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Patient Agitation in the Intensive Care Unit: A Concept Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Exploring the concept of patient agitation in the intensive care unit. Background Patient agitation in the intensive care unit is of widespread concern and linked to negative outcomes for patients, staff, and family members. There is currently no consensus on what constitutes agitation in the intensive care context, hindering effective and
Anne Mette N. Adams   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic Accuracy of an Orofacial Scale for the Detection of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are known to have orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD) compared to healthy individuals. Consequently, treatment with oropharyngeal exercises has shown promise in some OSA cases. However, this requires an adequate orofacial myofunctional evaluation.
Gislaine Aparecida Folha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maximum Muscle Output and Electromyographic Activity of Masticatory Muscles in Persons With Parkinson's Disease. A Case–Control Study

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parkinson's disease (PD) affects the motor system of the body; however, there is limited understanding of how the disease impacts the complex interaction of the masticatory muscles. Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the maximum muscle output of the masticatory muscles during natural functions.
Sara Baram   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital denture with mucostatic base and functional borders: A cast‐free digital technique

open access: yesJournal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital complete dentures fabricated using a mucostatic impression, like intraoral scans, are desirable for their beneficial effect on long‐term residual ridge stability but may have less retention than those fabricated with a mucocompressive impression.
Lucio Lo Russo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of neuromuscular Impairment to physical functional Status in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Fossel, Anne H.   +4 more
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Prevalence of Altered Craniofacial Morphology in Children With OSA

open access: yesJournal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affect a significant percentage of children. Recent studies have suggested that altered craniofacial morphology may contribute to the multifactorial pathophysiology of OSA. This study aims to determine the prevalence of craniofacial abnormalities and malocclusion in children referred for ...
Nelly Huynh   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Breath‐Hold Divers and the Folklore of Tomokazuki

open access: yesNeurology and Clinical Neuroscience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diving can affect neuropsychiatric functions. Previous studies of Taravana syndrome in Polynesian pearl divers, which have similarities to decompression illness following breath‐hold diving, and of Chiyamai in Japanese breath‐hold divers, which have symptoms like panic disorder, show what modern medicine can learn from the wisdom of tradition.
Tomoko Komagamine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of swimmer position during prone ventilation on the onset of brachial plexus injury in the intensive care unit: A multiprofessional clinical study protocol

open access: yesNursing in Critical Care, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Prone positioning improves oxygenation in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and has been extensively applied in intensive care units (ICU) during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Although some complications due to the manoeuvre are well known, brachial plexus injury after prone positioning is reported as a rare ...
Filippo Binda   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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