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J Ren Care
March 2025
NephroCare Italia, Napoli, Italy.
Background: Uremic pruritus is a quite common condition among patients with chronic kidney disease. Symptom severity and patterns are variable.
Aim: To assess how nurses in the field of nephrology perceive the issue of uremic pruritus in dialysis patients and the relevance of this condition.
J Ren Care
March 2025
Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Background: Many people with kidney failure start and remain on in-centre haemodialysis treatment despite evidence of improved outcomes with home dialysis. To make an informed modality decision patients must receive frequent, high-quality modality education. This education is inconsistent in the in-centre haemodialysis setting, where patients spend the most time with nurses while receiving haemodialysis treatments.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Harvey E. Beardmore Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Purpose: Pediatric health outcomes are often assessed using proxy reports, which may not fully capture children's experiences. Children with surgical conditions face unique, changing healthcare journeys, making accurate representation challenging. This review compares child-reported health status and treatment experiences from Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) with parent reports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMidwifery
January 2025
University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/hkmuniversity.
Background: Paternal postnatal depression (PPND) is an under-recognized condition that affects new fathers' psychological and emotional well-being, which may impact family dynamics, work performance, and childcare. Despite its significance, there is limited awareness and understanding of its management and implications among midwives, especially in Africa.
Aims: To explore midwives' experiences of managing PPND in Tanzania.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
December 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Missoula Anesthesiology and The International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, MT.
Patients after thoracic surgery experience significant pain that can disrupt normal respiratory mechanics, increase the risk of respiratory complications, and impair recovery. Poorly controlled postoperative pain can develop into persistent postoperative pain. In addition, using opioids for pain control in the thoracic surgical population makes them more susceptible to opioid-related side effects due to their pre-existing comorbidities.
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