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Financial toxicity and employment status in cancer survivors. A systematic literature review.

BackgroundFinancial toxicity has traditionally been attributed to the rising costs of cancer care. As ability to work impacts one's financial situation, limited employment and reduced income may also contribute to financial toxicity. We examined evidence of the association between financial toxicity and employment status in cancer survivors.MethodsA systematic literature review was performed via PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and PsycINFO with search terms including "Cancer," "Financial toxicity," and "Employment" on September 25, 2019.ResultsThirty-one papers met eligibility criteria. Thirte

The unseen symptom: A longitudinal qualitative interview study exploring mobility loss in people with advanced cancer.

BACKGROUND: Mobility loss is a common symptom in people with advanced cancer and is associated with reduced function and quality of life. While its physical consequences are well documented, less is known about how individuals and their families experience and adapt to these changes over time. AIM: To explore how individuals with advanced cancer and their caregivers experience and respond to mobility loss. DESIGN: A qualitative longitudinal study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Participants completed two semi-structured interviews, with follow-ups prompted by changes in mobil

Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals.

BackgroundFalls in care facilities and hospitals are common events that cause considerable morbidity and mortality for older people. This is an update of a review first published in 2010 and updated in 2012.ObjectivesTo assess the effects of interventions designed to reduce the incidence of falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals.Search methodsWe searched the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register (August 2017); Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (2017, Issue 8); and MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and trial registers to August 2017.Selection crite

Long-term follow-up of vertebral compression fractures in inpatients treated with integrative Korean medicine: An observational study.

Conservative management is the recommended first-line treatment for thoracolumbar vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), with integrative Korean medicine (IKM) being widely used for treatment in Korea. However, evidence regarding long-term treatment outcomes is lacking. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of IKM treatment for thoracolumbar VCFs. Data from inpatients with thoracolumbar VCFs who received IKM treatment, comprising acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, electroacupuncture, Chuna manual therapy, and herbal medicine, at 4 KM hospitals from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2022 were analyzed

Role of Physical Activity and Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a standard treatment for several malignancies, and >50,000 HSCT are performed annually worldwide. As survival after HSCT improves, cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors have gained importance as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in this cohort. In this article, we detail the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and their impact in patients undergoing HSCT. Additionally, we critically review the data on the impact of physical exercise in patients undergoing HSCT. Although limited by significant heterogeneity in metho

Educational Case: Osteoporosis.

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Fatigue and Vitamin D Status in Iranian Female Nurses.

IntroductionGiven that nurses are among professions with frequent ‎problems of fatigue, and given the nature of their profession that ‎provides little exposure to sunlight and the subsequent deficiency of vitamin D, the ‎present study examined the relation between fatigue and circulating vitamin D levels ‎in female nurses working in Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Kashan, Iran in 2013. ‎Material & methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in 200 female nurses working in Shahid Beheshti Hospital. To measure fatigue, fatigue questionnaire containing 9 ‎questions eliciting the subject's feeling i

COVID-19 and haematology services in a cancer centre from a middle-income country: adapting service delivery, balancing the known and unknown during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in multiple spheres of healthcare delivery in the world. Developing nations have had to tackle this unanticipated crisis in the midst of various other healthcare delivery issues and resource constraints. As a tertiary level cancer care provider located in an eastern Indian city, a COVID-19 hotspot, we share our experience from the perspective of haematology and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) services. The primary challenges related to infection control included infection screening and decreasing exposure among patients and hea

Conservative therapy is associated with worse clinical features and biochemical derangements than renal replacement therapy: a retrospective study in Kumasi, Ghana.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) is increasing in Ghana as with the rest of the world. This study compared the sociodemographic, diagnostic characteristics (clinical, biochemical and imaging) and clinical outcomes of ESKD patients who chose either renal replacement therapy (RRT) or conservative therapy as well as the factors that influenced their choice. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 382 ESKD patient from 2006 to 2018. The data was collected from the Nephrology Clinic at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). Sociodemographic, diagnostic (

An Observational Study of the First 100 Patients Undergoing Nocturnal Every-Other-Day Online Hemodiafiltration: Clinical Outcomes and Patient and Technique Survival.

