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Self-care knowledge in patients with intestinal stomas in a selected hospital in the south of Viet Nam: A descriptive cross-sectional study

Belitung Nursing Journal, 2023
Background: Intestinal stomas are surgical interventions that have an impact on both physical and psychological health, necessitating patient self-care.
Thi Dung Ngo, Miranda Hawks, Thi Thanh Truc Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Han Nguyen, Hong Thiep Nguyen, Nguyen Thanh Truc Mai   +5 more
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Predictors of Successful Decannulation Using a Tracheostomy Retainer in Patients with Prolonged Weaning and Persisting Respiratory Failure [PDF]

, 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, Aboussouan LS, Bach JR, Boles JM, Ceriana P, Divo MJ, Durbin, Engoren M, Epstein SK, Florian Kollert, Frank Heinemann, Franke KJ, Griffiths J, Gursel GG, Heffner JE, Hess DR, Hsu CL, Kornblith LZ, Le Gall JR, MacIntyre NR, Marchese S, Marchese S, Michael Pfeifer, O’Connor HH, O’Connor HH, Rudolf A. Jörres, Schönhofer B, Stelfox HT, Stephan Budweiser, Tobias Baur, Wu YK   +30 more
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Microscopic research on Plantago major L. and Plantago media L. in identification of medicinal plant-based raw material

Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2017
Plant-based raw materials of generic species Plantago L. are widely used in world medicine as anti-inflammatory, vulnerary and anti-ulcerous agents.
T. V. Khortetska , G. P. Smoilovska
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Considerations on the Psychological Status of the Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy [PDF]

, 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, Balalau, Cristian, Balalau, Oana Denisa, Dumitrache, Mihai, Popescu, Bogdan, Rascu, Stefan, Scaunasu, Răzvan Valentin   +6 more
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Adjusting to bodily change following stoma formation: a phenomenological study [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose: Scant research has been undertaken to explore in-depth the meaning of bodily change for individuals following stoma formation. The aim of this study was to understand the experience of living with a new stoma, with a focus on bodily change ...
Antony Arthur, Aron S, Beitz JM, Coe M, Colaizzi PF, Elcoat C, Gabrielle Thorpe, Gallagher S, Hesse-Biber SN, Klopp AL, Leder D, Madjar I, Maggie McArthur, Merleau-Ponty M, Patton MQ, Persson E, Piwonka M, Price B, Price B, van Manen M   +19 more
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Workup and conservative management of ileal conduit-vaginal fistulas: review of literature. [PDF]

, 2020
Ileal conduit-vaginal fistulas are a rare but challenging complication of urinary diversion. Here we identify risk factors and summarize the workup and conservative management strategies for this complication.
Chowdhury, Mashrin Lira, Ghoniem, Gamal, Palmer, Cristina, Shen, Aricia   +3 more
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Short-term outcomes associated with the use of a new powered circular stapler for rectal reconstructions: a retrospective study comparing it to manual circular staplers using inverse probability of treatment weight analysis

BMC Surgery, 2023
Background The most common postoperative complication in malignant rectal surgery is anastomotic leakage (AL). AL after anterior or low anterior resection in rectal tumors is a fatal postoperative complication.
Nobuhisa Matsuhashi, Jesse Yu Tajima, Ryoma Yokoi, Shigeru Kiyama, Masahide Endo, Yuta Sato, Masashi Kuno, Hirokatsu Hayashi, Ryuichi Asai, Masahiro Fukada, Itaru Yasufuku, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Okumura, Katsutoshi Murase, Takuma Ishihara, Takao Takahashi   +15 more
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The effect of preoperative stoma site marking on quality of life in patients undergoing ostomy surgery [PDF]

, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine if preoperative stoma site marking by a Wound, Ostomy, Continence (WOC) nurse affects patient quality of life. This study used a descriptive design with a convenience sample of 25 ostomy patients.
Cantara, Susan L
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Validity and Reliability of the Amharic Version of EORTC-QLQ-CR29 Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in Ethiopia

Cancer Management and Research, 2021
Lidya Genene Abebe,1 Abigiya Wondimagegnehu,1,2 Aynalem Abraha Woldemariam3 ,† Bizu Gelaye,4,5 Eva Johanna Kantelhardt,2,6 Adamu Addissie1,2 1Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University ...
Abebe LG, Wondimagegnehu A, Woldemariam AA, Gelaye B, Kantelhardt EJ, Addissie A   +5 more
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Long-term complications of continent catheterizable channels: a problem for transitional urologists. [PDF]

, 2018
A majority of the transitional urology patient population have neurogenic bladder and many of these patients have undergone creation of continent catheterizable channels (CCCs) to facilitate bladder emptying.
Baradaran, Nima, Elliott, Sean P, Hampson, Lindsay A   +2 more
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