Publications by authors named "Lennis Jazmin Bedoya-Munoz"
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- Patients with end-stage renal disease often experience painful muscle cramps during dialysis, and there are currently limited effective and safe treatments available.
- The systematic review included 13 studies on various pharmacological interventions to alleviate these muscle cramps, with vitamin C and E showing the most favorable results, while L-carnitine emerged as a promising option for further research.
- The review emphasizes the need for high-quality future studies that consider patient experiences and use well-defined samples to enhance treatment approaches.
Patients with life-limiting illnesses receiving palliative care have a high symptom burden that can be challenging to manage. Guided imagery (GI), a complementary and integrative therapy in which patients are induced to picture mental images with sensory components, has proven in quasi-experimental studies to be effective as a complementary therapy for symptom management. To systematically review randomized controlled trials that report evidence of guided imagery for symptom management in patients with life-limiting illnesses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Ototoxicity is a common disabling side effect of platinum-based chemotherapy. This study aimed to assess the evidence on the management of platinum-induced ototoxicity in adult cancer patients.
Methods: Four databases were searched up to 1 November 2022.