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Anxiety, Dyspnea Management, and Quality of Life in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

open access: yes, 2023
AIM: This study aimed to determine the influence of nursing care grounded on Watson’s Human Care Model on anxiety, dyspnea control, and life quality in palliative care patients. METHOD: A randomized controlled study was designed.
Ahmet Seven   +5 more
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Minimally Invasive Versus Open Total and Distal Gastrectomy After Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer: A Nationwide Observational Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This nationwide observational study used data from the National Clinical Database. Patients who underwent total or distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer after chemotherapy between January 2014 and December 2022 were included. Minimally invasive surgery was associated with lower incidences of overall postoperative complications of Clavien–Dindo grade ...
Nobuaki Hoshino   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impedance cardiography – Old method, new opportunities. Part I. Clinical applications

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Monitoring of cardiovascular hemodynamic changes requires a very expensive and highly specialized equipment and skilled medical personnel. Up to the present time, an inexpensive, non-invasive and easy-to-use method which, like Doppler echocardiography ...
Jadwiga Siedlecka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modified Borg Scale (mBorg), the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and the Dyspnea- 12 Scale (D- 12): cross-scale comparison assessing the development of dyspnea in early-stage lung cancer patients [PDF]

open access: yes
Background and objective: Assessing breathlessness in early-stage lung cancer has been complicated by using different rating scales, potentially leading to overestimation or underestimation of the experience.
Molassiotis, Alex   +8 more
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Accidents in the Chemical Industry: A Scoping Review Focused on Causal Factors

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although occupational safety in the chemical industry is an area of ongoing research worldwide, chemical incidents continue to occur, indicating the need to review the causes, assist in safety management, and identify problems in the quality of reporting. Methods A systematic search of studies published in English between January 1,
Željka Babić   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on Current Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in Artificial Stone Silicosis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The global emergence of artificial stone (AS) silicosis represents a critical occupational health challenge. The aim of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the clinical, functional, radiological, and occupational characteristics of patients affected by AS silicosis at the time of diagnosis, and to identify current ...
Paola Mason   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pneumonia Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasound

open access: yesJournal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017
History of present illness: A 46-year-old female was sent to the emergency department from clinic with an oxygen saturation of 86%. She endorsed fevers with cough and generalized weakness for one week. She had been evaluated by her primary care provider
Akash Patel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of Frailty Indices in Predicting Postoperative Outcomes After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

open access: yesInternational Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the discriminatory performance of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) and modified Frailty Index‐5 (mFI‐5) in predicting postoperative outcomes following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods Adult ESS patients were identified from the ACS‐NSQIP database (2005–2020).
Akshay Warrier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Activity-related dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: physical and psychological consequences, unmet needs, and future directions

open access: yes, 2019
Nicola A Hanania,1 Denis E O’Donnell21Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 2Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario ...
Hanania NA, O'Donnell DE
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