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THE ACCEPTANCE OF CHANGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS AFTER THE REVISED ATLANTA CLASSIFICATION [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2021
BACKGROUND: New recommendations for the management of patients with acute pancreatitis were set after the Atlanta Classification was revised in 2012. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present systematic review is to assess whether these recommendations have ...
José Roberto ALVES, Gustavo Heitich FERRAZZA, Ivan Nazareno NUNES JUNIOR, Marcelo Bianchini TEIVE   +3 more
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Severity of illness scores at presentation predict ICU admission and mortality in COVID-19

Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed hospital systems in multiple countries and necessitated caring for patients in atypical healthcare settings. The goal of this study was to ascertain if the conventional critical care severity scores qSOFA,
E. Wilfong, C. Lovly, E. Gillaspie, Li-Ching Huang, Y. Shyr, J. Casey, B. Rini, M. Semler   +7 more
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Factors associated with disease severity and length of stay in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Tabriz, Iran: A retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine, 2022
Introduction: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread globally. Early and dynamic detection of prognostic factors is essential to improve the ability to treat COVID-19.
Elnaz Asghari, Mina Hosseinzadeh, Nader Mahdavi, Vahide Mahmoodi   +3 more
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Determinants of Six-Minute Walk Distance in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Idiopathic Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis

Biomedicines, 2022
Background: In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) is an independent factor for mortality. Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a rare disease with physical features such as emaciation, but the ...
Naofumi Sato, Yuji Iwanami, Kento Ebihara, Keiko Nakao, Midori Miyagi, Yasuhiko Nakamura, Kazuma Kishi, Sakae Homma, Satoru Ebihara   +8 more
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Disease Prevalence, Parent’s Educational Needs, and Disease Management according to Severity of Respiratory Infections in Early Childhood [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate disease prevalence, parent’s educational needs, and disease management according to severity of respiratory infections in early childhood.
Hye-Yul Han, Sun-Jung Park, Myung Nam Lee, Kyung-Ah Kang   +3 more
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Severe mental illness and the perimenopause

BJPsych Bulletin, 2023
Hormonal fluctuations in the perimenopause are associated with an array of physical and psychological symptoms. Those with pre-existing mental disorders may experience changes to their symptoms and response to treatment during the perimenopausal and postmenopausal periods and may also be at risk of poorer longer-term physical health outcomes in ...
Sophie Behrman, Clair Crockett
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Evaluation of intrafraction couch shifts for proton treatment delivery in head‐and‐neck cancer patients: Toward optimal imaging frequency

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Purpose Treatment planning for head‐and‐neck (H&N) cancer, in particular oropharynx, nasopharynx, and paranasal sinus cases, at our center requires noncoplanar proton beams due to the complexity of the anatomy and target location. Targeting accuracy for all beams is carefully evaluated by using image guidance before delivering proton beam ...
Nrusingh C. Biswal, Dario B. Rodrigues, Weiguang Yao, Jason K. Molitoris, Matthew E. Witek, Shifeng Chen   +5 more
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Evaluation of patient doses for routine digital radiography procedures toward establishing an institutional diagnostic reference levels: A case study in Sri Lanka

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The present study was conducted as part of a comprehensive work to establish National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NDRLs) in Sri Lanka for the first time. DRLs can be used as an effective optimization tool for identifying unusually high or low patient doses during X‐ray examinations.
Sachith Welarathna, Sivakumar Velautham, Mihira Wanninayake, Sivananthan Sarasanandarajah   +3 more
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The laboratory tests and host immunity of COVID-19 patients with different severity of illness.

JCI Insight, 2020
BACKGROUND The Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused a severe outbreak in China. The host immunity of COVID-19 patients is unknown. METHODS The routine laboratory tests
Feng Wang, Hongyan Hou, Ying Luo, Guoxing Tang, Shiji Wu, Min Huang, Weiyong Liu, Yao-wu Zhu, Qun Lin, Liyan Mao, Minghao Fang, Huilan Zhang, Ziyong Sun   +12 more
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Well‐being on supportive techniques in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: from neurologists' perspective

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 12, Page 1874-1883, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objective To investigate intercultural neurologists' perception of well‐being in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using gastrostomy (PEG), non‐invasive, and/or invasive ventilation (NIV/IV) and to analyse the determinants and impact on the management of the above medical interventions (MIs).
Krzysztof Barć, Dorothée Lulé, Julia Finsel, Olga Helczyk, Susanne Baader, Helena Aho‐Özhan, Albert C. Ludolph, Magdalena Kuźma‐Kozakiewicz   +7 more
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