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How can we approach preoperative frailty and related factors in patients with cancer? A scoping review

Nursing Open
Aim To identify factors related to preoperative frailty in patients with cancer and map the tools that measure frailty. Design A Scoping review. Methods This scoping review based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework.
Misun Jeon, Sang Hwa Lee, Ji Yoon Jang, Sanghee Kim   +3 more
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Solving the Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow Problem Using the Multi-Objective Firefly Algorithm with a Constraints-Prior Pareto-Domination Approach

Energies, 2018
Known as a multi-objective, large-scale, and complicated optimization problem, the multi-objective optimal power flow (MOOPF) problem tends to be introduced with many constraints.
Gonggui Chen, Xingting Yi, Zhizhong Zhang, Hangtian Lei   +3 more
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Prescription patterns in patients with schizophrenia in Japan: First‐quality indicator data from the survey of “Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in psychiatric treatment (EGUIDE)” project

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2020
Background Guideline for Pharmacological Therapy for Schizophrenia was published by the Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology in 2015. “Effectiveness of Guidelines for Dissemination and Education in psychiatric treatment (EGUIDE)” project aimed to ...
Kayo Ichihashi, Hikaru Hori, Naomi Hasegawa, Yuka Yasuda, Tomoya Yamamoto, Takashi Tsuboi, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Taishiro Kishimoto, Tadasu Horai, Hiroki Yamada, Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Toshinori Nakamura, Naohisa Tsujino, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Satoru Oishi, Masahide Usami, Eiichi Katsumoto, Hidenaga Yamamori, Hiroaki Tomita, Taro Suwa, Ryuji Furihata, Takahiko Inagaki, Junichi Fujita, Toshiaki Onitsuka, Kenichiro Miura, Junya Matsumoto, Kazutaka Ohi, Yuki Matsui, Yoshikazu Takaesu, Naoki Hashimoto, Junichi Iga, Kazuyoshi Ogasawara, Hisashi Yamada, Koichiro Watanabe, Ken Inada, Ryota Hashimoto   +35 more
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Forecasting the Dialysis Burden in Japan: Validation‐Based Projections of Prevalence and Incidence Through 2050

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Japan has one of the highest dialysis prevalence rates worldwide and a shrinking, aging population. Whether dialysis burden has entered a sustained post‐peak phase or whether recent declines partly reflect pandemic‐related disruptions remains uncertain.
Hatice Şahin, Berrak Itır Aylı, Nüket Paksoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal trend in quality indicators of diabetes care performance among persons with type 2 diabetes in primary care practice: a serial cross-sectional analytical study, 2013/14 to 2021/22

Frontiers in Endocrinology
BackgroundAlthough the national-based policy implemented an initiative program to offer diabetes care management in Thailand, there are limited time trends of evidence to gauge whether the quality of diabetes care in primary care practice is improving ...
Ratanaporn Awiphan, Ratanaporn Awiphan, Woravut Kowatcharakul, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Kednapa Thavorn, Kednapa Thavorn, Kednapa Thavorn, Kednapa Thavorn, Surapon Nochaiwong, Surapon Nochaiwong   +12 more
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transition from in-hospital ventilation to home ventilation: process description and quality indicators

GMS German Medical Science, 2017
The current demographic development of our society results in an increasing number of elderly patients with chronic diseases being treated in the intensive care unit.
Kastrup, Marc, Tittmann, Benjamin, Sawatzki, Tanja, Gersch, Martin, Vogt, Charlotte, Rosenthal, Max, Rosseau, Simone, Spies, Claudia   +7 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Involving patients in quality indicator development – a systematic review

, 2013
Thomas Kötter,1,2 Friederike Anna Schaefer,2 Martin Scherer,2 Eva Blozik1,2 1Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; 2Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg ...
Kötter T, Scherer M, Schaefer FA, Blozik E   +3 more
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Quality Improvement Division Operational Plan 2016 [PDF]

, 2016
This is the second Operational Plan for the Quality Improvement Division (QID) since its establishment in 2015 and it builds on the work in 2015 to enable the HSE develop and implement a quality improvement agenda and capability across all levels of the ...
Quality Improvement Division
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