Synthesized mammography (SM) refers to two-dimensional (2D) images derived from the digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) data. It can reduce the radiation dose and scan duration when compared with conventional full-field digital mammography (FFDM) plus tomosynthesis. To compare the diagnostic performance of 2D FFDM with synthetic mammograms obtained from DBT in a diagnostic population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To explore the alignment of nursing and healthcare practice illustrated in the Fundamentals of Care framework with Māori (Indigenous person of Aotearoa, New Zealand) worldviews using Indigenous methods.
Design: Discursive report.
Methods: In October 2023, around 50 healthcare professionals and Māori leaders from across Aotearoa, New Zealand, attended a wānanga, an Indigenous Māori approach for sharing knowledge and engaging in in-depth discussion and deliberation.
Perioperative opioids are associated with several adverse effects including nausea, vomiting, and long-term addiction. Opioid-free anesthesia may reduce postoperative morbidity, enable daycare surgery, and decrease cancer recurrence. In our study, we aimed to assess the efficacy of opioid-free anesthesia versus opioid-based anesthesia in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery in terms of postoperative opioid use, pain scores, expression of immune cells, and side effects.
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