An integrative review of adult cancer patients' experiences of nursing telephone and virtual triage systems for symptom management.

Purpose: Telephone and virtual triage services are becoming increasingly common in ambulatory oncology settings. Few studies have evaluated their implementation from the perspective of service users. This study aims to evaluate the experiences of engaging with nurse-delivered telephone and virtual triage systems for symptom management among people undergoing cancer treatment.

Body and milk production traits as indicators of energy requirements and efficiency of purebred Holstein and 3-breed rotational crossbred cows from Viking Red, Montbéliarde, and Holstein sires.

This study aimed to compare rotational 3-breed crossbred cows of Viking Red, Montbéliarde, and Holstein breeds with purebred Holstein cows for a range of body measurements, as well as different metrics of the cows' productivity and production efficiency. The study involved 791 cows (440 crossbreds and 351 purebreds), that were managed across 2 herds. Within each herd, crossbreds and purebreds were reared and milked together, fed the same diets, and managed as one group.

Two-months quality of life of COVID-19 invasively ventilated survivors; an Italian single-center study.

Background: COVID-19 disease can lead to severe functional impairments after discharge. We assessed the quality of life of invasively ventilated COVID-19 ARDS survivors.

Methods: We carried out a prospective follow-up study of the patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of a teaching hospital.

Nations with high smoking rate have low SARS-CoV-2 infection and low COVID-19 mortality rate.

Background and aim of the work The effect of tobacco smoking on COVID-19 disease is debated with common sense and experts suggesting a deleterious effect and manuscripts worldwide reporting a low prevalence of active tobacco smokers among intensive care unit patients. Methods We categorized countries worldwide into three groups with <25%; 25-45%; >45% of active male smokers with data expressed as median and interquartile range [IQR] and extracted data on SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants. We also applied multivariate regression techniques to adjust for several epidemiological factors.

Lymph node ratio and liver metachronous metastases in colorectal cancer.

Aim: The authors seek to assess whether the lymph node ratio (the ratio of positive nodes divided by the total number of retrieved nodes) could predict the risk of metachronous liver metastases.

Material And Methods: A homogeneous group of 280 patients, followed-up for at least 5 years, was evaluated. In order to highlight the groups with the highest risk of metachronous liver metastases, patients were divided into four quartiles groups in relation to the LNR.