Background: Nurses were at the forefront of managing the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the Royal College of Nursing in Northern Ireland commissioned a longitudinal qualitative survey using the Cognitive Edge SenseMaker tool to capture nurses' experiences of delivering care from April 2020 to March 2021.
Aim: To explore the effect of a co-designed video based on the findings of SenseMaker, of the lived experience of nurses in Northern Ireland during the 2020/2021 global pandemic.
Aim: Assess the long-term survival and quality-of-life outcomes in early-stage NSCLC (eNSCLC) patients.
Methods: Review of long-term survival and quality-of-life after curative treatment in eNSCLC patients in observational studies.
Results: Disease-free proportion decreased in stage III vs stage I patients.
Approximately 10-50% of patients treated for early-stage (I-III), resectable non-small cell lung cancer (eNSCLC) will develop locoregional recurrence. There is a lack of prospective trials evaluating optimal post-surgery follow-up for this patient population, and treatment guidelines recommend salvage therapies such as surgery, local ablative therapy, and (chemo)radiotherapy. A literature review was conducted according to pre-defined criteria to identify observational studies describing treatment patterns and survival outcomes in patients with eNSCLC who experienced locoregional recurrence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic high salt intake is one of the leading causes of hypertension. Salt activates the release of the key neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus such as vasopressin to increase blood pressure, and neuropepetide Y (NPY) has been implicated in the modulation of vasopressin levels. NPY in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (Arc) is best known for its control in appetite and energy homeostasis, but it is unclear whether it is also involved in the development of salt-induced hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLouisiana, located in the southeast United States, is home to 40% of the continental US's coastal wetlands yet accounts for 80% of the nation's coastal wetland loss. This loss is generally attributed to decreased sediment supply, hydrologic alteration from levees, channelization, subsidence, sea-level rise, and wave and tidal induced marsh edge erosion. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is a US $1.
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