• Our results show the association between risk of death and bed occupancy is linear and as occupancy increases the worse patients' outcomes become. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • One of the most important things that we can do right now is offering electronic patient-reported outcomes. (ajmc.com)
  • Doing this work isn't free or easy, and we need to make sure payers understand the value of this and reimburse practices in order so they can continue doing things like electronic patient-reported outcomes. (ajmc.com)
  • They cite extensive data showing nurse practitioners, including those with full practice authority, have safety and quality outcomes that are similar to those of physicians and also offer patients a much-needed approach that is highly focused on health promotion and disease prevention. (aanp.org)
  • To make matters even more concerning, there are widening inequalities in pediatric diabetes care that can potentially result in poorer outcomes in patients from ethnic minorities and low socioeconomic backgrounds. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In a study conducted by Shih and colleagues in patients with cancer in Taiwan, continuous mechanical ventilation for more than 21 days was associated with poor outcomes, particularly in the subgroups of patients with metastases, lung cancer, or liver cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, no previous data on outcomes of critically ill patients with different types of solid malignancies are available. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recently, integrative genomics (or panomics) approaches are often adopted with the goal of combining multiple types of omics data to identify integrative biomarkers for stratification of patients into groups with different clinical outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The outcomes of interest in this feasibility trial are the ability to recruit patients and healthcare staff, the optimal method of delivering the intervention within routine clinical practice, and acceptability and perceived utility of the intervention among patients and staff. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surrogate markers such as radiographic malalignment have been well investigated, however, patient-important outcomes are not well examined to elucidate the efficacy of TKA-PSI. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although, results from numerous studies on educational methods have shown significant improvements in HbA1c levels and treatment regimen perceptions in 9-11 year-old children with T1D management difficulties, the opposite has been shown in studies conducted on adolescent patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Methods: Patients aged 65 years or older with distal femur fractures of AO/OTA types 33 A2, A3, B1, B2, C1, and C2 were included. (lu.se)
  • Methods: In this retrospective study, we identified and analyzed data from all consecutive adult critically ill non-traumatic ED patients treated from March 2018 to February 2019. (ivteam.com)
  • For full- thickness rectal prolapse,transanal and transabdominal procedure have been performed in our hospital, depending on the patient's age and total condition. (sages.org)
  • Confers with physician and other practitioners to obtain additional patient information, suggest revisions in treatment program, and integrate physical therapy treatment with other aspects of patient's health care. (paylocity.com)
  • I asked Dr. Isaac Kohane, the team's co-director among other titles, to help us imagine what it will look like in practice when a doctor has a patient's full set of DNA in hand. (blogspot.com)
  • Similarly to the executive summary, part one of the full NLA recommendations highlights the importance of providers and patients setting cholesterol goals and focusing on patient's risk and risk factors. (lipid.org)
  • The recommendations conclude that elevated levels of "bad" cholesterol are a root cause of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events, reducing bad cholesterol known as "LDL- cholesterol will lower risk proportionately, and treatment-whether lifestyle modification, medication or a combination of both-should be determined based on each individual patient's risk of heart disease and stroke, after a discussion between patient and provide of the potential benefits and risks. (lipid.org)
  • Total knee arthroplasty using patient-specific instrumentation (TKA-PSI), which are disposable cutting block guides generated to fit each patient's 3-dimensional knee anatomy, has been developed to treat patients with end-stage osteoarthritis of the knee. (biomedcentral.com)
  • [ 4 ] Examination techniques vary, with some operators preferring to face the patient and others preferring to stand behind the patient, scanning over the patient's shoulder. (medscape.com)
  • The programme aims to ensure that the patient's voice is heard and that the community is actively involved in patient safety programmes. (who.int)
  • Now, a worrying new study reveals Covid-19 patients admitted to very full intensive care units are up to 19 per cent more likely to die than if the ICUs were less busy. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • In the study, published on medRxiv , researchers from University College London (UCL) analysed data from 4,032 Covid-19 patients who were admitted to NHS Intensive Care Units (ICU) between April 2 and June 1. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • When the pandemic hit the province back in the spring, the Unit 9 psychiatric ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown was emptied of patients to clear the way for potential COVID-19 cases. (cbc.ca)
  • But those COVID patients never came. (cbc.ca)
  • A therapeutic dose of heparin was associated with increased probability of survival for non-critically ill COVID-19 patients versus usual-care thromboprophylaxis, but not for the most severe patient population, peer-reviewed results from the REMAP-CAP, ACTIV-4a, and ATTACC multi-platform trial showed. (medpagetoday.com)
  • In the non-critically ill cohort, therapeutic dose anticoagulation with heparin was superior to usual care prophylaxis, with higher odds of increasing organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with moderate COVID-19 (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.27, 95% credible interval [CrI] 1.03-1.58), reported Ryan Zarychanski, MD, of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and colleagues. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The trial included patients from 121 sites in nine countries hospitalized with moderate COVID-19, but who did not need respiratory or cardiovascular organ support in an ICU setting. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Utah's hospitals are being stretched to the breaking point as the result of the latest surge in COVID-19 patients - and there's nothing left in reserve to save the day, the president of the Utah Hospital Association warned Tuesday. (sltrib.com)
  • At this point, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said 327 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, but it doesn't provide which hospitals or whether patients have gone home. (kcur.org)
  • Every day, the hospital publishes a dashboard with information like how many patients it's treating for COVID-19, ventilator usage and tests administered. (kcur.org)
  • The organization's model shows the state has enough capacity for 4,810 COVID-19 patients. (kcur.org)
  • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - As Arizona's biggest hospitals fill up with COVID-19 cases, physicians in some of the state's smaller or more rural communities fear it's their patients who need specialty care who will pay the ultimate price. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • We understand the need to ration care in the times of a pandemic, but currently care is being rationed in favor of COVID patients by using the (surge) line. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • The surge line in Arizona was created in April 2020 by the state Department of Health Services to facilitate transfers of COVID-19 patients across the state. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • But it's meant to be used to track down beds for COVID-19 patients. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • We need the same type of service now more than ever for every patient, not just the COVID patients,' he said. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • During June 30, 2021-September 27, 2022, rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related death were higher among maintenance dialysis patients compared with rates in the U.S. population. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients receiving maintenance dialysis benefit from staying up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • Since November 2020, CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has collected weekly data monitoring incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections (defined as a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result) and COVID-19-related deaths (defined as the death of a patient who had not fully recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection) among maintenance dialysis patients. (cdc.gov)
  • This analysis used NHSN dialysis facility COVID-19 data reported during June 30, 2021-September 27, 2022, to describe rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related death among maintenance dialysis patients. (cdc.gov)
  • The overall infection rate was 30.47 per 10,000 patient-weeks (39.64 among unvaccinated patients and 27.24 among patients who had completed a primary COVID-19 vaccination series). (cdc.gov)
  • Implementing recommended infection control measures in dialysis facilities and ensuring patients and staff members are up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccination is critical to limiting COVID-19-associated morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • However, rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related death among dialysis patients, and the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on these rates, are not well described. (cdc.gov)
  • During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instituted emergency requirements through the End-stage Renal Disease Network, mandating that COVID-19 cases, deaths, and vaccination status of dialysis facility patients and staff members be reported to NHSN. (cdc.gov)
  • A COVID-19-related death was defined as a death occurring in a patient who had not fully recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) collects weekly facility-level data monitoring incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and death among maintenance dialysis patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Facility-level data on SARS-CoV-2 infections and deaths were stratified into waves (periods between weeks with the lowest infection rates among NHSN dialysis patients). (cdc.gov)
  • Pooled mean SARS-CoV-2 infection and death rates (events per 10,000 patient-weeks) among dialysis patients were calculated as the sum of weekly cases divided by the weekly patient census during each wave. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients with cancer have a wide range of needs, from their caregivers, to financial and social determinants of health, to survivorship issues and getting back to their life once they're diagnosed and treated for cancer. (ajmc.com)
  • Thank you to the patients, their families and caregivers, who are the center of our focus in achieving this significant milestone. (yahoo.com)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A high caregiving burden was commonly observed in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients in China, as was a high prevalence of depression symptoms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Caregivers play a pivotal role in patient-centred care because they counteract the deficit of professional nurses in many countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although there are strong family traditions and an understood filial responsibility to provide care in China, family members who act as caregivers are limited in the time they can spend caring for patients outside of work. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Per regulations, paid caregivers are registered with a caregiver company, from which they are hired by patients/relatives for temporarily contracted caregiving work. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Few studies have compared this burden among caregivers of patients with eating disorders and other mental illnesses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • and 151 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The burden of caregiving is higher among caregivers of patients with eating disorders patients than among caregivers of patients with depression or schizophrenia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings suggest that caregivers of patients with an ED could benefit from providing adequate assessment and support. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To our knowledge, these are the only two studies comparing psychological distress of caregivers of patients with ED or schizophrenia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The sample size of both pilot studies however was small (e.g., 30 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and 32 of ED patients in the study of Graap et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Identifying factors that may predict caregiver burden among parental caregivers of ED patients could improve integrated health care strategies for this type of illness (Table 1 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patient Innovation is a website that shares solutions and ideas developed by patients and informal caregivers for managing personal health issues. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patient Innovation started as an academic research project aimed to study user innovation by patients and their non-professional caregivers, funded by The Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), Carnegie-Mellon Portugal Program and Pieter Pribila Foundation. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 36 months, over 850 solutions developed by patients, (non-professional) caregivers or collaborators from over 60 countries were submitted, curated and shared to improve the lives of many other who struggle with different health conditions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patient Innovation promotes the annual Patient Innovation Awards for patients, caregivers and collaborators who have developed innovative solutions to cope with the challenges of their health condition, to assist others they care about, or in some cases, to help people they don't even know. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is a world of diagnostic information contained in chest sounds, and the healthcare system needs a practical way to capture this data and put it to work for the benefit of patients," said Opauszky. (businesswire.com)
  • In a 2012 survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), 1 in 5 hospital chief information officers indicated that patients had been harmed in the previous year due to mismatches. (pewtrusts.org)
  • At the moment, two healthcare providers that we know of have begun sending out data breach notifications to affected patients. (yahoo.com)
  • They include Chicago's largest healthcare provider, Cook County Health (CCH) which notified 1.2 million patients that their medical records were exposed, as well as New York's largest healthcare provider, Northwell Health, which announced in a press release that it suffered an indirect data breach as a result of the incident. (yahoo.com)
