaff, Sheaff, WR, Sheaff, R., Sheaff, Rod, Stephen Peckham, Byng, R., Asthana, S., Øvretveit, J, Richard Byng, Mark Exworthy, John Øvretveit, Asthana, S, Joyce Halliday, Sheena Asthana, Exworthy, Mark, Halliday, Joyce, Exworthy, M, Ovretveit, John, Byng, Richard, Byng, R   +28 more
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Basic movements for postoperative exercise in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2019
Patients with advanced heart failure refractory to medical therapy can be treated with left ventricular assist devices, implanted to augment or replace left ventricular function.
Massimiliano Polastri, Giulia Zagnoni, Antonio Loforte   +2 more
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Predicting hemorrhagic transformation and its timing from maximum cerebral lesion diameter in nonlacunar ischemic strokes

Brain and Behavior, 2020
Objectives We performed this retrospective cohort study to establish which factors are mostly indicative of the appearance of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and of its time course in a sample of nonlacunar ischemic strokes.
Antonio Muscari, Luca Faccioli, Maria Vittoria Lega, Andrea Lorusso, Marco Masetti, Marco Pastore Trossello, Giovanni M. Puddu, Luca Spinardi, Marco Zoli   +8 more
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The role of primary care in service provision for people with severe mental illness in the United Kingdom. [PDF]

, 2012
Severe mental illness is a serious and potentially life changing set of conditions. This paper describes and analyses patient characteristics and service usage over one year of a representative cohort of people with a diagnosis of severe mental illness ...
Siobhan Reilly, Lester, Helen, Mark Hann, Helen Lester, Irwin Nazareth, Lester, H, Lester Helen, Reeves, David, Planner, Claire, Hann Mark, David Reeves, Helen Lester (164644), Irwin Nazareth (144882), Reeves David, Planner, C, Nazareth Irwin, David Reeves (164641), Reilly, S, Siobhan Reilly (164633), Reilly Siobhan, Hann, M, Nazareth, Irwin, Claire Planner, Planner Claire, Reeves, D, Claire Planner (164636), Nazareth, I, Mark Hann (93547), Reilly, Siobhan, Hann, Mark   +29 more
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