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A scoping review of initiatives to reduce inappropriate or non-beneficial hospital admissions and bed days in people nearing the end of their life: much innovation, but limited supporting evidence

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Hospitalisation during the last weeks of life when there is no medical need or desire to be there is distressing and expensive. This study sought palliative care initiatives which may avoid or shorten hospital stay at the end of life and ...
Ros Taylor, Jonathan Ellis, Wei Gao, Liz Searle, Kate Heaps, Robert Davies, Claire Hawksworth, Angela Garcia-Perez, Giles Colclough, Steven Walker, Bee Wee   +10 more
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Combination of increased situational anxiety and endothelial dysfunction in young athletes as a condition for microcirculation spasm: assessment methods and correction using a specialized honey bar-candy

Sports medicine: research and practice, 2021
Objective: study of psychoemotional-volitional sphere and endothelium-dependent factors of cardiovascular risk, the level of performance and recovery time in athletes before and after a 2-month intake of a specialized athlete’s nutrition product (SANP) honey bar-candy “Gold F25 ApiSpeis Light”.Materials and methods: the main group of 58 athletes (under
G. A. Prosekin, V. N. Kim, G. B. Krivulina, E. N. Dolgova, S. A. Parastaev   +4 more
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Prevalence and characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain in an outpatient clinic in a Catalan teaching hospital: incorporation of the Edmonton Classification System for Cancer pain into the diagnostic algorithm

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) is defined according to its principal characteristics: high intensity, short time interval between onset and peak intensity, short duration, potential recurrence over 24 h and non-responsiveness to standard ...
Jaume Canal-Sotelo, Javier Trujillano-Cabello, Philip Larkin, Núria Arraràs-Torrelles, Ramona González-Rubió, Mariona Rocaspana-Garcia, Eva Barallat-Gimeno   +6 more
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Advance care planning in dementia: recommendations for healthcare professionals

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Advance care planning (ACP) is a continuous, dynamic process of reflection and dialogue between an individual, those close to them and their healthcare professionals, concerning the individual’s preferences and values concerning future ...
Ruth Piers, Gwenda Albers, Joni Gilissen, Jan De Lepeleire, Jan Steyaert, Wouter Van Mechelen, Els Steeman, Let Dillen, Paul Vanden Berghe, Lieve Van den Block   +9 more
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EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS OF PREPARING STUDENTS OF SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITIES FOR ACTIVITIES IN EXTREME SITUATIONS [PDF]

Bulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State University, 2019
In modern realities it is an urgent problem to fully prepare the students universities of the State Fire-Fighting Service of the EMERCOM of Russia for activities in extreme situations. This article analyzes the vocabulary of the study and gives author definitions of such terms as “extremeness”, “extreme situation”, “preparation of students of ...
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Usage of Self-Expanding Polyurethane Foam for Resolving of Ongoing Intra-Abdominal Hemorrhaging in Conditions of Military Conflict and Emergency Situations Basing on an Experience of Tactical-Special Exercises

Disaster Medicine, 2023
Summary. Investigation purpose – to evaluate the opportunity, efficiency and safety of usage of national polyurethane foam composition (PFC) during acute experiment taken in the frameworks of conducting of tactical-special exercises (TSE). Materials and methods of the investigation.
V.A. Reva, S.F. Goncharov, V.D. Potemkin, M.I. Baranov, A.V. Zhabin, S.V. Chepur   +5 more
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Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 3D Printing Special Interest Group (SIG) clinical situations for which 3D printing is considered an appropriate representation or extension of data contained in a medical imaging examination: abdominal, hepatobiliary, and gastrointestinal conditions [PDF]

3D Printing in Medicine, 2020
Abstract Background Medical 3D printing has demonstrated value in anatomic models for abdominal, hepatobiliary, and gastrointestinal conditions. A writing group composed of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Special Interest Group on 3D Printing (SIG) provides appropriateness criteria for abdominal ...
David H. Ballard, Nicole Wake, Jan Witowski, Frank J. Rybicki, Adnan Sheikh, David H. Ballard, Adnan M. Sheikh, William J. Weadock, Justin R. Ryan, Jane S. Matsumoto, Carolina Souza, Nicole Wake, Dimitry Levine, Anish Ghodadra, Edward P. Quigley, Andy Christensen, Leonid Chepelev, Waleed Althobaithy, Satheesh Jeyaraj, April Krivaniak, Todd Pietila, Rami Shorti, Lumarie Santiago, Elsa Arribas, Summer Decker, Jayanthi Parthasarathy, Jan Witowski   +26 more
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Role of nurses in medication management at the end of life: a qualitative interview study

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background Patients in the last phase of their lives often use many medications. Physicians tend to lack awareness that reviewing the usefulness of medication at the end of patients’ lives is important.
Bregje A. A. Huisman, Eric C. T. Geijteman, Marianne K. Dees, Noralie N. Schonewille, Margriet Wieles, Lia van Zuylen, Karolina M. Szadek, Agnes van der Heide   +7 more
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Factors associated with suffering from dying in patients with cancer: a cross-sectional analytical study among bereaved caregivers

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background In Colombia, cancer incidence is increasing, as is the demand for end-of-life care. Understanding how patients who die from cancer experience this phase will allow the identification of factors associated with greater suffering and actions to ...
Angélica Arango-Gutiérrez, Socorro Moreno, Martín Rondón, Lucía I Arroyo, Liliana Ardila, Fabián Alexander Leal Arenas, José A Calvache, Esther de Vries   +7 more
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Palliative care stay room – designing, testing and evaluating a gamified social intervention to enhance palliative care awareness

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Introduction The message of palliative care can be promoted using creative thinking and gamification. It can be an innovative strategy to promote changes in behaviour, promote thinking, and work on skills such as empathy.
Carla Reigada, Anna Sandgren, Sonia Rivas, Ana Carvajal, Santiago Hermida-Romero, Edgar Benítez, Guillem Ripoll, Inés Olza, Carlos Centeno, Beatriz Gómez   +9 more
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