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Implementing Rounding Checklists in a Pediatric Oncologic Intensive Care Unit

open access: yes, 2022
Standardized rounding checklists during multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) can reduce medical errors and decrease length of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and hospital stay. We added a standardized process for MDR in our oncologic PICU. Our study was a
Jose A. Cortes   +11 more
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Long‐term prognosis is associated with residual disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy but not with initial nodal status

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This long‐term follow‐up study determined survival rates in a Swedish national cohort of 417 patients with breast cancer who all had neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed before NAST in clinically node‐negative and after NAST in clinically node‐positive patients.
L. Zetterlund   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Our experience in education of patients within the first session "Human body and cancer" of European education program "Learning to live with cancer" [PDF]

open access: yesArchive of Oncology, 2003
Background: As a part of educational team within the European Educational Program (EEP), senior nurse should give clear and understandable information to the patients about the functioning of the human body, tissues and cells and increase their knowledge
Pavlović Danica, Đurđević Ana
doaj   +1 more source

Duplication of the Artery to the Cystic Duct: A Case Report of a Rare Anatomical Variation with Surgical Significance

open access: yesOman Medical Journal, 2022
Anatomical variations of the cystic artery are frequently documented, but variations of the artery to the cystic duct are extremely uncommon. We report a rare duplication of the artery to the cystic duct, revealed during laparoscopic cholecystectomy on ...
Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standardized Palliative Care Screening in the Oncologic Intensive Care Unit

open access: yes, 2023
Background/Significance: Patients admitted to the oncologic Intensive Care Unit (ICU) face numerous challenges including complex comorbid conditions, symptom burden, financial strain, lengthy hospitalization, values conflicts, risk for readmission, and ...
Szymanski, Erin
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nursing care protocol for evaluation and management of adult patients submitted to cardiotoxic oncologic therapy: methodological study

open access: yes, 2019
Introdução: A cardiotoxicidade representa um grave problema provocado pelo tratamento oncológico. Enfermeiros que atuam diretamente com esses pacientes precisam avaliar e manejar as manifestações cardiovasculares que podem afetar a eficácia do tratamento.
Jesus, Evelyn Barcelos de
core   +1 more source

Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of the end of life at home

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: The Hospital at Home (HaH) department belongs to a Clinical Governance Unit together with Internal Medicine and the Convalescence Unit. Before 2017 the assistance was organized according to geography, so any medical team would attend a mix ...
Rebeca Garcia   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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