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Bacterial Communities Associated with Houseflies (Musca domestica L.) Inhabiting Hospices in South Africa

Microorganisms, 2023
Houseflies are alleged reservoirs as well as vectors of human and animal pathogens, including bacteria, because they frequently have contact with animal excreta and decaying organic substances.
Maropeng C. Monyama, Oriel M. Taioe, Jane S. Nkhebenyane, Deidre van Wyk, Tsepo Ramatla, Oriel M. M. Thekisoe   +5 more
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the concepts and practice of total pain and total care: 30 years of Danish hospices

Frontiers in Sociology, 2023
The concept of total pain endeavors to encompass central aspects of suffering in relation to severe disease, death and dying. Dame Cicely Saunders introduced the concept in the early 1960s in relation to care for the terminally ill and dying patients ...
Helle Timm, Helle Timm, Helle Timm
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Decision fatigue in hospital medicine: A retrospective exploratory evaluation

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background “Decision fatigue” (DF) is the deterioration in decision‐making ability stemming from repeated decision making. Objective Explore DF over the clinical workblock and across hospitalist and work characteristics. Methods Patients seen by hospitalists at two hospitals in January and February 2022 were retrospectively evaluated for ...
Rachel M. Kruer, LaKeisha Boyd, Lauren Czosnowski, Sarah Jones, Kelsey Perry, Thomas J. Streepey, Areeba Kara   +6 more
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Association of area poverty level and performance of an electronic medical record tool in predicting 6‐month mortality in hospitalized patients with cancer

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Disparities in risk and access to care can lead to a greater incidence of cancer, higher stage at diagnosis, and more frequent cancer‐related deaths in communities with high poverty levels. Risk prediction tools that do not take into consideration social determinants of health may underestimate mortality in these populations.
Matthew P. Landler, Elaine R. Cohen, Diane B. Wayne, Dinee C. Simpson, Joe Feinglass, Nita S. Kulkarni   +5 more
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Scheduling early primary care follow‐up after pneumonia: A retrospective target trial emulation in five hospitals

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Current guidelines make no recommendations on discharge interventions or scheduling outpatient follow‐up after hospitlization for commnity‐acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objectives To assess the impact of scheduling early primary care follow‐up prior to discharge home among survivors of hypoxemic CAP hospitalizations.
Andrew J. Davis, Stephanie P. Taylor, Catherine L. Hough, Mari Armstrong‐Hough, Li Yan, Catherine K. Ettman, Katy Sadowski, Khyzer B. Aziz, Patrick G. Lyons, Katrina E. Hauschildt, Marc Kowalkowski, Eliana M. Perrin, Theodore J. Iwashyna   +12 more
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The Role of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS), Diffusion‐Tensor‐Imaging (DTI) and Structural MRI in the Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnosis: A Review

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting older adults, with approximately 7.2 million cases only in the United States. This number is projected to increase to 13.8 million in the United States by 2060, leading to increased expenditures for healthcare, long‐term care and hospice services. Consequently,
Valentina Zecca, Gianmauro Palombelli, Nicola Vanacore, Rossella Canese   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing research collaborations and building capacity in palliative and end-of-life care in the North West Coast of England: the PalCaRe-NWC partnership

Public Health Research
Background The North West Coast area of England (Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Cumbria) has high palliative care need (third highest prevalence in England) and historically low recorded National Institute for Health and Care Research ...
Lesley Dunleavy, Ruth Board, Seamus Coyle, Andrew Dickman, John Ellershaw, Amy Gadoud, Jaime Halvorsen, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Liz Lightbody, Stephen Mason, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Andrea Partridge, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston, Brooke Swash, Vanessa Taylor, Catherine Walshe   +16 more
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Reduced Visibility of Pigment Network Under Sub‐UV Reflectance Dermatoscopy Compared to Polarised Dermatoscopy: A Novel Diagnostic Clue to Differentiate Melanomas From Nevi

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Melanoma accounts for more than 75% of skin cancer‐related mortality. Dermatoscopy is an evidence‐based technique for earlier detection, yet differentiating melanocytic lesions remains challenging. Sub‐UV reflectance dermatoscopy (sUVRD) uses purple light (405 nm) to visualise chromophore distribution in the skin.
L. Dupont, P. Pietkiewicz, J. Anriot, P. Greco, A. Petiot‐Walch, C. Coste, E. Aurambout, S. Darnis, M. Amini‐Adle, L. Thomas   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closing the Gap in Hospice Utilization for the Minority Medicare Population

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019
Background: Medicare spends about 20% more on the last year of life for Black and Hispanic people than White people. With lower hospice utilization rates, racial/ethnic minorities receive fewer hospice-related benefits such as lesser symptoms, lower ...
M. Courtney Hughes PhD, MS, Erin Vernon PhD, MA   +1 more
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