Metronomic Chemotherapy with Vinorelbine Produces Clinical Benefit and Low Toxicity in Frail Elderly Patients Affected by Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [PDF]
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. The treatment choice for advanced stage of lung cancer may depend on histotype, performance status (PS), age, and comorbidities. In the present study, we focused on the effect of metronomic vinorelbine
Bruno, P +7 more
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Effect and safety of topical application of tranexamic acid to reduce perioperative blood loss in elderly patients with intertrochanteric fracture undergoing PFNA [PDF]
Huiping Wei +3 more
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Evaluation on the efficacy of nursing intervention based on the self-efficacy theory model in elderly patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy [PDF]
Beibei Liu +62 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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CHONDROPROTECTORS IN THERAPHY OF OSTEOARTHRITIS
Osteoarthritis (ОА) is a multifactorial disease associated with age, which is characterized by high polymorbidity, level of disability and death. In elderly patients with OA pain therapy especially related to factors such as a significant decrease in ...
Zupanets I. A, Zimin S. M
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Effects of Taijiquan on glucose and lipid metabolism in middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Yanv Liu +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in the Elderly: Getting Safer but Still Not Nearly Safe Enough [PDF]
Previously published UK reports showed that excessively large doses of benzodiazepines and opiates were being commonly used to sedate elderly patients for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. This unsafe practice has lead to avoidable morbidity and mortality.
Bell, G. D. +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
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