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The Gastrostomy Feeding Button™ [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
The button™ feeding device replaces conventional long-term gastrostomy feeding tubes. Health care professionals can educate parents on maintenance of the button and provide them with emotional ...
Martz Huth, Myra, O\u27Brien, Maureen
core   +1 more source

Mixed-methods exploration of challenges to stoma care for ostomates in four low- and middle-income countries: STomacARe For Improvement reSearcH (STARFISH) study

open access: yesJournal of Global Health Reports
# Background Little is known about the challenges of stoma care and potential solutions for patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to assess the outcomes and experience of care for patients with stomas in LMICs using a ...
Marie Carmela M. Lapitan   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Preoperative Ostomy Education Decrease Anxiety in the New Ostomy Patient? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: There are approximately 100,000 patients with new ileostomies and colostomies created in the United States each year. These patients have specialized needs that include acceptance of altered body image, psychological stress, learning of ...
Harris, Michelle Suzann
core   +1 more source

Predictors of Successful Decannulation Using a Tracheostomy Retainer in Patients with Prolonged Weaning and Persisting Respiratory Failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: For percutaneously tracheostomized patients with prolonged weaning and persisting respiratory failure, the adequate time point for safe decannulation and switch to noninvasive ventilation is an important clinical issue.
Abboussouan LS   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

STOMA BAKIMININ YÖNETİMİ: OLGU SUNUMU

open access: yesYoğun Bakım Hemşireliği Dergisi, 2023
Boşaltımın sağlanması amacıyla abdominal alanda yapay bir açıklık şeklinde oluşturulan stoma; hayat kurtaran bir yöntem olmasından dolayı, sıklıkla tercih edilmektedir.
Yasemen Özkan   +2 more
doaj  

What should be included in case report forms? Development and application of novel methods to inform surgical study design: a mixed methods case study in parastomal hernia prevention

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To describe the development and application of methods to optimise the design of case report forms (CRFs) for clinical studies evaluating surgical procedures, illustrated with an example of abdominal stoma formation.Design (1) Literature ...
Leila Rooshenas   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hartmann's Procedure or Primary Anastomosis? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Perforation following acute diverticulitis is a typical scenario during the first attack. Different classification systems exist to classify acute perforated diverticulitis.
Bretagnol F   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Ostomy patients’ perception of the health care received

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2017
Aim: to describe ostomy patient’s perception about health care received, as well as their needs and suggestions for healthcare system improvement.
Candela Bonill-de las Nieves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early versus conventional stoma closure following bowel surgery: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesThe Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Background/Aim: To compare early stoma closure with conventional stoma closure following defunctioning diversion stoma surgery with respect to the frequency of complications, health-related quality of life (QoL), and length of hospitalization (LoH ...
Thirugnanasambandam Nelson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considerations on the Psychological Status of the Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The psychological impact on patients suffering radical cystectomy is twofold - (both that of the underlying neoplastic disease and that measured by the quality of life subsequent to surgery) and increases as the urinary derivation technique is less ...
Badescu, Daniel Liviu   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

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