  • This developing issue has led to growing worries about the short and long term complications of the disease, as well as negative impacts on the quality of life of the patients and their families and the burden on healthcare systems. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is, therefore, no surprise that healthcare professionals are turning their attention towards educational interventions in such patients in a bid to bring the situation under better control. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Healthcare professionals are required to access, interpret and generate patient data in the digital environment, and use this information to deliver and optimise patient care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A National Working Group was established in the UK to integrate Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) into undergraduate education for healthcare students studying medicine, pharmacy, nursing and midwifery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Semi-structured interviews will be carried out with healthcare staff and a purposive sample of patients to elicit their views and experiences of the trial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In April 2017 Católica Lisbon was one of four European business schools recognized by AACSB as Entrepreneurship Spotlight Challenge Honoree specifically for the work of Patient Innovation In December 2016 Patient Innovation won the Healthcare Startup Awards and was named "Non-Profit Startup of The Year" by the HealthCare Startup Society. (wikipedia.org)
  • Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an interprofessional team of healthcare providers. (cdc.gov)
  • The goal of this analysis is to determine the rate of injuries healthcare workers incurred as a result of intentional violence by patients in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusions: Workplace violence is a serious problem in today's healthcare settings that affects both employees and patient care. (cdc.gov)
  • All patients were assessed preoperatively by clinical examination, defecography, anal manometry and endoscopy, transit study with sitzmarks. (sages.org)
  • The FDA's action marks the conversion of an accelerated approval indication to full approval and is based on data from a Phase 3 clinical trial that evaluated the overall efficacy and safety of ONTAK in certain patients with recurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). (biopharminternational.com)
  • CMG+ uses administrative and clinical data to group patients into clinically relevant and resource-homogeneous groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This is a great video and will make you think about how we handle patient DNA information along side clinical information. (blogspot.com)
  • Reporting to the Clinical Manager or designee, with accountability to the care team, provides basic nursing and personal care to patients as delegated by and under the direction of a Registered Nurse and Licensed Practicing Nurse. (healthecareers.com)
  • The evidence base for pharmacotherapy in elderly patients in primary care relies on only a few clinical trials, thus documentation must be improved, particularly in the field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) like phytotherapy, homoeopathy, and anthroposophic medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Even in cases where there is clinical data on the effects of pharmacology in elderly patients, prescribing patterns in primary care are often unknown, which is peculiar considering the elderly are the main users of pharmacotherapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • NEW YORK - Yesterday, the National Lipid Association (NLA) released the Full Report of its Part One Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Cholesterol based on a panel of independent experts, published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology . (lipid.org)
  • The NLA's mission is to enhance the practice of lipid management in clinical medicine, and one of their goals is to enhance efforts to reduce death and disability related to disorders of lipid metabolism in patients. (lipid.org)
  • The clinical uses of VR were then examined in a database comprising 122 patients with ALI and ARDS [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Information about clinical characteristics and treatments were extracted from the patients' medical record files. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Primary outcome was organ-free support days based on an ordinal scale combining in-hospital death and days free of cardiovascular or respiratory support through day 21 among patients surviving to hospital discharge. (medpagetoday.com)
  • As the world ploughs through possible alternatives to tackle the issue of childhood diabetes, more attention is being turned towards facilitating knowledge and understanding of pediatric patients about their disease and its impact on the outcome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to compare the functional outcome between immediate full weight-bearing (FWB) as tolerated and partial weight-bearing (PWB) during the first 8 weeks following plate fixation of distal femur fractures in elderly patients. (lu.se)
  • Conclusions: There were no differences in functional outcome, adverse events, or ROM between immediate FWB and PWB following plate fixation for a distal femur fracture in elderly patients. (lu.se)
  • Background: Few studies address the care of critically ill non-traumatic patients in the emergency department (ED). The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology, management, and outcome of these patients. (ivteam.com)
  • The aim of this review is to determine if TKA-PSI improves patient-reported outcome measures (PROM), surgery time, blood loss, transfusion and complications (e.g. surgical site infection, deep venous thrombosis, and revision TKA). (biomedcentral.com)
  • TKA-PSI does not improve patient-reported outcome measures, surgery time, and complication rates as compared to standard TKA. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Even when coinfected patients receive proper treatment, they relapse repeatedly and the outcome frequently is fatal. (who.int)
  • In practice, however, patient requests are often rebuffed. (aclu.org)
  • Guam joins other US Pacific Territories, 22 states and the District of Columbia in adopting full practice authority legislation, enabling nurse practitioners to practice at the top of their license to deliver the full scope of services they are educated and clinically trained to provide. (aanp.org)
  • Public Law 34-78 officially retires the requirement that nurse practitioners maintain "collaborative agreements" with physicians as a condition of practice, a barrier that prevents nurse practitioners from fully serving patients. (aanp.org)
  • To date, more than 40 percent of states have adopted full practice licensure authority for nurse practitioners. (aanp.org)
  • The present study is the first to provide a systematic overview of everyday anthroposophic medical practice in primary care for elderly patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We aim to recruit a total of 80 primary care patients with active asthma from at least eight practices across two health boards in Scotland (10 patients per practice resulting in ~40 in each arm). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Keizer said the patients there now don't require a hospital level of care, but do 'deserve appropriate and compassionate placement. (cbc.ca)
  • Psychiatric patients show up who do need specialized in-patient care, she said, as they may be violent or showing extreme distress. (cbc.ca)
  • Overall, 80.2% of patients in the therapeutic-dose group survived to hospital discharge without receiving organ support versus 76.4% of those in the usual care group. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Fatal bleeding occurred in three patients in the therapeutic dose group and one in the usual care group. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Patients should have the same rights to our genetic information as we do to other types of health information, so that we can make decisions about our own care as well as contribute our data to research if we so choose. (aclu.org)
  • Bell also said they've had to reactivate their patient "transfer center," which facilitates moving patients from one hospital if an open bed becomes available somewhere else in the state or there's a need for a higher level of care, something they haven't had to do for several months. (sltrib.com)
  • And during this past weekend, 28 Utah patients who needed intensive care were instead placed in regular hospital beds because there wasn't room, Dr. Angela Dunn , the Salt Lake County Health Department's executive director and Utah's former state epidemiologist, said in a separate meeting Tuesday. (sltrib.com)
