What strategies are used to select patients for direct admission under acute medicine services? A protocol paper for a systematic review of the literature by Elizabeth Sapey, Catherine Atkin, Samuel Evans, Austin Hunt, Georgina Ball, Charlotte Cassidy, Alexander Costley-White, Louise Toy, Rebecca Wilding

“…These pressures can lead to significant delays in care for patients presenting with emergencies when admitted via traditional routes through the emergency department. …”
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Long-term real-world evidence of CPX-351 of high-risk patients with AML identified high rate of negative MRD and prolonged OS by Thomas Cluzeau, Fabio Guolo, Edmond Chiche, Paola Minetto, Ramy Rahme, Sarah Bertoli, Luana Fianchi, Jean-Baptiste Micol, Michele Gottardi, Pierre Peterlin, Sara Galimberti, Xavier Thomas, Giuliana Rizzuto, Olivier Legrand, Michela Rondoni, Emmanuel Raffoux, Giambattista Bertani, Alexis Caulier, Michelina D’Argenio, Caroline Bonmati, Atto Billio, Caroline Lejeune, Barbara Scappini, Arnaud Pigneux, Patrizia Zappasodi, Christan Recher, Francesco Grimaldi, Lionel Ades, Roberto M. Lemoli

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Development and effectiveness evaluation of an interactive e-learning environment to enhance digital health literacy in cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled... by Lukas Lange-Drenth, Hellena Willemer, Mirjam Banse, Anke Ernst, Anne Daubmann, Anja Holz, Christiane Bleich, Susanne Weg-Remers, Holger Schulz

“…Concerns about the generalizability of the results, since a disproportionate number of inquiries to the CIS come from breast cancer patients, are addressed by a proportionally stratified randomization strategy and diversified recruitment routes.…”
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Pembrolizumab, radiotherapy, and an immunomodulatory five-drug cocktail in pretreated patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical or endometrial carcinoma: Results... by Emiel A. De Jaeghere, Sandra Tuyaerts, An M. T. Van Nuffel, Ann Belmans, Kris Bogaerts, Regina Baiden-Amissah, Lien Lippens, Peter Vuylsteke, Stéphanie Henry, Xuan Bich Trinh, Peter A. van Dam, Sandrine Aspeslagh, Alex De Caluwé, Eline Naert, Diether Lambrechts, An Hendrix, Olivier De Wever, Koen K. Van de Vijver, Frédéric Amant, Katrien Vandecasteele, Hannelore G. Denys

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Correction: Pembrolizumab, radiotherapy, and an immunomodulatory five-drug cocktail in pretreated patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical or endometrial carcino... by Emiel A. De Jaeghere, Sandra Tuyaerts, An M. T. Van Nufel, Ann Belmans, Kris Bogaerts, Regina Baiden-Amissah, Lien Lippens, Peter Vuylsteke, Stéphanie Henry, Xuan Bich Trinh, Peter A. van Dam, Sandrine Aspeslagh, Alex De Caluwé, Eline Naert, Diether Lambrechts, An Hendrix, Olivier De Wever, Koen K. Van de Vijver, Frédéric Amant, Katrien Vandecasteele, Hannelore G. Denys

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Innovative MOF-enhanced electroanalytical approach for sensitive sunitinib malate detection in renal carcinoma patients using CuO/lanthanum MOF-modified carbon paste electrode by Azza H. Rageh, Mohamed I. Said, Asmaa Abdeltawab, Fatma A.M. Abdel-aal

“…The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of SUN in pharmaceutical formulations and serum samples of renal cancer patients. Moreover, the proposed methodology via modification of CPE with the synthesized MOFs tailors them to be applied for clinical analysis and therapeutic drug monitoring of SUN, providing a valuable tool for personalized medicine and improving the treatment outcomes for renal cancer patients.…”
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Clinical efficacy of Methylene Blue mediated antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) using 680 nm Diode Laser in patients undergoing Open Flap Debridement: An Original Research by Soundarya Singh, Manisha Rout, Mayur Kaushik, Shilpa Sharma, Aprajita Srivastava

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Nursing of a COVID-19 patient with spontaneous pneumothorax caused by pulmonary bulla (1例肺大疱致自发性气胸并发新型冠状病毒肺炎患者的护理体会) by JIA Xuefei (贾雪飞)

“…This paper summarized the nursing management for a COVID-19 patient with spontaneous pneumothorax caused by pulmonary bulla. …”
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Practice on Metered Dose Inhaler Techniques and Its Associated Factors among Asthmatic Patients at Debre Markos Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, East Gojjam, Ethiopia: A Prospec... by Tadele Asmare, Anteneh Belayneh, Bekalu Dessie

“…Result. A total of 166 patients had involved in the study, of which 52.4% were females. …”
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The pattern of antibiotic utilisation among intensive care unit patients hospitalised in a Gauteng (South African) provincial tertiary hospital: Comparing findings before and durin... by L Spinickum, Z Booth, S Leigh-de Rapper

