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Diabetic Retinopathy in Primary Healthcare in a Brazilian Municipality: A Cross‐Sectional Study Using Teleophthalmology

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was estimated to be 28.3% (95% CI 21.1–35.4), with most of the cases corresponding to mild non‐proliferative diabetic retinopathy. ABSTRACT Background Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes and the leading cause of irreversible blindness in people of working age.
Lorrana Luysse dos Anjos Assis, Fernando Korn Malerbi, Rosiane Chiaroti, Lívia Maria Ferrante Vizzotto Consoli, Vanessa Patrícia Pereira Motozo, Francisco Barbosa‐Junior, Rinaldo Eduardo Machado de Oliveira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing Watchful Waiting and Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes in Early Prostate Cancer: A Single-Center Study

Background: The optimal management approach for early prostate-cancer remains a topic of debate. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of watchful-waiting versus radical-prostatectomy in patients with prostate-cancer in UAE.
Bharadwaj, Hareesha, Dalal, Priyal
core   +1 more source

“It's the Exact Same Treatment … Except Only 5 Min Away”: A RE‐AIM Evaluation of a Speech‐Language Pathology Shared‐Care Model for Rural Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Challenges accessing post‐treatment speech‐language pathology (SLP) services can add to treatment burden for rural patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate a shared‐care SLP service designed to support local SLP access for patients with HNC, using the RE‐AIM framework.
Corey Patterson, Elizabeth C. Ward, Rebecca L. Packer, Jasmine Foley, Laurelie R. Wishart, Clare L. Burns, Sally Pether, Wendy Comben   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A randomized trial comparing radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting in early prostate cancer

, 2002
Background: Radical prostatectomy is widely used in the treatment of early prostate cancer. The possible survival benefit of this treatment, however, is unclear. We conducted a randomized trial to address this question. Methods: From October 1989 through
Häggman, Michael, Folmerz, Per, Palmgren, J, Bill-Axelson, Anna, Busch, C, Palmgren, Juni, Andersson, S, Helgesen, Fred, Busch, Christer, Spangberg, A, Norlén, Bo Johan, Helgesen, F, Andersson, Swen-Olof, Haggman, M, Adami, Hans-Olov, Johansson, Jan-Erik, Holmberg, L, Salo, Jaakko, Nordling, Steg, Folmerz, P, Johansson, J, Adami, H, Holmberg, Lars, Bill-Axelson, A, Norlen, B J, Spångberg, Anders,, Nordling, S, Salo, J O   +27 more
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How Health Systems ‘Software’ Factors Affect Frontline Health Workers' Humanitarian Response Efforts During Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanitarian settings face a growing healthcare workforce crisis marked by staff shortages, unsafe working conditions, and limited professional development. Despite being critical intermediaries in outbreak responses, demands on health workers come at a substantial cost to their health and wellbeing.
Georgia Venner, Jennifer Palmer, Tasmia Aksi, Mahima Das Mumu, Mohammed Mirza Nu, Gillian McKay, Mahbub Ur Rahman Ujjal, Bhargavi Rao, Ahmed Hossain, Susannah Mayhew   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Watchful Waiting / Money Bags and Cannon Balls

, 2018
Watchful Waiting: U.S. Neutrality Law in the Atlantic World: 1815-1819. This paper addressed the ways in which American statesmen responded to the diplomatic crisis of American citizens serving as privateers for the rebelling countries of South America ...
Sutherland, William
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Positive developmental cascades: Strength development reduces support needs in children

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Strength development in children across a range of psychiatric diagnoses may reduce needs for mental health, social, and functioning support over time. A strength‐based adjunct to child and adolescent mental health may foster the developmental context most helpful for achieving desired outcomes with positive developmental cascading ...
Melody R. Altschuler, Xiaoran Tong, Punit Shah, Edelyn Verona, Julianne M. Bowling, Robert F. Krueger, Roman Kotov, Jordan H. McAllister, Michaela Voit, Sachina Paudel, Scott C. Leon, Shashwat Kala, John S. Lyons   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cox regression for tumor stroma Cav-1 of patients followed by watchful waiting.

, 2016
Cox regression for tumor stroma Cav-1 of patients followed by watchful waiting.
Pernilla Wikström (175711), Peter Hammarsten (124310), Lars Egevad (124325), Torvald Granfors (124326), Christina Hägglöf (248660), Pär Stattin (124323), Tove Dahl Scherdin (3232404), Pernilla Andersson (3232407), Anders Bergh (175717)   +8 more
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Long‐Term Outcomes and Predictors of Delayed Steroid Initiation in Type 1 Autoimmune Pancreatitis Initially Managed Without Corticosteroids

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Purpose Although type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) responds well to corticosteroids, spontaneous remission can also occur. This study evaluated long‐term outcomes and predictors of delayed steroid initiation in AIP patients initially managed conservatively.
Yasuhiro Kuraishi, Akira Nakamura, Masafumi Minamisawa, Takumi Yanagisawa, Chinatsu Yonekura, Nobukazu Sasaki, Shunsuke Imamura, Takefumi Kimura, Yugo Iwaya, Tadanobu Nagaya   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source