  • That's a patient from Price who needed a more critical care level," Bell said. (sltrib.com)
  • Co-chair Lalan Wilfong, MD, senior vice president of payer and care transformation, US Oncology Network, spoke with The American Journal of Managed Care ® about several pressing issues in the oncology care space: caring for the whole patient-not just their physical selves, but their emotional and social well-being-enhancing care coordination, ensuring continuity of care, and legislative priorities to address oncology care equity. (ajmc.com)
  • It's not right that community oncology physicians are paid less and less and less over time compared to inflation than hospital-based systems," Wilfong noted, "when community oncologists provide care in the communities to the patients at the location that they need and deserve. (ajmc.com)
  • It's important we leverage these collaborations to enhance the coordination of care so that patients get the full benefit of all the things that we can provide for them. (ajmc.com)
  • AUSTIN, TX -- The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) today recognizes the leadership of Governor Eddie Calvo, the Guam Legislature and the people of Guam on the passage of Public Law 34-78, which will expand health care access to patients across the island. (aanp.org)
  • Guam has taken a critical step to put patients first and to empower nurse practitioners to deliver the high-quality health care they are trained to provide," said Joyce Knestrick, PhD, APRN, CFNP, FAANP, President of AANP . (aanp.org)
  • This model provides for maximal use of nurse practitioners and ensures patients have full and direct access to the highest level of nurse practitioner care. (aanp.org)
  • and establishing standards that best serve NP patients and other health care consumers. (aanp.org)
  • As The Voice of the Nurse Practitioner, AANP represents the interests of NPs as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, comprehensive, patient-centered health care. (aanp.org)
  • The way patients receive medical care has drastically changed over the past decade as most hospitals and doctors' offices have transitioned from paper charts to electronic health records (EHRs) that help clinicians order medications, document treatment decisions, and review laboratory results. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Yet in order for patients, doctors, nurses, and other clinicians to have this information, EHRs must be able to share data among the many different hospitals, offices, and other facilities where individuals seek care-especially when health care providers are seeing new patients and need to obtain information from previous care providers. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Patient matching helps address interoperability by determining whether records-both those held within a single facility and those in different health care organizations-correctly refer to a specific individual. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Unfortunately, patient matching rates vary widely, with health care facilities failing to link records for the same patient as often as half the time. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Failures to effectively match patients can also be costly, leading to repeat tests and delays in care. (pewtrusts.org)
  • incentivizing doctors to have advance care planning discussions with patients being transformed into a simple phrase - death panels ). (geripal.org)
  • Withdrawal of care" and "full treatment" are both relatively new concepts with good intentions, however they are derived from traditional models of what "treatment" and "care" means. (geripal.org)
  • The truth for patients though is much different than the reality that our health care system attempts to create. (geripal.org)
  • Physical Therapists provide care to patients based on the application of scientific physical therapy principles. (paylocity.com)
  • The state's largest health care providers have been deluged with virus-infected patients - most of whom are unvaccinated - as well as patients who put off care during the early months of the pandemic. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • Dr. Heidi L. Lodge, chief of staff and director of the Douglas Clinic, had three patients recently die because they couldn't get to a facility with more specialized care in time. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • The line has proven invaluable to us, but we need to be able to use this asset for all patients requiring a higher level of care,' Lodge said. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • Already, in a few early-adopting venues, doctors are having their patients' entire genomes - all their DNA - sequenced, as part of their care. (blogspot.com)
  • Conclusion: The data describe the care of critically ill non-traumatic patients in the resuscitation room. (ivteam.com)
  • Based on these data, algorithms for the structured care of critically ill non-traumatic patients need to be developed. (ivteam.com)
  • Improvement has issued a Patient Safety Alert regarding the need to support safer care for full-term babies. (secamb.nhs.uk)
  • The issue of limiting life-sustaining treatments for intensive care unit (ICU) patients is complex. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most of the patients survived the acute illness but required a disproportionate amount of health-care resources[ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The incidences of PMV were 10.4 patients per 100 intensive care unit (ICU) admissions with cancer overall and 14.9 per 100 admissions of patients with lung cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Other studies on the consequences of providing care for patients with affective disorders also suggest that the relatives of these patients experience considerable distress, sometimes strikingly similar to those in schizophrenia [ 17 - 19 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age(s) of the patients served on the assigned unit. (healthecareers.com)
  • 1. Assists patients with personal care needs including bathing, grooming, oral care, eating, use of bedpan or urinal, positioning, answering and responding to patient call lights, bed making, etc. under the supervision of a RN/LPN. (healthecareers.com)
  • Documents basic patient care into electronic medical record. (healthecareers.com)
  • This study describes diagnoses and therapies observed in elderly patients treated with anthroposophic medicine in usual care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One aspect that has more or less been neglected in health services research is the prescription of complementary drugs to elderly patients in primary care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) enable real-time sharing of information within and across the interface of care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Owing to the proven benefits of the technology, NHS England (NHSE) has committed to making all patient care records digital, real-time and interoperable by 2023 through the creation and integration of EPRs [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Tri-anim provides innovative respiratory care, anesthesia, critical care and neonatal care products to hospitals, health systems and other patient care facilities nationwide. (tri-anim.com)
  • Also included are sections on lifestyle therapies, strategies to assist with patient adherence, and team-based collaborative care. (lipid.org)
  • Patients in the control arm will receive a usual care guideline-based review of asthma. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As expected, survival was lower in patients with advanced stage at initiation of radiotherapy and in those treated as palliative care. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One of the major challenge of cervical cancer care is Ethiopia is delay in diagnosis, since most of the patients seek medical care at advanced stage of the disease [ 7 , 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One hundred and thirty five consecutive, HIV-infected patients (age 34 ± 10 years, females 17%) admitted to a tertiary care hospital in north India, for the evaluation and management of an OI or HIV-related disorder between January 2000 and July 2003, were studied. (biomedcentral.com)