“…Descriptive statistics were used to examine patient characteristics and antibiotic prescribing variables (antibiotic selection, dosage, route of administration, frequency, duration of course and indication for which antibiotic was prescribed). …”
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Application of diversified follow-up in diet management of patients with maintenance hemodialysis (多元化随访方式在维持性血液透析患者饮食管理中的应用) by LI Caimei (李彩梅), SHI Chunlian (施春连), REN Yunfeng (任云凤), WANG Jinqiong (王进琼)

“…Patients in the control group received routing follow-up method in diet management during hemodialysis, and patients in the observation group were given diversified follow-up in the diet management, and follow-up by using telephone, email, on line consultation and face-to-face conversation were carried out according to patient needs and preference. …”
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Using Upper Gastrointestinal Tract for the Treatment of Refractory or Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection in Elderly Patients in Poo... by Tae-Geun Gweon, Jinsu Kim, Chul-Hyun Lim, Jae Myung Park, Dong-Gun Lee, In Seok Lee, Young-Seok Cho, Sang Woo Kim, Myung-Gyu Choi

“…Results. Of these seven patients who received FMT via the upper GI tract route, all patients were cured. …”
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Effects of Aerosol Inhalation Combined with Intravenous Drip of Polymyxin B on Bacterial Clearance, Symptoms Improvement, and Serum Infection Indexes in Patients with Pneumonia Ind... by Hanlu Lin, Xiaobo Liu, Pengfei Sun

“…Polymyxin B has a good clinical effect in the treatment of MDR, but there is controversy about the administration route of this drug. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 84 cases of MDR Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia, and aimed to explore the effects of aerosol inhalation combined with intravenous polymyxin B infusion on the bacterial clearance, symptom improvement, and serum infection indexes of MDR patients on the patients with Gram-negative (G−) bacterial pneumonia. …”
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Nursing of a cancer patient with stage 2 pressure injuries treated by recombinant human epidermal growth factor gel combined with Qingdai powder external application (重组人表皮生长因子凝胶联合... by HU Yingshuo (胡迎硕), LIU Shuhong (刘书红)

“…The patient received a comprehensive nursing evaluation and routing care plan including health education, skin care and nutrition support. …”
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Practice of continuing care with Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing for patients after surgical treatment of mixed hemorrhoids in the specialized outpatient clinic (基于专病门诊的混合痔术后患... by Qin Shasha (秦沙沙), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), WEI Yongchun (魏永春), PENG Yujie (彭雨洁), TANG Ling (唐玲), LI Ye (李野), WANG Yali (王亚丽), DONG Yuxia (董玉霞)

“…Patients in the control group received routing telephone follow-up and health education after discharged form hospital, and those in the observation group were given continuing care with Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing in the specialized outpatient clinic, and a three-step integrated management of follow-up was carried out. …”
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Effect of nursing interventions on preventing side effects of azacitidine in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (预防较高危骨髓增生异常综合征患者阿扎胞苷治疗所致不良反应的护理效果观察)... by WANG Xue (王雪), CAO Hongjing (曹红京), LI Ning (李宁), CHEN Siyu (陈思雨), REN Lixin (任利鑫), SONG Meijia (宋美佳)

“…Objective To investigate the effect of predictive nursing strategies on preventing side effects of azacitidine in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome. Methods Totally 40 patients undergoing subcutaneous injection therapy with azacitidine for high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome were randomly divided into the observation group and control group, with 20 cases in each group. …”
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Effect of health education with a leaflet and demonstration on prevention of falls in elderly lymphoma patients during in-hospital chemotherapy for the first time (图文式健康教育在预防老年淋巴瘤患... by KUANG Meiling (邝梅玲), ZENG Xiujuan (曾秀娟)

“…Methods Totally 60 elderly lymphoma patients with hospital admission between December 2017 and June 2018 were included as the control group, received a routing health education during in-hospital chemotherapy for the first time. …”
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Charting Your Course: A Roadmap to Select a Review Type for Your Research Journey by Jannette Bradley, Barbara E. Ruggeri, Karen L. Hanus

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Analysis of associated malformations by computed tomography in adults with polysplenia syndrome: A pilot study. by Xinru Gu, Shuangshuang Xu, Jinghua Chen, Xiaoqin Jiang, Ping Xie, Xiang Fang, Yan Gao, Jian Huang, Kefu Liu

“…The inferior vena cava was bilateral in one patient. Aberrant right subclavian arteries, bilateral common carotid arteries sharing trunks, abnormal renal vein branching and routing, and abdominal portal vein branching were also found in individual patients.…”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…The General Statistical Module is intended to analyze the prevalence of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, the number of patient visits to medical institutions; to assess the burden on the healthcare system, demographic characteristics, routing and mortality for the whole region. …”
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