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Treating complexity in the older adult - the role of the geriatric giants
South African Family Practice, 2019 As people age, they accumulate medical conditions. Geriatric giants comprise a group of conditions that lead to significant mortality and morbidity and contribute to the complexity in treating geriatric patients.
L. Greenstein, A. Abraham, B. Tipping
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Iatrogenesis: A review on nature, extent, and distribution of healthcare hazards
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2018 Modern medicine is given overarching importance to tackle disease in the human body than environmental determinants. Although, most of the literature confirms that the determinants of disease are there in the environment.
Rafia Farooq Peer, Nadeem Shabir
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013 Iatrogenic meningitis can be caused by a number of mechanisms. The recent case reports of fungal meningitis after application of epidural methylprednisolone caused warning in the medical community.
Eduardo Genaro Mutarelli, Tarso Adoni
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Optic disc drusen in children: a diagnostic challenge [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2020 In children, optic disc drusen (ODD) are often mistaken for papilledema, this being the prin-cipal differential diagnosis. This report describes the case of an 11-year old patient with ODD, in which the condition was initially diagnosed as papilledema ...
Priscilla Fernandes Nogueira +4 more
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Effect of Stimulus Duration on the Electrogustometric Threshold. [PDF]
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck SurgABSTRACT Objective Electrogustometry (EGM)—the psychophysical measurement of human taste function by the application of weak electric currents to taste bud fields—has proved useful in clinical and research settings. Although EGM detection thresholds have been reported to be sensitive to stimulus duration, studies differ on this point and have not been ...
Matsuda T, Doty RL.
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CARDIOVASCULAR SIDE EFFECTS OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION: AN UPDATE [PDF]
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2020 Neuropsychiatric diseases have a rising incidence and cause a significantly higher risk of morbidity and premature mortality in the general population. Also, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are characterized by the highest prevalence in the population and
Otilia APETREI-CORDUNEANU +5 more
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Fatemeh Ebtehaj, Jonathan Herring, Martin H Johnson and Martin Richards (eds): Birth Rites and Rights [PDF]
, 2013 Oxford, Hart ...
Cain, Ruth, Ruth Cain
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Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Pseudoaneurysms of a pulmonary artery branch are a rare complication in cases of penetrating chest trauma. Other more frequent causes are secondary to infections or iatrogenesis.
Sandra Ramírez, MD +4 more
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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, 2012 In this interpretive essay, I attempt to unconceal the problematic history at play in Special Education in Alberta today, with a focus on “behaviour students†or their norm-referenced disability status.
Christopher Matthew Gilham
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Understanding and Responding to ‘Iatrogenesis’
Nepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2005 In the usual circumstances, medical treatment helps the patient recover from the illness. However, on occasions, medical intervention does harm rather than good. This review is an attempt to analyze the factors leading to medical harm to the patients.
Digvijay S. Timilsina
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