  • All patients were under the care of a single unit, of the three units existing in the Department of Medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • February 2019 - Oman is showing regional leadership in the Eastern Mediterranean Region by adopting the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative to improve the safety of health care in public. (who.int)
  • The dental management of these medically compromised patients can be problematic in terms of oral complications, dental therapy, and emergency care. (medscape.com)
  • The dental clinician needs to understand the potential complications that can occur as a consequence of dental treatment of a medically compromised patient and when pretreatment or post-treatment medication or emergency care is indicated. (medscape.com)
  • In patients that present with problems identified at examination that have not previously been reported to a health care practitioner the dentist can be instrumental in defining potential pathology and making the appropriate referral for additional medical evaluation. (medscape.com)
  • NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 16, 2021 / Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:KDMN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved REZUROCK ™ (belumosudil) 200 mg once daily (QD) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy. (yahoo.com)
  • There are an estimated 1.1 million pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) worldwide, and the once rare childhood type 2 diabetes (T2D) is dangerously on the rise. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With all of this in mind, the question remains, how effectively can pediatric patients with diabetes be educated about their disease and treatment regimens to promote better management considering their developing cognitions? (biomedcentral.com)
  • While, particular attention has been given to studying the effectiveness of such educational programmes in pediatric patients with T1D, there is no current data on T2D. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Little is known about the survival of patients with cancer treated with mechanical ventilation, particularly in those with solid malignancies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Today there is evidence, although based on a small number of studies and relatively low patient numbers, that immediate loading can lead to survival rates comparable to conventionally loaded implants. (allenpress.com)
  • I. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/ carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the event-free survival (EFS) of patients with newly diagnosed stage 4 diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor (DAWT) as compared to historical controls. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • I. To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the overall survival (OS) of patients with newly diagnosed stage 4 DAWT as compared to historical controls. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Herein, we examine treatment patterns and survival of cervical cancer patients treated in Tikur Anbessa Hospital Radiotherapy Center (TAHRC), the only hospital with radiotherapy facility in the country. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The survival of cervical cancer patients remains low in Ethiopia because of late presentation and delay in receipt of radiotherapy, leading to stage migration in substantial proportion of the cases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Though the majority of HIV-infected population lives in developing nations, there is a paucity of data on natural history, pattern of disease and survival of hospitalised patients with HIV/AIDS from these regions, especially India. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Ultimately, ten Cate concluded the data do not support use of heparin to prevent thrombosis in critically ill patients, but that "other thrombotic or even profibrinolytic strategies may be warranted. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Most patients would likely be happy to provide their data, with consent, for important scientific research. (aclu.org)
  • But the study only underscores how Myriad is holding the data hostage rather than collaborating with others, more interested in cornering the market and increasing its profits than helping patients. (aclu.org)
  • And current federal law and regulations guarantee patients' rights to access their genetic data from testing labs. (aclu.org)
  • Patients requesting genetic testing may receive, for example, an overview of the findings, but often they do not receive the full data set in a format useful for researchers. (aclu.org)
  • We must use all we have learned from the ethical issues surrounding the HeLa cells to inform today's fight for patient control of our own genetic data to help fuel the next round of scientific breakthroughs. (aclu.org)
  • A separate efficacy supplement that included data from patients with CTCL whose malignant cells did not test positive for the CD25 component of the IL-2 receptor received a complete response letter. (biopharminternational.com)
  • Patient characteristics, major complaint leading to admission, out-of-hospital, and in-hospital interventions and 30-day mortality were extracted from medical records of the electronic patient data management system. (ivteam.com)
  • 11. The ability to proficiently navigate computer software systems with accurate keyboard skills for the entry and retrieval of patient data. (healthecareers.com)
  • Data were included if patients were at least 60 years of age. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this paper we present a visual analytic system called Interactive Genomics Patient Stratification explorer (iGPSe) which significantly reduces the computing burden for biomedical researchers in the process of exploring complicated integrative genomics data. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In these projects, large cohorts of patients were recruited and many different types of "omics" data including genotypes (e.g., single nucleotide polymorphism), copy number variance, and somatic mutations), gene/microRNA expression, epigenomics (e.g. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Standard respiratory data and VR values were analysed in all patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data on quality of life, asthma control and patient confidence will be collected from both arms at baseline and 3 and 6 months post-intervention. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Data on health services resource use will be collected from all patient records 6 months pre- and post-intervention. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We also report animal data comparing this G. bethesdensis strain with the strain recovered from recurrent lymphadenitis in a US CGD patient. (cdc.gov)
  • He also noted the differences in patient populations between the three platforms, where the majority of critically ill patients were from REMAP-CAP in the U.K, while the majority of patients with moderate disease were from ATTACC and ACTIV-4 in the U.S. and Brazil. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Unlike in most other studies in critically ill patients with cancer, solid malignancies predominated (94% of patients). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Stethophone makes it possible to gain insight into the structural condition of the heart and lungs, wherever and whenever a patient experiences symptoms. (businesswire.com)
  • That's been shown to help patients report their own symptoms and effects of treatment in their own words. (ajmc.com)
  • Patients receiving REZUROCK reported significant improvements in cGVHD symptoms, showing that not only did treatment result in organ responses, but it also made people feel better. (yahoo.com)
