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Quality Improvement on the Long-term Care Ventilator Unit: Interventions to Increase Patient Safety and Prevent Patient Harm [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Tracheostomy patients are susceptible to life-threatening emergencies when their airways are compromised. Epidemiologic data suggests that 3.2% to 30% of tracheostomy patents have a complication. The long-term care ventilator unit (LTCVU) is
Anderson, Billie, Samuels, Joanne
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThis study investigates the lifeworld experiences of women who underwent ostomy surgery to manage severe symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and involves chronic inflammation of tissue in the ...
Ashley Clark, André P. Smith
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216 Jewish Hospital of St. Louis [PDF]
, 1980 https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_216/1148/thumbnail ...
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The first joint ESGAR/ ESPR consensus statement on the technical performance of cross-sectional small bowel and colonic imaging [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives: To develop guidelines describing a standardised approach to patient preparation and acquisition protocols for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) of the small bowel and colon, with an emphasis on ...
Avni, F. +14 more
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Effectiveness of Home Care Nursing Program (HCNP) on The activities of daily living of stroke patients [PDF]
, 2007 Home Care Nursing Program (HCNP) at HUKM was started in 1998 and evaluation of the program was required. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of HCNP on stroke rehabilitation at HUKM.
Hamidah H, +3 more
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Surgical Interventions and the Use of Device-Aided Therapy for the Treatment of Fecal Incontinence and Defecatory Disorders [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this clinical practice update expert review is to describe the key principles in the use of surgical interventions and device-aided therapy for managing fecal incontinence (FI) and defecatory disorders.
Bharucha, Adil E. +2 more
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Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundRectal cancer is a highly prevalent malignant tumor, and surgery is one of the main treatment methods. Although preventive ileostomy can reduce postoperative complications, it is also prone to cause malnutrition and other problems.ObjectiveTo ...
Jianhua Zhu +5 more
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Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage. Our experience and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2016 NTRODUCTION: Over the years various therapeutic techniques for diverticulitis have been developed. Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage (LPL) appears to be a safe and useful treatment, and it could be an effective alternative to colonic resection in emergency
Desiderio, Jacopo +8 more
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Scientific ReportsColorectal cancer (CRC) is a global health challenge, and patient education plays a crucial role in its early detection and treatment. Despite progress in AI technology, as exemplified by transformer-like models such as ChatGPT, there remains a lack of ...
Wen Peng +9 more
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Supporting people with active and advanced disease: a rapid review of the evidence [PDF]
, 2014 1.1 Background: the NCSI AAD group The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI, 2010) was set up in response to the NHS Cancer Reform Strategy (Department of Health, 2007) as a collaboration between Macmillan Cancer Support, the Department of ...
Brooks, Joanna +3 more
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