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Which interval is most crucial to presentation and survival in gastroesophageal cancer: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the most crucial interval to encourage earlier diagnosis in with gastroesophageal cancer and to identify potential factors effecting this interval.
Khulusi, Sam, Lee, Amanda, Watson, Roger
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
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Increasing sustainability in co-design projects: A qualitative evaluation of a co-design programme in New Zealand

Patient Experience Journal, 2017
The Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand commissioned Ko Awatea, an innovation and improvement centre, to deliver a co-design programme to nine teams of healthcare providers.
Lynne Maher, Brooke Hayward, Patricia Hayward, Chris Walsh   +3 more
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Beyond satisfaction in person-centered pharmacy services

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2023
Patient self-reported satisfaction is commonly used as an assessment of service experience and quality for community pharmacy services. This commentary discusses alternative foundational approaches to evaluating service experience and quality in patient ...
Logan T. Murry, Shane P. Desselle
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Cytotoxic chemotherapy for incurable colorectal cancer: living with a PICC-line [PDF]

, 2008
<b>Aims.</b> (i) To determine which aspects of living with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line cause Modified de Gramont (MdG) patients most difficulty. (ii) To explore MdG patients' views of the PICC-line experience.
Agence D’evaluation des Technologies et des Modes D’intervention en Sante (AETMIS), Borras, Carlson, Chernecky, Collins, de Gramont, Dobson, Elf, Gabriel, Gabriel, Galloway, Holloway, Jenkins, Kruijver, Leonard, marc: Management and Awareness of the Risk of Cytotoxics, McCaughan, Moureau, National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence, Oakley, Oppenheim, Ost, Philpot, Polit, Priest, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, SEHD, Sitzia, Skalla, Twelves C in SEHD, UK Parliament, WHO, Young   +32 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
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Testing accelerated experience-based co-design: a qualitative study of using a national archive of patient experience narrative interviews to promote rapid patient-centred service improvement

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014
Background: Measuring, understanding and improving patients’ experiences is of central importance to health care systems, but there is debate about the best methods for gathering and understanding patient experiences and how to then use them to improve ...
Louise Locock, Glenn Robert, Annette Boaz, Sonia Vougioukalou, Caroline Shuldham, Jonathan Fielden, Sue Ziebland, Melanie Gager, Ruth Tollyfield, John Pearcey   +9 more
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A new approach to planning in vitro and in vivo experiments for cardiovascular stents. (2) Planning of experiments [PDF]

, 2000
Copyright @ 2000 Pacini Editore SpAWithin our overall project to improve the design of stents in terms of reduced rates of re-stenosis, there are three main methods, namely computer simulation and in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Atherton, MA, Collins, MW, Doorly, DJ, Sigwart, U   +3 more
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Micro-meso-macro practice tensions in using patient-reported outcome and experience measures in hospital palliative care [PDF]

, 2018
This article applies a micro-meso-macro analytical framework to understand clinicians’ experiences and perspectives of using patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs and PREMs) in routine hospital-based palliative care.
Cohen, Robin, Krawczyk, Marian, Mercedes Laforest, Esther, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Sawatzky, Richard, Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Stajduhar, Kelli, Öhlen, Joakim   +7 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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