  • The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence and types of self-reported ADHD symptoms in an unselected group of eating disorder patients assessed in a specialized eating disorder clinic. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is a high frequency of ADHD symptoms in patients with binge eating/purging eating disorders that motivates further studies, particularly concerning the effects of ADHD medication. (biomedcentral.com)
  • [ 1 ] Of patients presenting with shoulder symptoms, 80% remain symptomatic 6 months later, and 50% have symptoms at 18 months. (medscape.com)
  • Patients may present with upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms (eg, recurrent nasal discharge or epistaxis, cough), followed by hypertension and edema, or with symptoms reflecting multiorgan involvement. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The FDA approval of REZUROCK is based on safety and efficacy results from ROCKstar (KD025-213), a randomized, open-label, multicenter pivotal trial of REZUROCK in patients with cGVHD who had received two to five prior lines of systemic therapy. (yahoo.com)
  • Safety of full bowel preparation and colonoscopy in elderly patients with ulcerative colitis: A real-world multicenter retrospective cohort study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Immediate Full Weight-Bearing Versus Partial Weight-Bearing After Plate Fixation of Distal Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients. (lu.se)
  • Introduction: After surgery for distal femur fractures in elderly patients, weight-bearing is commonly restricted. (lu.se)
  • A distal femur fracture has a negative effect on the functional status of elderly patients that persists at least up to 1 year following injury. (lu.se)
  • According to Dr. Jacobson, "LDL monitoring and setting LDL goals are integral to improving adherence to therapy and provide a way for providers to help motivate and reward patients when complying with lifestyle and drug therapy. (lipid.org)
  • Overall, the primary analysis included 2,219 patients, enrolled from April 2020 to January 2021. (medpagetoday.com)
  • ORR results were supported by clinically meaningful improvement from baseline in the Lee Symptom Scale (LSS) score, a chronic GVHD symptom measurement, in 52% of patients through Cycle 7 Day 1 of treatment. (yahoo.com)
  • Thus, the association observed appears to be clinically applicable to PVD patients being low to normal BMI. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The incidence of complications such as phlebitis and thrombosis and the score of patients' quality of life were investigated and analyzed in the form of follow-up" Chen et al (2023). (ivteam.com)
  • Apart from other well-recognised OIs, two patients had visceral leishmaniasis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With total coronavirus cases in the UK now exceeding 3million and 3,500 patients on ventilators, hospitals across the country are stretched to their limits. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Unfortunately the association between occupancy and mortality risk is much larger than we ever suspected and with more people than ever being admitted to full hospitals we need to act with more urgency. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • That means "surge" capacity, which allowed Utah's hospitals to keep admitting patients as hospitalizations peaked in the winter, is no longer there, Dunn said. (sltrib.com)
  • From Bisbee up to Flagstaff, smaller hospitals are trying to maintain the delicate balance of caring for patients without having to transfer them to major hospitals in Tucson or Phoenix. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • Harris said there's no quick way to find out if hospitals are full. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • Officials at nearly all of Tucson's hospitals say they can receive patients. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • We retrospectively reviewed a cohort of patients with UC who had visited any of the 12 hospitals and were registered in our inflammatory bowel disease database. (bvsalud.org)
  • In order to robustly characterize patient subtype demographics to achieve precision medicine, panomics approaches are being increasingly used especially in tandem with the development of large collaborative projects such as TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas). (biomedcentral.com)
  • For example, if a 40 year-old person is admitted to a full hospital, they effectively have the increased health risk of a 51 year-old. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Background: This study aimed to explore the meaning of healing from the perspective of adult patients with advanced cancer. (mdpi.com)
  • REZUROCK represents a new treatment paradigm for thousands of cGVHD patients, including those with difficult-to-treat manifestations like fibrosis,' said Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director, Adult Stem Cell Transplantation Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. (yahoo.com)
  • As a rule, patients have to overcome major logistic problems in order to access treatment: long distances to the treatment centre, lack of transport, treatment is unaffordable, or its costs pose a serious financial burden. (who.int)
  • To improve pediatric patient cooperation, educational interventions need to take the fundamental principles of child learning into consideration. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite current challenges in educational interventions for pediatric diabetes patients, they can, in principle, be multipurpose by promoting management and prevention of the disease as well as breaking social stigma. (biomedcentral.com)
  • therefore, they are a group of vulnerable people or "invisible patients" who need attention or interventions from medical staff and social workers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A few Unit 9 patients were moved to Hillsborough Psychiatric Hospital but most were cleared to return home. (cbc.ca)
  • Unit 9 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is the psychiatric unit but is currently full of patients with dementia. (cbc.ca)
  • Dr. Heather Keizer, chief of mental health and addictions for P.E.I., says it's a domino effect when patients needing mental health help end up in the emergency room, and then those beds aren't available for medical cases. (cbc.ca)
  • There are 20 beds in Unit 9 - 17 of them are currently being used by patients with dementia, said Aylward. (cbc.ca)
  • But then if they're in the emergency room, then the emergency beds are not available for medical patients. (cbc.ca)
  • Kansas is expected to reach peak resource use on April 20, needing 485 beds for coronavirus patients, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. (kcur.org)
  • IMHE calculated capacity based on a hospital's total number of beds minus their historical average daily use for other types of patients. (kcur.org)
  • ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Sparrow BioAcoustics today announced it has received clearance from the State Service of Ukraine for Medicines and Drugs Control for its Stethophone™ app to be used by patients and their families, as well as by medical professionals. (businesswire.com)
  • Nalu Medical, Inc. ('Nalu'), a company that provides miniaturized neuromodulation implants for the treatment of chronic pain, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for expanded labeling that allows for full-body 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in individuals with select Nalu Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) implants. (prweb.com)
  • It also underscores Nalu's ongoing commitment to advance medical devices with miniaturized technology to provide meaningful differences in patients' lives. (prweb.com)
  • And that stresses a system that's dealing with medical patients and others who have suffered accidental injuries. (sltrib.com)
  • These digital records can introduce numerous efficiencies and give patients and medical professionals more complete information on which to base decisions. (pewtrusts.org)
  • We describe a series of 135 consecutive patients with HIV/AIDS, aged 13 years and above, admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.) hospital, New Delhi during the period of January 2000 through July 2003. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patient Innovation is led by Prof. Pedro Oliveira from Copenhagen Business School and Prof. Helena Canhão from the FCM - NOVA Medical School. (wikipedia.org)
