It is 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale. This keynote paper reviews some of her work relating to health statistics and outlines its continuing legacy to nursing informatics around the world and especially in poorer countries, like South Africa, in the 21st century.
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Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Background: Surgical intervention is critical in the treatment of hip developmental dysplasia in children. Perioperative analgesia, usually based on high opioid dosages, is frequently used in these patients. In some circumstances, regional anesthetic procedures such as caudal block and lumbar plexus block have also been used.
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January 2025
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Background: This study investigates the relationships between resilience dimensions, coping strategies, and prior disaster experience, focusing on disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors in Taiwan.
Methods: A total of 550 participants were surveyed, with 57.82% being female and the majority aged between 21 and 40 years.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth St, 10 Eaton North, Room 216, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada.
The applicability of risk assessment tools (RATs) for preoperative risk assessment (PRA) in Emergency General Surgery (EGS) is unclear. Limited knowledge of surgeons' approach to risk assessment is available. We investigated how Canadian surgeons approach PRA for EGS and their awareness of available RATs.
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January 2025
Research Center on Global Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Disease, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia
Background: Studies have shown a high rate of mortality among adults despite the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). However, long-term outcomes of HAART among children remain poorly documented in Ethiopia. This study aimed to estimate the survival rate and identify associated factors among HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy.
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January 2025
College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China. Electronic address:
As a Group 2B carcinogen, accurate and efficient detection for Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is essential. The emergence of aptamers presents a viable solution to meet this demand. In this study, a truncated aptamer named Apt40 was developed, showcasing remarkable binding affinity to FB1.
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