Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Oct 11, 2018
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate kidney function outcome in adults on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) for chronic intestinal failure using the newly recommended equations for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) assessment in c...
BACKGROUND: This multicenter, retrospective review documents the initial experience using the Flex system for transoral surgery in 2 United States academic centers.
Cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) involves helping patients to understand and reframe threatening appraisals of their psychotic experiences to reduce distress and increase functioning. Whilst CBTp is effective for many, it is not eff...
Clinical physiology and functional imaging
Oct 3, 2018
BACKGROUND: 18F-FDG-PET/CT has become a standard for assessing treatment response in patients with lymphoma. A subjective interpretation of the scan based on the Deauville 5-point scale has been widely adopted. However, inter-observer variability due...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of hyaluronidase on time to onset and offset of anaesthesia in ropivacaine or bupivacaine femoral-ischiatic nerve blocks.
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become a major class of protein therapeutics that target a spectrum of diseases ranging from cancers to infectious diseases. Similar to any protein molecule, mAbs are susceptible to chemical modifications during the ...
Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
Sep 24, 2018
Standardized clinical pathways are useful tool to reduce variation in clinical management and may improve quality of care. However the evidence supporting a specific clinical pathway for a patient or patient population is often imperfect limiting ado...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Sep 18, 2018
BACKGROUND: Patients suffering obstructive sleep apnea are mainly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Although it is a highly effective treatment, compliance with this therapy is problematic to achieve with serious consequences f...
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Sep 9, 2018
PURPOSE: In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of studies using social robots to improve psychological well-being. This systematic review investigates the effect of social robot interventions for depression in older adults.
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