  • To enforce the terms of service, all the submitted solutions go through a screening by the project's medical team, who check whether for submission complies with the terms and services advertised on the Patient Innovation site. (wikipedia.org)
  • Examination of the patient with a history of medical problems should be more extensive than that associated with the healthy patient. (medscape.com)
  • Such patients should be referred for medical assessment prior to dental treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Symptomatic full thickness tears of rotator cuff. (nih.gov)
  • Given that cold temperature causes constriction of the small arteries and veins in the skin, patients who suffer from peripheral circulation problems, like PVD, may be vulnerable to cold injuries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 23.21% ( n = 124,224) were PVD patients, and 0.59% ( n = 3154) had cold-induced injuries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PVD patients were more likely to be diagnosed with cold injuries, but it was valid only in the underweight or normal weight groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Laguillo thinks the state surge line has to change to be for all patients in critical need, not just virus patients. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • Dziegielewski J, Schulte FC, Jung C, Wolff G, Hannappel O, Kümpers P, Bernhard M, Michael M. Resuscitation room management of patients with non-traumatic critical illness in the emergency department (OBSERvE-DUS-study). (ivteam.com)
  • The median time from cGVHD diagnosis was 25.3 months and 48% of patients had four or more organs involved. (yahoo.com)
  • Patients had cycled through a median of 3 prior lines of systemic therapy and 78% were refractory to their last therapy. (yahoo.com)
  • Across the various ventilatory configurations the median values and ranges of calculated VR for the three patients were as follows: normal patient VR 0.89 (0.61 to 1.36), COPD 1.36 (0.95 to 1.89) and ARDS 1.73 (1.2 to 2.62). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Among 242 patients included in the study, the median age at diagnosis was 48 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These include psychological impact stemming from emotional pressures, treatment complexity, financial costs and reaction of the community (particularly peer groups) towards the patients, as well as short and long-term complications caused by the disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients receiving maintenance dialysis are at increased risk for complications related to SARS-CoV-2 infection, including death. (cdc.gov)
  • Complications are common in elderly patients who undergo colonoscopy , raising doubts about whether colonoscopy should be performed in the same way in this age group as in younger patients . (bvsalud.org)
  • REZUROCK has shown robust and durable responses across the spectrum of cGVHD and is safe and well tolerated, allowing patients to stay on therapy and achieve meaningful benefit from treatment. (yahoo.com)
  • The accelerated approval program is intended to make promising products for life threatening diseases available on the market on the basis of preliminary evidence prior to formal demonstration of patient benefit. (biopharminternational.com)
  • Dr Harrison Wilde, first author of the study, said: 'What is unique about this study is that we've been able to put a number on the increased risk to patients for the first time in the context of surge capacity. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • ORR is the sum of complete and partial responses seen in a study, divided by the number of evaluable patients. (biopharminternational.com)
  • Results: During the study period, we analyzed 40,764 patients admitted to the ED. Of these, 621 (1.5%) critically ill non-traumatic patients were admitted for life-threatening emergencies to the resuscitation room (age: 70 ± 16 years, 52% male). (ivteam.com)
  • This study is original because it estimates the benefits of maximal treatment intensity in patients with cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This is the first study on PMV for patients with cancer and the largest to investigate patients with cancer in the ICU. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aim of this study was to identify risk factors associated with the occurrence of rash during the treatment with nevirapine of HIV-infected patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study included all HIV-infected patients receiving HAART regimens that included nevirapine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • During the study period, 268 HIV-infected patients were treated with HAART regimens including nevirapine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While there is a broad field of research that analyzes pharmacological treatments in the middle aged population, there is a substantial knowledge gap in the study of pharmacotherapy in elderly patients [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In two preliminary investigations, two patients treated in one of the centers of this study received both submerged and immediately loaded (IL) implants, according to a protocol adopted by Schnitman. (allenpress.com)
  • I. To describe renal toxicity of ifosfamide/carboplatin/etoposide in HRrFHWT and VHRrFHWT patients using conventional and novel biomarkers of renal toxicity (urine NGAL, cystatin C and Kim1) in the context of the chemotherapy regimens used on this study. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to document the spectrum and determine the frequency of various opportunistic infections (OIs) and non-infectious opportunistic diseases, in hospitalised HIV-infected patients from north India. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Radiographic evaluation is generally the first imaging study ordered in patients with shoulder pain. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study was to determine the safety of full bowel preparation and colonoscopy in elderly patients with UC. (bvsalud.org)
  • The findings of this study indicate that colonoscopy can be performed as safely in elderly patients with UC as in their younger counterparts. (bvsalud.org)
  • To evaluate whether the addition of vincristine/irinotecan to cyclophosphamide/carboplatin/etoposide alternating with vincristine/doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide improves the EFS of patients with standard-risk relapsed favorable histology Wilms tumor (SRrFHWT) as compared to historical controls. (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • In the coming months, starting small, a few dozen Boston patients will also enter the futuristic world of genomic medicine . (blogspot.com)
  • This laparoscopic procedure is feasible for full thickness rectal prolapse with favorable short term functional results. (sages.org)
  • This phase II trial studies how well combination chemotherapy works in treating patients with newly diagnosed stage II-IV diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumors (DAWT) or favorable histology Wilms tumors (FHWT) that have come back (relapsed). (clinicaltrials.gov)
  • Patient stratification is necessary for prescribing viable regimens of treatment and also towards the discovery of prognostic and/or predictive biomarkers. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The number of elderly patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has been increasing worldwide. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nine elderly patients were not referred for colonoscopy by their physicians because of poor performance status or advanced age. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, our results also indicate that colonoscopy is often avoided in elderly patients , possibly because of concerns about safety . (bvsalud.org)
