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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared decision making and antibiotic benefit-harm conversations: an observational study of consultations between general practitioners and patients with acute respiratory infections

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Little research has examined whether shared decision making (SDM) occurs in consultations for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), including what, and how, antibiotic benefits and harms are discussed.
Mina Bakhit, Chris Del Mar, Elizabeth Gibson, Tammy Hoffmann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono, Yoshifumi Moriyama, Koji Ohashi, Naoya Otaka, Minako Tatsumi, Toyoaki Murohara, Noriyuki Ouchi, Satoru Oshima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Toxicity of Partial Versus Whole Breast Irradiation: A Systematic Review

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Objective: To determine if accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is associated with less financial toxicity (financial difficulties that patients experience due to treatment, such as out-of-pocket costs, transportation costs, and time away from ...
Taema Brinjikji, MD, Kimberly S. Corbin, MD, Zhen Wang, PhD, M. Hassan Murad, MD, Dean A. Shumway, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Contribution of Individual Exercise Training Components to Clinical Outcomes in Randomised Controlled Trials of Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression

Sports Medicine - Open, 2017
Background While the clinical benefits of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation are well established, there is extensive variation in the interventions used within these trials.
Bridget Abell, Paul Glasziou, Tammy Hoffmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Is my practice evidence-based?” [PDF]

BMJ, 1996
The growing interest in evidence based medicine among practising clinicians1 has prompted doctors in every specialty to ask themselves, “to what extent is the care of my patients evidence based?” The search is on for a means of answering this question that is achievable, affordable, valid, reliable, and responsive to change.
openaire   +2 more sources

Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of task shifting from primary care physicians to nurses: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews

BMJ Open
Introduction Task-shifting from primary care physicians (PCPs) to nurses is one option to better and more efficiently meet the needs of the population in primary care and to overcome PCP shortages. This protocol outlines an overview of systematic reviews
Klaus Jeitler, Thomas Semlitsch, Andrea Siebenhofer, Nicole Posch, Christina Radl-Karimi, Ulrike Spary-Kainz, Muna Paier-Abuzahra   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploration of the methodological quality and clinical usefulness of a cross-sectional sample of published guidance about exercise training and physical activity for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017
Background Clinicians are encouraged to use guidelines to assist in providing evidence-based secondary prevention to patients with coronary heart disease.
Bridget Abell, Paul Glasziou, Tammy Hoffmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of Daprodustat for the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia: Final Analysis of a Multicenter Postmarketing Surveillance Study in Japan

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This final analysis of a multicenter, prospective postmarketing surveillance study evaluated the safety of daprodustat in patients with chronic kidney disease anemia in routine clinical practice in Japan. Methods Patients who initiated daprodustat between September 2020 and July 2022 were registered.
Tadao Akizawa, Kyomi Kanaya, Kiyomi Aizawa, Masanori Onoki, Hirofumi Ozeki, Kazuko Suzuki, Ai Hayashi, Tomohiko Asamura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source