Dynamic coronary roadmap-guided PCI reduces contrast volume and radiation time compared to standard angiography PCI: A meta-analysis.

Background: Dynamic Coronary Roadmap (DCR) is a new PCI method that may reduce contrast dose and contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) risk. This paper evaluates DCR-guided PCI versus standard angiography PCI for contrast usage, procedure time, and CA-AKI risk.

Methods: On May 1, 2024, we searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Library, and clinicaltrials.

Enhancing oncology patient care: nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived benefits of early palliative integration - a cross-sectional study.

Background: Palliative care aims to improve quality of life for patients with end-stage illnesses by addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs. Early referral to palliative care improves patient outcomes, quality of life and overall survival in a variety type of cancers. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes and perceived benefits of early integration of palliative care among oncology nursing.

Healthcare professionals face ethical challenges in managing care for neurodevelopmental disorders: a qualitative study in Lebanon.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the ethical challenges faced by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in managing children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in Lebanon. The primary research question addressed how HCPs navigate ethical dilemmas related to patient autonomy, surrogate decision-making and communication in the context of severe cognitive impairments.

Design: Qualitative, cross-sectional study using semi-structured interviews.

The effect of inverting decades and units on the retention of two-digit numbers in working memory: a matter of the output mode.

Number-word structure affects transcoding and relates to working memory capacity (WMc). We tested the relationship between the structure of number-words (inverted "Units-Decades (UD) format" or not "Decades-Units (DU) format") and performance on the digit span task for recalling two-digit number-words presented verbally, using two modes of output. University students, native speakers of Arabic, who were also highly proficient in Hebrew, and native speakers of Hebrew, were asked to response by typing Arabic digits or recalling numbers verbally.

Opportunities for carbon sequestration from removing or intensifying pasture-based beef production.

Pastures, on which ruminant livestock graze, occupy one third of the earth's surface. Removing livestock from pastures can support climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration in regrowing vegetation and recovering soils, particularly in potentially forested areas. However, this would also decrease food and fiber production, generating a tradeoff with pasture productivity and the ruminant meat production pastures support.