  • Among 151 patients treated with curative intent, only 34 (22.5%) of the patients received concurrent chemotherapy while the reaming patients received radiotherapy alone. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With the support of the ACLU, I have joined with others to make sure that patients can get the full results of their genetic tests in a format we can share with researchers. (aclu.org)
  • Results: Thirty-two patients were randomized to FWB (n = 11) or PWB (n = 21). (lu.se)
  • These results highlight the need for appropriate legislation regarding the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in patients, especially those for whom no effective cancer treatments are available. (biomedcentral.com)
  • And instead of returning mental health patients to Unit 9, patients waiting for a spot in a nursing home were moved into that unit - and they're still there. (cbc.ca)
  • Some effective ways that have been shown to help are to do social determinants of health screenings, so that we can understand what patients' issues are and guide them to resources to support them. (ajmc.com)
  • Such education is of vital importance for both physical and mental health of the patients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A reduction in risk translates to improved patient safety and potential cost savings for the National Health Service (NHS), with interoperability of systems offering further reductions in expenditure [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This was because "Patient Innovation is already contributing to two of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: #3- Good health and Well-Being & 9- Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dental management of the medically compromised patient requires acquisition of a complete health history of the patient. (medscape.com)
  • Prescriptions and diagnoses were reported for each consecutive patient. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the case of relapse, patients need to be treated with a far more toxic second-line medicine, such as amphotericin B (US$ 60) or pentamidine (US$ 70). (who.int)
  • It's also important that we think about the physical limitations of patients and think about how we can use physical therapy and other means to help them get back to their lives. (ajmc.com)
  • Fully treating patients requires that we attend to the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of both the patients and their loved ones. (geripal.org)
  • maintains physical safety and comfort of patient under supervision of a RN/LPN. (healthecareers.com)
  • Consequently, patients with severe underlying diseases could receive prolonged mechanical ventilation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • He said the patients were transferred to Unit 9 from other units in the hospital as the ward is locked so patients can't wander, and there's less stimulation than other units. (cbc.ca)
  • In Cochise County, Dr. Cristian Laguillo, a senior physician with Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, said he has never felt this helpless trying to assist patients - even while serving a tour in Afghanistan as a combat medic. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • A patient who needed cardiothoracic and pulmonary expertise and surgery last weekend died before Laguillo could find an ICU bed in an appropriate hospital. (fox10phoenix.com)
  • 7. The interpersonal skills necessary to interact with patients, families and hospital personnel. (healthecareers.com)
  • Patients with cervical cancer were referred from all over Ethiopia to Tikur Anbessa Hospital Radiotherapy center for radiotherapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Twenty one patients (16%) died during hospital stay. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A.I.I.M.S. is a large tertiary level teaching hospital and referral centre located in north India, attending to HIV-infected patients apart from others. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The subject of this year's campaign is surgical site infections, with particular focus on ensuring clean hands from the moment the patient enters the hospital, through surgical preparation and post-operative. (who.int)
  • Certain medically compromised patients should only be treated in a hospital setting where emergency issues, should they arise, can be immediately addressed and promptly attended to in a controlled manner. (medscape.com)
  • To minimize toxicity, clinicians must adhere to dosing guidelines, avoid prescribing the drug in patients with known increased risk of toxicity, and promptly recognize toxicities, which are mainly cutaneous and hepatic. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The cutaneous form tends to heal spontaneously leaving scars which, depending on the species of Leishmania responsible, may evolve into diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, recidivans leishmaniasis, or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, with disastrous aesthetic consequences for the patient. (who.int)
  • The WHO Regional Office patient safety programme provides tools and training for nationals and technical support to national capacity-building, education, advocacy and awareness-raising programmes. (who.int)
  • 102 patients with lung cancer (LC) treated in the oncology department were selected. (ivteam.com)
  • Patients with lung cancer were treated with peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) through peripheral vein. (ivteam.com)
  • Comparison of the effect of two-way evaluation model in the whole process management of PICC catheterization in patients with lung cancer. (ivteam.com)
  • Three virtual patients were configured, representing healthy lung, ARDS and COPD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Diabetes can have detrimental consequences for both patients and their families. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Perhaps one way of tackling this mounting problem is by increasing the understanding and acceptance of pediatric diabetes patients of their disease through education, which could also improve patient involvement and experience. (biomedcentral.com)
  • a phrase communicates that anything less than intubation, defibrillation, a-lines, peg tubes, and rectal tubes would constitute less than full treatment. (geripal.org)
  • The drug is now fully approved for the treatment of patients with persistent or recurrent CTCL whose malignant cells express the CD25 component of the interleukin (IL)-2 receptor (CD25+). (biopharminternational.com)
  • It is very likely that a patient with chronic pain will require a future full-body MRI scan. (prweb.com)
  • 1,2) The clearance for full-body MRI labeling removes a potential barrier for eligible patients to select the Nalu Neurostimulation System as a means to help manage their chronic pain. (prweb.com)
  • A SARS-CoV-2 infection was defined as any positive SARS-CoV-2 test result for a dialysis patient during the preceding 7 days. (cdc.gov)
  • The CD4 count is an important indicator of immune function and also guides ART in patients with HIV infection. (medscape.com)
  • The current recommendation is that all patients with HIV infection be prescribed ART regardless of CD4 counts to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with ARDS had a significantly higher VR in comparison with patients with ALI (1.44, 1.25 to 1.77 vs. 1.25, 0.94 to 1.6, P = 0.02). (biomedcentral.com)
  • 52 patients in the control group were treated with routine PICC catheterization evaluation management process, and 50 patients in the observation group were treated with two-way evaluation mode. (ivteam.com)
  • The management of the full arch implant patient must include a specific hygiene and maintenance protocol to be successful. (dentalxp.com)
  • It will include recommendations for patient-centered management of dyslipidemia for groups with special considerations including the elderly, women, African Americans, Hispanics, South Asians, and individuals with HIV. (lipid.org)
  • For the full text of the NLA Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia, see lipid.org/recommendations/ . (lipid.org)
  • Asthma management guidelines recommend that patients with asthma should be offered self-management support that focusses on individual needs and is reinforced by written personalised action plans [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)