What does it mean to be a 'foster parent'? -exploring Foster parent narratives using ideal-type analysis.

Objective: Foster care services in Denmark, as in many other countries, face challenges with recruitment, assessment, and retention of foster families. It is essential to understand how foster parents understand their role and how this might relate to child outcomes. This paper develops a typology of foster parent types through an ideal-type analysis of interviews with foster parents.

Same-Day Discharge Following Outpatient Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: A Single-Center Experience.

Overnight inpatient monitoring is common following balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We describe our institutional experience in same-day discharge (SDD) after BPA. Across 78 BPA sessions, there were only 2 (2.

Who gets better after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy? A responder analysis from the multicenter Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network.

Background Context: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of acquired nontraumatic spinal cord injury worldwide. Surgery is a common treatment for DCM; however, outcomes often vary across patients.

Purpose: To inform preoperative education and counseling, we performed a responder analysis to identify factors associated with treatment response.

Gender differences in spine surgery for degenerative lumbar disease: prospective cohort study.

Objective: Despite efforts toward achieving gender-based equality in clinical trial enrollment, females are frequently underrepresented and gender-specific data analysis is lacking. Identifying and addressing gender bias in medical decision-making and outcome reporting may facilitate more equitable healthcare delivery. This study aimed to determine if gender differences exist in the clinical evaluation and surgical management of patients with degenerative lumbar conditions.