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J Am Board Fam Med
January 2025
From the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (SHM, CT, LM).
Counsel patients that their Mirena IUD retains contraceptive effectiveness for extended use up to 8 years. The cumulative failure rate for years 6 through 8 was 0.68%, similar to reported rates for the first 5 years of use.
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January 2025
Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Aims: To reveal clinicopathological characteristics of alcoholic foamy degeneration (AFD)-an uncommon form of alcoholic liver injury.
Methods: Clinicopathological features of AFD (n=9) were examined in comparison to those of severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH; n=12).
Results: Patients with AFD presented with either biochemical liver dysfunction (n=1) or clinical jaundice (n=8).
Glob Qual Nurs Res
January 2025
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
In 2020, the UK's National Health Service (NHS) braced itself for the challenge of the COVID pandemic. Older, frail adults were among those at highest risk for morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to capture the lived experiences of patients, families/carers and staff on a COVID ward.
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December 2024
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Background: Adherence to management regimes is pivotal to successfully managing patients with low back pain (LBP). Barriers decrease adherence, resulting in disability.
Objectives: Our pilot study aimed to determine barriers associated with physiotherapy treatment attendance and home exercise programme adherence among patients with LBP and treating physiotherapists in Eswatini.
Int J Artif Organs
January 2025
School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Biventricular assist devices (BiVAD) are capable of providing mechanical support to the left and right ventricles to improve blood supply in heart failure, thereby maintaining patients' lives and improving their quality of life. But there is evidence that the incidence of aortic valve incompetence and other valvular pathologies is related to BiVAD support. Such as constant speed (CS) control may cause the valve to close completely and lose its normal valve function.
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