Publications by authors named "Jill Cole"
Article Synopsis
- Massage therapy is a beneficial non-drug treatment for managing pain and anxiety in breast cancer patients, especially after surgery.
- This review analyzed data from various studies, examining the impact of different massage techniques on post-surgical symptoms.
- Results indicated that massage therapy significantly reduces both pain and anxiety, supporting its use as an effective therapeutic option in post-surgical care for breast cancer patients.
Background: Little is known about factors that are important to patients with advanced kidney disease and their perspectives at the time they choose a dialysis modality. EPOCH-RRT, a study supported in part by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), was designed to assist patients with this choice by identifying such factors and effectively provide relevant information.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study, designed and conducted in collaboration with a multistakeholder advisory panel that included patients, caregivers, and health care professionals.
This article compares the maneuvers used to relieve shoulder dystocia (SD) at three centers and discerns risk factors for brachial plexus injury (BPI) following SD. Retrospectively SD managed at three tertiary centers was identified and charts reviewed. Unconditional logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for BPI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA scoring system for detection of macrosomia and prediction of shoulder dystocia: a disappointment.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
November 2006
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to create a scoring system to detect macrosomic fetuses (birth weight ≥ 4000 g) and predict shoulder dystocia among large for gestational age fetuses.
- The scoring system assigned points based on specific biometric measurements, but ultimately showed poor predictive ability for shoulder dystocia, with low sensitivity and predictive values.
- Although the scoring system can identify macrosomia, it does not provide a better prediction for shoulder dystocia than estimated fetal weight.
Objective: To determine, among patients at risk for intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), the peripartum outcomes and predictive accuracy for those with normal abdominal circumference (AC) and estimated fetal weight (EFW) for gestational age (GA; group 1) versus those with AC < or = 10% for GA but EFW>10% (group 2) versus those with AC and EFW < or = 10% for GA (group 3).
Study Design: We identified, retrospectively, non-anomalous singleton pregnancies with reliable GA, and delivery within 21 days of the examination who were referred for possible IUGR. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated, as were likelihood ratios (LR) for detection of small for gestational age (SGA) (birth weight < or = 10% for GA; SGA).
Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of detecting abnormal fetal growth among patients undergoing biophysical profile (BPP) and to identify the factors those influence the accuracy.
Study Design: Retrospectively singletons with reliable gestational age (GA) having a BPP were identified. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) and large-for-gestational age (LGA) were based on estimated or actual birth weight 10% or less or 90% or greater for GA, respectively.
Objective: To describe the peripartum outcome and risk factors for neonatal death among pregnancies complicated with umbilical arterial absent end diastolic or reverse flow (AREDF UA), in a community hospital.
Study Design: The inclusion criteria of this retrospective analysis were: AREDF UA detected and managed at a community hospital.
Results: During the 46 months, 50 cases of AREDF UA were detected and the pregnancies were complicated by hypertensive disease in 52%, twins in 26%, and diabetes mellitus in 14%.