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Association of a Multimodal Perioperative Care Program With Postoperative Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Implementation of a multimodal perioperative care program and reduction of postoperative complications. ABSTRACT Purpose This retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a multimodal perioperative care program in reducing postoperative complications in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric cancer.
Keiichi Fujiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of a Cycled Lighting Intervention on Nursing Home Residents: A Pilot Study

open access: yesGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2019
Purpose: Achieving adequate levels of illumination to stimulate the circadian system can be difficult in a nursing home. The aim of this study was to examine the impact that a 4-week cycled lighting intervention had on activity, sleep, and mood in older ...
Oonagh M. Giggins PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short‐Term Outcomes and Cost Drivers of Emergency Surgery for Acute Abdominal Disease in Super‐Elderly Patients: A Study in the Japanese Tertiary Care Hospital

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This retrospective study analyzed patients aged ≥ 85 years undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, focusing on short‐term outcomes and inpatient cost structure under the Japanese DPC system. Although major complications occurred in 19.4% of patients, more than 70% were discharged home.
Yuta Kobayashi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent geographic variations in availability and quality of nursing home care in the United States: 1996 to 2016

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Availability of nursing home care has declined and national efforts have been initiated to improve the quality of nursing home care in the U.S.
Yun Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is nursing home demand affected by the decline in age difference between spouses? [PDF]

open access: yes
We investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and nursing home demand. We first use life-table methods to simulate the impact of the declining age gap on the risk of widowhood.
Darius N. Lakdawalla, Robert Schoeni
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Developing national level informatics competencies for undergraduate nurses : methodological approaches from Australia and Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Health information systems are being implemented in countries by governments and regional health authorities in an effort to modernize healthcare. With these changes, there has emerged a demand by healthcare organizations for nurses graduating from ...
Borycki, Elizabeth   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Non-Invasive Technique in Cardiology

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
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MP Aziz
doaj   +1 more source

Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies factor substitution in one important sector: the nursing home industry. Specifically, we measure the extent to which nursing homes substitute materials for labor when labor becomes relatively more expensive.
David C. Grabowski   +2 more
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