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OBJECTIVE
To evaluate medical inpatients' symptom experience and selected laboratory blood results as indicators of their pressure ulcer risk as measured by the Braden scale.
BACKGROUND
Pressure ulcers reduce quality of life and increase treatment costs. The prevalence of pressure ulcers is 6-23% in
An inferiorly based rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap was used to close a large ischiosacral pressure sore refractory to the usual methods of closure in a paraplegic patient. The functions of the rectus abdominis muscle to initiate vertebral flexion from a supine position and aid in
BACKGROUND
Immune function declines with age, increasing risk for infection and delaying wound healing. Arginine enhances immune function and healing of standardized wounds in healthy elderly persons. The purpose of this study was to determine what level of arginine supplementation was orally and
According to Phillips, Continuous Lateral Rotation (CLR) or Kinetic Therapy (KT) together with the technological advances obtain some important benefits in mechanically ventilated patients.
OBJECTIVE
Compare Static Prone Decubitus (PD) with DP in CRL.
METHODS
We analyzed 2 groups with a total of 41
OBJECTIVE
To implement evidence in a nursing unit and to gain a better understanding of the experience of change within a participatory action research.
METHODS
Study design of a participatory action research type was use from the constructivist paradigm. The analytical-methodological decisions were
BACKGROUND
There are no reports describing complications with posterior spinal fusion (PSF) with segmental spinal instrumentation (SSI) using pedicle screw fixation in patients with neuromuscular scoliosis.
METHODS
Fifty neuromuscular patients (18 cerebral palsy, 18 Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 8
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The review question is: assistance at mealtimes for older adults in hospital settings and rehabilitation units: what goes on, what works and what do patients, families and healthcare professionals think about it?The specific objectives are:This mixed methods review seeks to develop an
BACKGROUND
Approximately 25% of all US deaths occur in the long-term care setting, and this figure is projected to rise to 40% by the year 2040. Currently, there is limited information on nonpain symptoms and their appropriate treatment in this setting at the end of life.
OBJECTIVE
This study
OBJECTIVE
To review the management and some of the recent advances in acute haemorrhagic stroke.
METHODS
Articles and published reviews on acute haemorrhagic stroke.
RESULTS
Hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage or subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) from a ruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm are
OBJECTIVE
To assess the main nursing-sensitive outcomes in oncohematological patients admitted to hospital and to evaluate nursing interventions.
METHODS
We performed a prospective, observational study in the oncohematological units of the Morales Meseguer Hospital. The sample included patients
A simple method of recording the distress of dying patients is described. Significant differences occurred between deaths at home and in hospital for three factors. Patients dying at home were (a) more likely to be fully alert shortly before death (P < 0.05); (b) less likely to be suffering from
A 22-year-old male sustained C-6 tetraplegia in 1992. In 1993, intravenous pyelography revealed normal kidneys. Suprapubic cystostomy was performed. He underwent open cystolithotomy in 2004 and 2008. In 2009, computed tomography revealed bilateral renal calculi. Coagulum pyelolithotomy of left
The aim of this work was to carry out a cost evaluation of the home care programme for terminally ill cancer patients run by the Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo (I.O.R.) in the areas of Forlì, Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini (Romagna, Italy). To determine effective home care direct costs, we first selected
OBJECTIVE
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is now easily used in the event of long-term enteral nutrition. Tolerance of long-term enteral feeding has been documented in different populations but the documentation is incomplete in the case of older and frail people. Our aim was to describe
When we die, it is only very rarely that we do so without days, weeks, or months of illness in which the suffering may be very great, sometimes from pain, often from breathlessness, impairment of consciousness, depression, anxiety, vomiting, bedsores, and incontinence. If we were able to choose our