Publications by authors named "C H C Pilgrim"
Borohydride-based electrolytes have recently emerged as promising media for the electrodeposition of electropositive metals, including rare earth (RE) elements. While the presence of supporting alkali metal cations and RE counteranions provides essential electrochemical conductivity for achieving fast metal electrodeposition, interactions between the host ligand and solvated neodymium (Nd) complexes remain unclear. This study provides insights into the coordination structure of a concentrated and directly solvated Nd salt in a lithium borohydride-supported electrolyte.
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- Early integration of palliative care (PC) in inpatient oncology significantly improved patient outcomes, shifting more decedents to receive both inpatient and outpatient PC.
- The implementation of a criteria-based PC consultation model resulted in earlier consultations and a reduced need for intensive care and hospitalizations in the last month of life.
- Overall, this approach led to longer hospice stays and more deaths occurring at home, indicating a less aggressive end-of-life care strategy.
Backgrounds: Streamlined, expedited clinical research is fundamental to rapidly test, translate and implement novel treatments into routine care to improve patient outcomes. The National Mutual Acceptance (NMA) scheme was designed to expedite the ethics approval process, however, growing concerns exist about the fragmented time-consuming governance process needed to actually commence clinical research in Australia. This study reports hurdles and barriers encountered while seeking governance approval for the SCANPatient trial.
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- Phenotypic data helps us understand how genomic variations affect living organisms and is vital for clinical applications like diagnosing diseases and developing treatments.
- The field of phenomics aims to unify and analyze the vast amounts of phenotypic data collected over time, but faces challenges due to inconsistent methods and vocabularies used to record this information.
- The Unified Phenotype Ontology (uPheno) framework offers a solution by providing a standardized system for organizing phenotype terms, allowing for better integration of data across different species and improving research on genotype-phenotype associations.
Background: An increasing number of elderly patients are being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with increasing need to consider pancreatic surgery. This study aims to provide an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy in octogenarians.
Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed via a search of Medline, PubMed and Cochrane databases.