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Can J Kidney Health Dis
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Background: Kidney transplant recipients are uniquely exposed to the disordered bone metabolism associated with chronic kidney disease beginning before transplantation followed by chronic corticosteroid use after transplantation. Previous efforts to synthesize the rapidly accruing evidence regarding estimation and management of fracture risk in kidney transplant recipients are outdated and incomplete.
Objective: To synthesize the evidence informing the overall incidence, patient-specific risk prediction, and methods of prevention of fractures in patient living with a kidney transplant.
J Otol
July 2024
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cochlear implantation (CI) is currently recognized as the most effective treatment for severe to profound sensorineural deafness and is considered one of the most successful neural prostheses. Since its inception in 1961, cochlear implantation has expanded its range of applications to encompass younger newborns, older people, and individuals with unilateral hearing loss. In addition, it has improved its surgical methods to minimize the occurrence of complications.
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December 2024
Assistant Professor (Anatomy), PSMC, Bhaikaka University, Karamsad, Gujarat, India.
Background: The upcoming changes in digital technology have motivated health professionals to be lifelong learners and be updated with the recent trends. Self-directed learning (SDL) is one of the approaches for making undergraduate students health/ profession students lifelong learners. Moreover, the SDL approach allows learners to work in a team and gain social skills.
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December 2024
Professor of Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry at the University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Objective: To increase the level of evidence available for the nursing diagnosis "Frail Elderly Syndrome 000257" through content validation by nurses with expertise in caring for the elderly.
Method: Diagnostic content validation study in accordance with Fehring's proposal composed of two stages: integrative review of the literature according to Whittemore and Knafl's guidelines, which allowed us to update the diagnostic components, and, subsequently, expert consensus study by means of the Delphi method. A total of 61 nurses who met the inclusion criteria were included.
Disabil Rehabil
December 2024
School of Medicine Program in Occupational Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Purpose: To examine the effects of leisure participation on mental health for middle-aged and older adults with physical disabilities.
Materials And Methods: A systematic review conducted in March-May 2022 with an updated search in February 2024 retrieved data from MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and EMBASE. Inclusion criteria included a study population with a mean age ≥45 years and with physical disability, and original, peer-reviewed literature.
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