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Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, diagnosis and haematological findings, first report from Iran, model for developing countries [PDF]

eJHaem, 2022
Since paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) was first described in 1881, the diagnosis and follow‐up patients diagnosed with the illness has remained an area of concern, with several different techniques of varying sensitivity having been described ...
Mohammadali Jahangirpour, Amirali Vahedi, Hamed Baghdadi, Tahereh Madani, Ali Behvarmanesh, Mohammad Alidadi, Mohadese Hashem Boroojerdi, Saba Mohammaei, Peyvand Poopak, Amirhossein Poopak, Gelareh Khosravi Pour, Behzad Poopak   +11 more
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Modelling the relationship between continuously measured glucose and electrocardiographic data in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus [PDF]

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2021
Introduction Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with earlier onset of cardiovascular disease. Recent evidence has found hyperglycaemia appears to play a greater role in this association among T1DM compared to T2DM.
Beatrice Charamba, Aaron Liew, Eileen Coen, John Newell, Timothy O’Brien, William Wijns, Andrew J. Simpkin   +6 more
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Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Leading to Raised Intracranial Pressure Hydrocephalus in a Patient with Aqueduct Stenosis [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
We present the case of a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and hypoventilation syndrome who had hydrocephalus and acquired aqueduct stenosis. A link between these conditions in our patient is postulated. We discuss the mechanisms through
Hilary McLoughlin, Gearoid Coughlin, Iftikhar Nadeem, Emma Burke   +3 more
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Both the extended neck position and insertion of a supraglottic airway device increases the height of the cricothyroid membrane in females. A prospective observational study [PDF]

BJA Open
Background: Emergency Front of Neck access (eFONA) via cricothyroidotomy using a size 6 internal diameter tracheal tube is recommended by the Difficult Airway Society in the event of a ‘can't intubate, can't oxygenate’ (CICO) scenario in adults. There is
Ankita Miglani, Sandeep Miglani, Hassan M. Tawfik, Thomas Drew   +3 more
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Evidence of Inter-Professional and Multi-Professional Interventions for Geriatric Patients: A Systematic Review [PDF]

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2020
The current demographic shift raises the demand for provision of health care tailored to the complex care needs for older adults. Given the growing number of national care plans and best practice models there is an urgent need to build evidence for inter-
Elisabeth Platzer, Katrin Singler, Peter Dovjak, Gerhard Wirnsberger, Annemarie Perl, Sonja Lindner, Aaron Liew, Regina Elisabeth Roller-Wirnsberger   +7 more
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Frailty and comorbidity in older adults with and without diabetes and chronic leg ulcer: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Int Wound J
Abstract This descriptive, cross‐sectional study aimed to identify whether having a chronic leg ulcer (CLU), in addition to diabetes, contributed to frailty in individuals ≥65 years old. It also explored the associations between frailty, pre‐frailty and other factors.
Duluklu B, Ivory J, McElvaney A, Bligh A, Cahill-Collins M, Gethin G, Liew A, Sezgin D.   +7 more
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Prioritising Key Concepts for informed health choices in cancer: An evidence-based online educational programme [PDF]

PEC Innovation
Objective: The overabundance of health misinformation has undermined people's capacity to make evidence-based, informed choices about their health.
Mengqi Li, Declan Devane, Claire Beecher, Maura Dowling, Austin G. Duffy, Caitriona Duggan, David Robert Grimes, Avril Kennan, Claire Kilty, Allen Nsangi, Andrew D. Oxman, Derek C. Stewart, Elaine Toomey, Marie Tierney   +13 more
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Law and childbirth in Ireland after the 8th Amendment: notes on women's legal consciousness

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 753-777, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drawing on a survey of women's experiences of obstetric care in Ireland between 2000 and 2017, this article examines women's legal consciousness of the 8th Amendment; a fetal rights provision that formed part of the Irish Constitution until 2018.
MÁIRÉAD ENRIGHT, DEIRDRE DUFFY
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy on the management of acute paediatric urinary tract infection in a general paediatric unit

Journal of Acute Disease, 2015
Objective: To ascertain diagnostic accuracy of paediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) in a general paediatric unit of a district hospital. Methods: Retrospective case note review and comparing to the final computerised database of Human in-Patient ...
Fahisham Taib, Bakht Jamal
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ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF OLMESARTAN AND RAMIPRILIN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLICESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

Российский кардиологический журнал, 2012
Objective. To compare the efficacy and safety of olmesartan medoxomil (O) and ramipril (R) in elderly patients with essential arterial hypertension. Methods.
J‑M. Mallion, S. Omboni, J. Barton, W. van Mieghem, K. Narkiewicz, P‑K. Panzer, J. G. Puig, Ch. Stefanadis, R. Zwieker   +8 more
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