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Critical Care General

Adding ‘Cancer’ to Risk Calculator May Help Predict Stroke in AF

Jul 14, 2022

Adding “cancer” to the atrial fibrillation prediction model improved the predictability of assessing the probability of stroke-free survival in patients. Several risk assessment tools have ...

Diagnostic Scales for Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis

Jul 13, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the scales used in the diagnosis of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), including the risk variables included in the scales, their reliability and va...

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Pressure Injury Development, Mitigation, & Outcomes

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to investigate trends and risk factors for pressure injuries (PIs) in adult critical care patients who were being treated for acute respiratory distress syndrome caused...

Adjustment to Living With An Ostomy Predictors: A Cross-sectional Study

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to identify determinants of ostomy adjustment in Italian individuals with an enterostomy or colostomy. Between April 2018 and December 2020, 403 individuals with an ost...

Difficulties Faced by People With Intestinal Stomas: A Qualitative Study

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to analyse the challenges that people with intestinal stomas confront. A qualitative descriptive phenomenologic design was utilised by the authors. Individuals with int...

Pathways for Ostomy Care: A Systematic Review

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if ostomy treatment routes enhanced outcomes for individuals considering or having an ostomy. The authors conducted a systematic review by searching MEDLIN...

Changes in the Lives of Stoma Patients & Their Partners

Jul 01, 2022

Individuals with stomas and their spouses go through various adjustments due to their new living conditions. For a study, researchers sought to ascertain the effects of stoma production on the lives o...

Nursing Home Resident Movement Patterns Characteristics

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to better understand the mobility patterns of nursing home patients, particularly those with dementia or obesity, in order to enhance repositioning techniques and press...

Preventing Pressure Injuries in ICU Through Repositioning

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to conduct a literature review to better understand the nursing facilitators and barriers to implementing positioning/turning methods to reduce hospital-acquired pressu...

A Skin Care Protocol for the Prevention & Treatment of Incontinence-Related Dermatitis

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine how successful a structured skin care program was at preventing and treating incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in critically sick patients. Particip...

Fluid Handling Dynamics & Durability of Silver-Containing Gelling Fibre Dressings Were Tested

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to create a robotic phantom system with multiple simulated wound replicates to determine the synergy in fluid absorbency and retention (sorptivity) performances, as wel...

The Impact of Repositioning Frequency Variation on Pressure Injury Prevention in Nursing Home Residents

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the therapeutic efficacy of three nursing-home-wide repositioning intervals (2-, 3-, or 4-hour) without compromising pressure injury (PrI) incidence throug...

Treatment of Acute Radiation Dermatitis With a Novel Skin Barrier Protector

Jul 01, 2022

Acute radiation dermatitis (ARD) is a common side effect in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy (RT). For a study, researchers sought to assess the efficacy of a new skin barrier protectant in pat...

Results of Compression Taping for Seroma Treatment Following Breast Cancer Surgery

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine if compressive taping was safe in individuals who had seroma as a result of breast cancer surgery. In a public reference hospital in Brazil, the study was ...

Digital Arthroplasty & Arthrodesis: Effective & Safe Surgical Techniques for Diabetic Foot Management?

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to examine and assess the development of short- and long-term problems in diabetic foot patients following digital arthroplasty or arthrodesis. From January 2017 to Mar...

Telehealth Wound Care Outcomes

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to review the literature on telehealth wound care and evaluate clinical, healthcare usage, and cost results when wound care is delivered via telehealth (telewound) moda...

The Influence of Care Bundles on Surgical Site Infections

Jul 01, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to examine the impact of care packages on the occurrence of surgical site infections (SSIs). The search was carried out between February and May 2021, utilizing the dat...

Thematic & Content Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Interviews with Women

Jun 30, 2022

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic autoinflammatory skin condition that affects more women than males. The condition causes a terrible quality of life as well as physical and psychological com...

No sex-based difference in cardiogenic shock: A post-hoc analysis of the DOREMI trial.

Jun 22, 2022

Cardiogenic shock (CS) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, there are limited randomized data evaluating the association between sex and clinical outcomes in patients with ...

Immersive Real-Time Biofeedback Optimized With Enhanced Expectancies Improves Motor Learning: A Feasibility Study.

Jun 22, 2022

An Optimizing Performance through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning theory-based motor learning intervention delivering autonomy support and enhanced expectancies (EE) shows promise for ...

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