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End of Life Care: Achieving Quality in Hostels and for Homeless People, A Route to Success [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This publication aims to provide a practical guide to support hostel staff in ensuring that people nearing the end of their life receive high quality end of life ...

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Thrombocytopenia in critically ill trauma patients is associated with the pattern and duration of postinjury organ dysfunction

open access: yesResearch and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Background: Although significant thrombocytopenia is not a common feature of trauma patients in the first hours after injury, little is known about how severe trauma affects platelet count trajectories beyond the initial resuscitation phase and whether ...
Andrea Rossetto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social support for South Asian Muslim parents with life-limiting illness living in Scotland:a multiperspective qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objective: To explore experiences of social support needs among South Asian Muslim patients with life-limiting illness, living in Scotland, who are parents of young children.
Gaveras, Eleni Margareta   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

ECMO‐Assisted Da Vinci Robotic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma‐Induced Acute Catecholamine Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports
Pheochromocytoma, an uncommon neuroendocrine neoplasm, has the potential to precipitate acute catecholamine cardiomyopathy (ACIC), a perilous condition characterized by cardiogenic shock and the failure of multiple organ systems.
Qi Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three-Dimensional Architecture of Glomerular Endothelial Cells Revealed by FIB-SEM Tomography

open access: yesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021
Focused-ion beam-scanning electron microscopic (FIB-SEM) tomography enables easier acquisition of a series of ultrastructural, sectional images directly from resin-embedded biological samples.
Yuto Kawasaki   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO): 2020 Pediatric Respiratory ELSO Guideline.

open access: yesASAIO journal (1992), 2020
DISCLAIMER This guideline describes prolonged extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), applicable to Pediatric respiratory failure.
C. Maratta   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared Care Contributions to Self-Care and Quality of Life in Chronic Cardiac Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Shared care is an interpersonal interaction system composed of communication, decision making, and reciprocity; it is used by patients and family caregivers (care dyads) to exchange social support.
Brown, Roger   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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