Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|---|
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306979 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2019-319123 | DOI Listing |
Cureus
November 2024
Trauma and Orthopedics, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, GBR.
Background: Radial head fractures (RHFs) account for a considerable injury. This study focuses on the functional results of people who had open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF).
Objective: To evaluate the functional outcomes of Mason type II and III RHFs treated with ORIF using the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) over a 12-month postoperative period.
BMC Gastroenterol
December 2024
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, 57 Waterloo Road, London, London, SE1 8WA, UK.
Background And Aims: The co-existence of fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is unknown. We aimed to determine the presence of and relationship between these symptoms and patients' desire for intervention.
Methods: Adults with IBD in the UK, recruited from clinics, the national IBD-BioResource, a patient charity and social media sources, completed PROMIS validated patient-reported questionnaires to identify fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence, in addition to symptom severity and impact, disease activity, anxiety and depression questionnaires and questions about their desire for help with these symptoms.
Resuscitation
December 2024
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital B9 5SS UK; Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL.
Objective: To examine maternal and neonatal outcomes following Resuscitative Hysterotomy for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and to compare with timing from cardiac arrest to delivery.
Methods: The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42023445064). Studies included pregnant women with out of hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitative hysterotomy performed (in any setting) during cardiac arrest.
BMJ Open Qual
December 2024
Bournemouth University, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth, UK.
Background: Contractures are a debilitating problem for individuals living in long-term care settings. However, there is a lack of education and training among the care staff regarding the identification of risk factors related to contractures and the preventive strategies that can decrease their development or progression. Addressing this knowledge gap has the potential to improve the quality of care provided to residents in care homes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiother Oncol
December 2024
Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address:
Background And Purpose: We lack population-based data on the use and effectiveness of phosphodiesterase- 5inhibitors (PDE-5Is) in post-radiotherapy long-term prostate cancer survivors (PCaSs). In this cross-sectional survey performed 9 years after curative radiotherapy we explored PDE-5I use and the drugs'effectiveness in 1,092 nine-year PCaSs responding to the sexual items of EPIC-26. The findings from PCaSs were compared to those from 2,847 age-similar men from the general population (Norms).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!