Background: Health and social care professionals experience high-stress levels during end-of-life care. Various intervention programs have been proposed to reduce stress and prevent burnout among physicians and nurses, including arts-based activities that have shown potential. However, it is unclear how art programs can alleviate stress among healthcare professionals providing end-of-life care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this study was to examine the performance of a convolutional neural network (CNN) combined with exponentiating each pixel value in classifying benign and malignant lung nodules on computed tomography (CT) images.
Materials And Methods: Images in the Lung Image Database Consortium-Image Database Resource Initiative (LIDC-IDRI) were analyzed. Four CNN models were then constructed to classify the lung nodules by malignancy level (malignancy level 1 vs.
Here, we report a case of refractory hyponatremia and delayed intracranial hemorrhage following a head injury. A 70-year-old male patient was admitted with complaints of left chest pain and light-headedness after a fall. Hyponatremia recurred despite the correction with intravenous saline.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNegative capability or tolerance for uncertainty is important for primary care physicians. The 2022 edition of the Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education also states that the content of professionalism is to "keep thinking about unanswerable questions."
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