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Nutritional management of individuals with Huntington’s disease: nutritional guidelines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The delivery of good nutritional care is a fundamental element of the management of individuals with Huntington’s disease and all patients with Huntington’s disease will, at some time, need dietary intervention because of the sequela of the disease; yet ...
Brotherton, Ailsa M   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Syndromic Testing: A Key Strategy for Antibiotic Stewardship in ICU Patients with Pneumonia

open access: yesAntibiotics
Background/Objectives: According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, improved antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) combined with rapid diagnostic tests could potentially prevent thousands of deaths caused by multidrug ...
Silvana Vulpie   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single Mothers Working at Night: Standard Work, Child Care Subsidies, and Implications for Welfare Reform [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a data set from the post welfare reform environment (the 1999 National Survey of America's Families), this paper investigates the impact of child care subsidies on the standard work (i.e., work performed during the traditional work hours of 8 a.m ...
Erdal Tekin
core  

How to improve drug dosing for patients with renal impairment in primary care - a cluster-randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at increased risk for inappropriate or potentially harmful prescribing. The aim of this study was to examine whether a multifaceted intervention including the use of a software programme for the ...
Beyer, Martin   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of the Fluid Replacement Method During Online Hemodiafiltration on the Solute Removal Performance and Biocompatibility Using the Asymmetric Cellulose Triacetate Membrane

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pre‐dilution online hemodiafiltration (Pre‐HDF) is predominantly used in Japan, whereas post‐dilution online HDF (Post‐HDF) is more common in Europe. An asymmetric cellulose triacetate (ATA) membrane may improve biocompatibility.
Kenji Sakurai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of fluvastatin in combination with the standard of care therapy (PEG-IFN/Ribavirin) in Egyptian patients with hepatitis C virus

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
Background/Aims: Cholesterol biosynthesis suppresses the replication of HCV-1b replicons, thus influencing hepatitis C virus (HCV) natural history. This study aimed at comparing the efficacy and safety of fluvastatin (FLV) as an adjuvant therapy to the ...
Moataz S. Seyam   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standard Care, Standards for Care, or Standard of Care? [PDF]

open access: yesAnesthesiology, 2010
John F. Butterworth, James P. Rathmell
openaire   +1 more source

Kinship Foster Care: A Relatively Permanent Solution [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Kinship foster care is intended to provide substantially the same standard of care as children receive in placement with unrelated foster parents. In practice, however, the two differ enormously in New York City.
Zwas, Marla Gottlieb
core   +1 more source

Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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