There is a compassion crisis in healthcare negatively impacting patient outcomes. Little is known about the relationship of love as a motivating factor in healthcare. Our research exploring physician and nurse perspectives on what it means to love their patients elucidated substantive themes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections provide a complex surgical cohort termed thoracic aortic surgery. Regular follow-up at specialist clinics with cross-sectional imaging is recommended. Identifying risk factors that lead to re-operations as well as the requirement for and appropriate length of follow-up remain points of debate.
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This study introduced a proof-of-concept prototype for isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) with miniaturized photometric detection, enabling rapid P. aeruginosa detection. The researchers conducted the amplification process within a microchamber with a diameter of 10 mm, utilizing a standalone Thermostat driven thermal management setup.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe current culture-based bacterial detection technique is time-consuming and requires an extended sample preparation methodology. We propose the potential of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and surface plasmon-enhanced auto-fluorescence spectroscopy (SPEAS) for the label-free identification and quantification of bacterial pathogens at low concentrations collecting its unique auto-fluorescence and Raman signatures utilising highly anisotropic three-dimensional nanostructures of silver nano dendrites (Ag-NDs). The SERS data facilitates qualitative bacterial identification using the spectral features coming from the bacterial cell wall compound, and the SPEAS data was utilised to gain unique auto-fluorescence spectra present on the bacterial cell wall with enhanced quantification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLack of policy prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma and anesthesia (SOTA) care in South and Southeast Asian countries could be a potential contributor to limited access to care. To assess the SOTA care prioritization in National Health Policies, Strategies, and Plans (NHPSPs). We analyzed NHPSPs from twelve South and Southeast Asian countries.
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