A 76-year-old man presented after aspiration of a crown during dental treatment. He had no immediate symptoms;therefore, the crown was not thoroughly examined at the time of the event. The patient developed high fever and chest pain and sought medical attention, 9 months later.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: A novel classification system has been proposed to stratify patients undergoing palliative radiation therapy based on their pain response and time to progression. This study used prospective observational data to quantify quality of life (QoL) changes associated with pain response and the classification system.
Methods And Materials: Between August 2021 and September 2022, 366 painful lesions with a numerical rating scale of 2 or more from the 261 eligible patients underwent palliative radiation therapy.
: Antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed for respiratory tract infections for various reasons. The differences of the effects of education based on these reasons has not been fully elucidated. This study assessed the impact of an educational film on antibiotic prescription patterns according to physicians' prescribing justifications.
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