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Although the current medical literature is limited, hydropneumothorax was described as far back as the 5th century BC. It is characterized by the presence of air and fluid in the pleural cavity and is an infrequent finding.
Geetha Girithari +5 more
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A local narrative current in North China's Shandong Province paints the hospital as a place where people become ill. This article foregrounds older rural people's embodied experience of navigating the medical system.
Ray Qu
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ABSTRACT Introduction Practitioners implementing Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) and Clinical Feedback Systems (CFS) in counselling and psychotherapy commonly encounter challenges due to the complex nature of therapeutic practice contexts. Healthcare systems have increasingly adopted ROM driven by policy demands for accountability, quality improvement ...
Lei Sorvisto +5 more
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Examining HbA1c in Frail Older Adults: A Linked Data Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Objective Diabetes and frailty pose a significant issue for society. Previous research has shown a mixed relationship between diabetes and frailty in older people, indicating a complex interrelationship. The aim of this study was to examine the association between routinely collected HbA1c testing data and frailty in a large cohort from ...
Gideon Meyerowitz‐Katz +8 more
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Polypharmacy, drug interactions, and iatrogenesis
This study aimed to comprehensively address therapeutic challenges in medication use among the elderly. The research utilized the Medication Use Instrument within the Falls Risk Assessment Battery (BARQ) to collect and analyze data on medication ...
Lúcio Flávio Gomes Ribeiro da Costa +8 more
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Concealed coexistence: Reproductive choice and coercion in Timor‐Leste
Abstract Choice is a central concept in reproductive rights. However, a discourse of choice in reproductive health can also mask precisely the act it aims to protect against: coercion. Whilst choice has been explored extensively in studies of reproductive rights and justice, understandings of coercion are fragmented and under‐theorized.
Laura Burke
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Dengue in an elderly patient Dengue em paciente idosa
Although elderly populations are more exposed to the risk of getting dengue, the clinical peculiarities of this disease in this age range are not well known.
Milton Luiz Gorzoni +2 more
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Hereditary coproporphyria: misdiagnosis and iatrogenesis - a case report
Case presentation: A 45-year-old male patient reports the onset of severe lower back pain in 2013. After numerous visits to the emergency room, he underwent the insertion of a double J catheter due to the diagnosis of nephrolithiasis, with no improvement
Lucas Gonçalves Coelho +9 more
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Ivan Illich, Iatrogenesis and Pharmacogenetics
In Medical Nemesis - The expropriation of health, IVAN ILLICH highlights several aspects of the medicalization of society, which was already observed in the mid-1970s.
José Antonio Diniz de Oliveira
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ABSTRACT Background Disorders of Gut‐Brain Interaction (DGBI) impact as many as one in three individuals at some stage of their lives. Clinically, patients with DGBI may present with meal‐related symptoms that progressively lead to altered food intake behaviors, resulting in subsequent weight loss and nutritional deficiencies.
Ayesha Shah +24 more
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