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Monitoring and Management of the Palliative Care Patient Symptoms: A Best Practice Implementation Project

Nursing Reports, 2022
Background: In palliative care, symptoms are multiple and combined, evolving and changing, with a multidimensional character and multifactorial causes, and a high prevalence, negatively influencing the patient’s and family’s quality of life.
Adriana Coelho, Ana Rocha, Daniela Cardoso, Rogério Rodrigues, Cristina Costeira, Sara Gomes, Vitor Parola   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Symptoms in the REGARDS Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background It is unknown if stroke symptoms in the absence of a stroke diagnosis are a sign of subtle cardioembolic phenomena. The objective of this study was to examine associations between atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke symptoms among adults with ...
Meghan Reading Turchioe, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Parag Goyal, Alexander E. Merkler, Hooman Kamel, Mary Cushman, Orysya Soroka, Ruth Masterson Creber, Monika M. Safford   +8 more
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Concordance between patient‐reported and physician‐documented comorbidities and symptoms among Stage 4 breast cancer patients

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background Comorbidities and symptoms in metastatic breast cancer patients impact treatment decisions and influence prognosis and quality of life. The objective of this study is to examine the concordance between physician documentation and patient ...
Saumya Umashankar, Amrita Basu, Laura Esserman, Laura van'tVeer, Michelle E. Melisko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Symptom Experience and Related Predictors in Liver Transplantation Recipients

Asian Nursing Research, 2021
Summary: Purpose: Symptom experience after liver transplantation (LT) provides healthcare professionals with important information about the benefits and limitations of LT from patients’ perspective.
Xiao Chen, Yuxia Zhang, Jingxian Yu
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Approach to MPN Symptom Assessment

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports, 2017
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are recognized for their debilitating symptom burdens. The purpose of this review is to understand the complexity of the MPN symptom burden and identify how validated MPN Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) tools may be integrated into clinical practice to assess the MPN symptom burden.Significant heterogeneity exists ...
Holly, Geyer, Ruben A, Mesa
openaire   +3 more sources

Utility of Computed Tomography Surveillance of Asymptomatic Infection in Children and Young Adults Before Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asymptomatic infection poses a significant risk for children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Pre‐transplant surveillance computed tomography (CT) is commonly used to identify occult infection, though its diagnostic yield remains uncertain.
Tyler Obermark, Pradipta Debnath, Rama S. Ayyala, Lara A. Danziger‐Isakov, Jane Koo, Kasiani C. Myers, William R. Otto, Aki Tanimoto, Andrew T. Trout, Cara E. Morin   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the Brief Questionnaire Version of the Discrepancy Between Desired Time in Bed and Desired Total Sleep Time Index: The DBSTq-2 [PDF]

Sleep Medicine Research
Background and Objective The aim of this study was to develop a modified questionnaire version of the discrepancy between desired time in bed and desired total sleep time (DBST) index, while addressing its limitations.
Seockhoon Chung
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Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda, Tomohiro Saito, Masahide Mizobuchi, Tomoki Shimomura, Saki Kawamori, Mitsuru Kawanishi, Natsuko Hattori, Jo Sugiyama, Satoshi Tsubata, Hanami Horiguchi, Kazuki Abe, Nao Iida, Yuki Kajio, Nao Oguro, Ryo Yanai, Hirokazu Honda   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source