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What Healthcare Workers Should Know about Environmental Bacterial Contamination in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
, 2017 Intensive care unit- (ICU-) acquired infections are a major health problem worldwide. Inanimate surfaces and equipment contamination may play a role in cross-transmission of pathogens and subsequent patient colonization or infection. Bacteria contaminate
Cortegiani, A. +7 more
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Significance of Psychotherapeutic Approach Toward Terminal Ill Diagnosis in Clinical Practices
Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2020 As a critical medicine, meaning in suffering plays a crucial role as terminal ill experience always accompanied several unwanted psychological and emotional sufferings.
Suantak D Vaiphei
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PTH-Related Protein Assays in Advanced Kidney Disease: Implications for Evaluation of Hypercalcemia
Case Reports in Nephrology, 2023 Hypercalcemia is a common and potentially serious electrolyte abnormality that is often observed in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). When malignancy is considered, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) levels are often measured. PTHrP is
Jobira A. Woldemichael +2 more
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Understanding the Presentation of Terminal Ileitis
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2022 Our patient is a 47-year-old African American female with a past medical history of recurrent episodes of small bowel obstruction. She presented to the emergency department with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Ashali Jain +3 more
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Budd-Chiari syndrome recurring in a transplanted liver [PDF]
, 1983 A patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation and developed recurrent disease is described. The immediate postoperative period was complicated by multiple thrombotic episodes, followed by a period of apparent ...
Andrew Dekker +11 more
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Revista DorBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Modern medicine lives a moment of searching for a sensible balance in the physician-patient relationship. As opposed to what was observed few years ago, when patients were, in the strict conception of the word, patients, that ...
Matheus Fachini Vane +1 more
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The Costs of Treating Terminal Patients [PDF]
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2010 In addition to the effectiveness of terminal care, policy makers and health care payers are concerned about the costs of treating terminal patients in a context of spiraling health care costs and limited resources.This article aims to review the international literature on the costs of treating terminal patients.Studies were identified by searching ...
Simoens, Steven +9 more
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Molecular Cytogenetics, 2018 Background Deletions involving the long arm of chromosome 18 have been associated with a highly variable phenotypic spectrum that is related to the extent of the deleted region. Duplications in chromosomal region 4p16.3 have also been shown to cause 4p16.
Chunjing Wang +5 more
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The Case for an Autonomy-Centred View of Physician-Assisted Death [PDF]
, 2020 Most people who defend physician-assisted death (PAD) endorse the Joint View, which holds that two conditions—autonomy and welfare—must be satisfied for PAD to be justified. In this paper, we defend an Autonomy Only view.
Davis, Jeremy, Mathison, Eric
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A qualitative study of the health experience of gypsy travellers in the UK with a focus on terminal illness [PDF]
, 2008 Aim To understand the experience of terminal care and health care access for Gypsy Travellers, to inform palliative and primary care service provision. Background Little contemporary research of UK English Romany Gypsy Travellers is available.
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