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Internal consistency and reliability of the Swiss-French translation of the venous leg ulcer self efficacy tool (VeLUSET)

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective This study was conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the translated and adapted Venous Leg Ulcer Self Efficacy Tool (VeLUSET) in the new cultural context.Design Validation studySetting Three outpatient clinics in Western ...
Sebastian Probst, Mathieu Turcotte, Monika Buehrer Skinner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural History of Chronic Kidney Disease in Sickle Cell Disease

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Kidney complications, referred to as nephropathy, develop early in sickle cell disease (SCD). In addition to its known morbidity, abundant data show that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increased mortality risk in SCD. Increasing evidence suggests that the natural history of SCD nephropathy is progressive. Initial glomerular
Kenneth I. Ataga
wiley   +1 more source

Neoplastic Leg Ulcers

Dermatopathology, 2018
Skin biopsy is an important procedure for a correct diagnosis of varying skin conditions, from inflammatory to neoplastic diseases. Nevertheless, some authors still consider this procedure a high risk in patients affected by leg ulcers (LUs) and prefer reserving it for selected cases.
Sacchelli, Lidia, Baraldi, Carlotta, Misciali, Cosimo, Dika, Emi, Ravaioli, Giulia Maria, Fanti, Pier Alessandro   +5 more
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A Novel Plasma Heme Assay Reveals Disease Severity in Beta‐Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anemia results from imbalanced hemoglobin or red blood cell production and clearance. Hemolytic anemia, caused by premature red blood cell removal, can be intravascular (in blood) or extravascular (erythrophagocytosis). Hemolysis is common in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Beta‐Thalassemia anemia (β‐thalassemia), the most prevalent inherited ...
Laurent Kiger, Nicolas Hebert, Laura Bencheikh, Vincent Malcor Deydier de Pierrefeu, Anne‐Laure Pham Hung d’Alexandry d’Orengiani, Sandia Adypagavane, Meghan Perkins, Laura Matabishi‐Bibi, France Pirenne, Claire Berquet, Stephane Moutereau, Serge Pissard, Frédéric Galactéros, Michael C. Marden, Pablo Bartolucci   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

VenUS IV (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV) – compression hosiery compared with compression bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled trial, mixed-treatment comparison and decision-analytic model

Health Technology Assessment, 2014
Background: Compression is an effective and recommended treatment for venous leg ulcers. Although the four-layer bandage (4LB) is regarded as the gold standard compression system, it is recognised that the amount of compression delivered might be ...
Rebecca L Ashby, Rhian Gabe, Shehzad Ali, Pedro Saramago, Ling-Hsiang Chuang, Una Adderley, J Martin Bland, Nicky A Cullum, Jo C Dumville, Cynthia P Iglesias, Arthur R Kang’ombe, Marta O Soares, Nikki C Stubbs, David J Torgerson   +13 more
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Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experiences With Celiprolol Therapy in Vascular Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome: The First Non‐European Cohort

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (vEDS) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in COL3A1. European studies have shown that celiprolol may reduce the risk of life‐threatening vascular events, but outcomes in non‐European populations and the therapy's psychological impact remain unclear. We conducted
Megumi Furuhata‐Yoshimura, Tomomi Yamaguchi, Tomoki Kosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ulcer on the Leg [PDF]

Cutis, 2021
Joana, Cruañes-Monferrer, Eduardo, Alias-Carrascosa   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

HLA genotype testing for carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine: A guideline developed by the UK Centre of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation in Pharmacogenomics (CERSI‐PGx)

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Carbamazepine is licensed in the United Kingdom for the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorder and trigeminal neuralgia. The related compounds oxcarbazepine and eslicarbazepine are licensed for the treatment of epilepsy. These drugs can cause immune‐mediated hypersensitivity reactions, which typically affect the skin, and can be of variable severity ...
Lucy Galloway, Cinzia Dello Russo, Nicholas Bass, Elvira Bramon, Helen Cross, Natalie Curley, Sarah Curran, Helen Davies, Jana De Villiers, William Evans, Bernhard Frank, Alice Groves, Judith Hayward, Jon Higham, Dyfrig A. Hughes, Shwe Sin Kyaw, Anthony G. Marson, Ailsa McLellan, Seth Mensah, Francis O'Neill, Jane Sargison, Sanjay M. Sisodiya, Jill Swan, Joanna M. Zakrewska, Munir Pirmohamed   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Platelet-rich Fibrin Matrix Dressings in Patients with Chronic Nonhealing Leg Ulcers

Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery
Background: Chronic nonhealing ulcers of the lower extremity are a cause of morbidity and mortality. Platelets are cells that play a central role in wound healing, and they are the main source of the growth factor complex that plays the main role in ...
Shishira R. Jartarkar, Varun C. Katti, Konduru Sanjana Raju   +2 more
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