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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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Continuing care---a continuing dilemma [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2001
Medical advances in paediatric care have resulted in an increase in the number of children needing long term medical and nursing care. These children are dependent on complex technological devices such as mechanical ventilation, tracheostomies, and artificial feeding. Most technologically dependent children live at home with parents as the main carers.
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The significance of Continuity of Care in the context of chronic ARV care in the Public Health Care system [PDF]

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.Continuity of care (COC) is a fundamental concept in Family Medicine. The rollout of antiretrovirals in the primary care setting of the public health care system in South Africa was 'vertically' isolated from the other
Kuehne, Jan
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Continuity of care in community midwifery [PDF]

, 2014
Continuity of care is often critical in delivering high quality health care. However, it is difficult to achieve in community health care where shift patterns and a need to minimise travelling time can reduce the scope for allocating staff to patients ...
Miranda Page, Mould, Gillian, Page, Miranda, Gillian Mould, Helen Cheyne, Bowers, John, Cheyne, Helen, John Bowers   +7 more
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Effects of postoperative rehabilitation on functional exercise capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life after pulmonary endarterectomy: a systematic review [PDF]

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) leads to increased vascular resistance and progressive right heart failure resulting from occlusion of proximal pulmonary arteries by fibrotic intravascular material.
Massimiliano Polastri
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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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Fall Risk Assessment Scales: A Systematic Literature Review

Nursing Reports, 2021
Background: Falls are recognized globally as a major public health problem. Although the elderly are the most affected population, it should be noted that the pediatric population is also very susceptible to the risk of falling. The fall risk approach is
Veronica Strini, Roberta Schiavolin, Angela Prendin   +2 more
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Continuity of care

Canadian Family Physician, 2021
![Figure][1] Dear Colleagues, Obstetric care, including intrapartum care, was a big part of my clinical practice. Besides the unique experience of welcoming new lives into the world, I really enjoyed getting to know expectant mothers and their partners at this special time of life and,
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Feasibility of telepsychology support for patients with advanced cardiorespiratory diseases and their caregivers

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to test the feasibility of telepsychology support for patients with severe cardiorespiratory disease and their caregivers.
Lidia Gazzi, Laura Comini, Simonetta Scalvini, Irene Taccolini, Michele Vitacca   +4 more
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Integrated Lung, Diaphragm and Lower Limb Muscular Ultrasound: Clinical Correlations in Geriatric Patients with Acute Respiratory Illness

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Point-of-care lung ultrasonography (LUS) represents an accurate diagnostic tool in older patients with respiratory failure. The integration of LUS with ultrasonographic assessment of diaphragm thickness and excursion, right vastus ...
Nicoletta Cerundolo, Carmine Siniscalchi, Chukwuma Okoye, Simone Scarlata, Alberto Parise, Martina Rendo, Angela Guerra, Tiziana Meschi, Antonio Nouvenne, Andrea Ticinesi   +9 more
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