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Questionnaire and analysis of the standardized use of home self-monitoring portable blood glucose meters.
Medicine (Baltimore)
January 2025
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
To evaluate the accuracy of home self-monitoring portable blood glucose meters, we analyzed the current problems of patients using portable blood glucose meters and put forward reasonable suggestions. A self-designed questionnaire was used to survey 142 patients and 132 healthcare professionals. The questionnaire consisted of 16 items with an overall score ranging from 1 to 13 (with a higher score indicating better experience).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLow-profile double plating versus conventional single plating in midshaft clavicle fractures: A retrospective study and initial experience with this novel technique.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Background: Low-profile double plating seems a viable alternative to conventional single plating for fixation of midshaft clavicle fractures. This study aims to compare the two techniques regarding healing, complications, and removal rate.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all patients >16 years that underwent plate fixation for midshaft clavicle fractures between 2020 and 2022 at one trauma-center.
Peaceful dying among Canada's elderly: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Introduction: Death is universal, yet relatively little is known about how Canadians experience their death. Using novel decedent interview data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging we describe the prevalence and characteristics of peace with dying among older Canadians.
Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of decedent interview data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Treatment of refractory poly articular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis with tofacitinib: Extended experience from Bangladesh.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Background: Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is one of the most common chronic diseases in children. It still remains a challenge to treat refractory poly-articular course JIA patients, especially in Bangladesh, where patients from low socio-economic backgrounds are unable to manage biological agents. Tofacitinib is one of the alternative options to biological agents, which can be taken orally and is cost effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF''Mitigating cancer pain: What else matters?"-A qualitative study into the needs and concerns of cancer patients in Sri Lanka.
PLoS One
January 2025
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Cancer Research Center, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
Objectives: In Sri Lanka, cancer is a significant contributor to both morbidity and mortality rates. In 2022, 33,243 new cancer cases were reported, resulting in an age- standardized incidence rate of 106.9 per 100,000 individuals.
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