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BMC Geriatr
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Background: The prevalence of age-related eye disorders is increasing with the aging of the global population. Community-based visual health education for the elderly has become a crucial intervention. With the advancement of technology, the application of extended reality (XR), such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), in health education has become more popular.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan J Anaesth
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Sinai Health and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Purpose: The use of patient/family-centred written summaries to supplement verbal information may be useful to improve knowledge and reduce anxiety related to patient transfer from the intensive care unit (ICU) to a hospital ward. We aimed to identify essential elements to include in an ICU-specific patient-oriented discharge summary tool (PODS-ICU).
Methods: We conducted a mixed methods study.
Transplant Proc
January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain; Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba, IMIBIC, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain; Group for the Study of Thoracic Neoplasms and Lung Transplantation, IMIBIC (Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain. Electronic address:
Introduction: Mucorales infections in the airways of lung transplant (LT) patients are rare but have a rising incidence in transplanted lungs.
Objective: We present our experience with LT in immediate postoperative infections due to mucormycosis.
Methods: Review of 767 LT performed in Andalusia between 2000 and 2023 identifying Mucorales through microbiological results and histological findings.
Tech Coloproctol
January 2025
Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Introduction: Anorectal melanoma (ARM) is rare and highly lethal neoplasm. It has a poorer prognosis compared with cutaneous ones. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has become the preferred method of nodal staging method for cutaneous melanoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Cancer Educ
January 2025
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Multidisciplinary cancer conferences (MCCs) improve patient outcomes. Our goals were to investigate the impact of a technology platform, navify® Clinical Hub for Tumor Boards (nCH) on the quality and educational value of gynecologic oncology MCCs. We conducted a prospective, mixed methods study of the gynecologic oncology MCC at a comprehensive cancer center from 2020 to 2023.
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