PREVENTIVE health servicesDYNAMICSTREATMENT effectivenessFRICTIONSURGICAL dressingsPATIENT safetyWound dressings can be used prophylactically or during actual treatment. Preventative dressings have become a standard of care to prevent pressure ulcers in patients while in bed. While the mechanism of the ...
Peptides have also reported health benefits in the treatment of asthma, neuropathic pain, HIV and wound healing. However, the structure, amino acid composition and length of these peptides along with the quantity of peptide that can pass through the gastrointestinal tract and often the blood ...
Tracheostomy Tube Care: Promoting Patient Health through Preventative Nursingchest tube carerespiratory distressthoracocentesisTracheotomies are typically performed in emergency situations; however, they are also placed as a palliative tool to improve quality of life in some cases where the upper airways...
The usefulness of the DCE approach in the nursing context is discussed in relation to this study. The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.doi:10.1177/1744987112470952PapanikolaouFreelance Consultant in wound-care and health economics, UK;P....
found that preoperative pain emerged as the primary predictor associated with persistent pain in both uni- and multivariable analyses (p < 0.001) across multiple statistical categorizations [17]. Significant effects were also observed for other pain sites, catastrophizing, mental health, and ...
Seventy-six patients received TTFields therapy using the 3-on-1-off protocol between 2015 and 2021 at two US healthcare centers. The median age was 57 years (range 25鈥 81). The mean time on TTFields therapy was 73 weeks. Skin AEs occurred in 5% of patients on the 3-on-1-off ...
Rigorous application of the intervention set has the potential to decrease pressure injuries in intensive care.doi:10.1111/iwj.13461Josephine LovegroveSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences Australian Catholic University Banyo Queensland Australia Nursing Research and Practice...