Background: High-volume online hemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) has proven to be the most efficient dialysis modality and to offer better clinical outcomes in patients on hemodialysis. Longer and more frequent dialysis sessions have demonstrated clinical and survival benefits. Methods: A single-center observational study of the first one hundred patients on nocturnal every-other-day OL-HDF was conducted with the aim of reporting the experience with this treatment schedule and evaluating analytical and clinical outcomes as well as the patient and technique survival. Results: Nocturnal OL-HDF on alter

PKP/PVP combine chemotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma patients with vertebral pathological fractures: minimum 3-year follow-up of 108 cases.

BACKGROUND: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a blood system malignant tumor, which often leads to osteolytic bone destruction, and the vertebral column is the primary site of involvement. However, the efficacy and prognosis of percutaneous kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty (PKP/PVP) for simple vertebral pathological fractures in patients with multiple myeloma are not yet unified. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy and prognosis of PKP/PVP in the treatment of multiple myeloma patients with vertebral pathological fractures. METHODS: A total of 108 patients with MM from Beijing

The obesity paradox in critically ill patients: a causal learning approach to a casual finding.

BackgroundWhile obesity confers an increased risk of death in the general population, numerous studies have reported an association between obesity and improved survival among critically ill patients. This contrary finding has been referred to as the obesity paradox. In this retrospective study, two causal inference approaches were used to address whether the survival of non-obese critically ill patients would have been improved if they had been obese.MethodsThe study cohort comprised 6557 adult critically ill patients hospitalized at the Intensive Care Unit of the Ghent University Hospital be

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"Is this the GVHD?" A qualitative exploration of quality of life issues in individuals with graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic stem cell transplant and their experiences of a specialist multidisciplinary bone marrow transplant service.

BackgroundGraft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. These patients face unique challenges due to the complexity of GVHD which can affect multiple organ systems, and the toxicity of treatments. Despite the known impact on quality of life (QOL), qualitative data within the bone marrow transplantation (BMT) literature is rare, and there has been no qualitative work exploring patient experience of specialist healthcare provision for GVHD in the United Kingdom.MethodsWe conducted a primary explorative qualitati

What are safe hemoglobin, neutrophil and platelet counts for people with hematological malignancies to participate in exercise and activities of daily living: a scoping review.

PurposeThe aim of this scoping review was to summarize the extent of the literature in relation to safe levels of platelet, hemoglobin and neutrophil count for people with hematological cancers to participate in exercise or activities of daily living (ADLs).MethodsA comprehensive search for this scoping review was completed in July 2024 across five databases: the Cochrane Library, Embase, PEDro, PubMed and OTSeeker. Original studies, reviews and expert opinion papers were included if they focused on people with active hematological cancer diagnoses or those undergoing treatment affecting bone

Trauma intensive care unit (TICU) at Hamad General Hospital.

Trauma is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, and thus represents a great global health challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 9% of deaths in the world are the result of trauma.1 In addition, approximately 100 million people are temporarily or permanently disabled every year.2 The situation is no different in Qatar, and injury related morbidity and mortality is increasing in the entire region, with road traffic collisions (RTCs) being the most common mechanism.1 It is well recognized now that trauma care provided in high-volume, dedicated, level-one tr

Clinical Manifestations of Human Exposure to Fungi.

Biological particles, along with inorganic gaseous and particulate pollutants, constitute an ever-present component of the atmosphere and surfaces. Among these particles are fungal species colonizing almost all ecosystems, including the human body. Although inoffensive to most people, fungi can be responsible for several health problems, such as allergic fungal diseases and fungal infections. Worldwide fungal disease incidence is increasing, with new emerging fungal diseases appearing yearly. Reasons for this increase are the expansion of life expectancy, the number of immunocompromised patien

Global utilization of biportal spinal endoscopy: Case series on management of lumbar pathology in Soddo, Ethiopia.

INTRODUCTION: Biportal spinal endoscopy is a safe and cost-effective methodology for the management of lumbar pathology in rural underserved hospitals that have standard orthopaedic arthroscopic equipment, but lack access to microscopy. METHODS: This is a case series noting 1-year outcomes from 5 patients managed with biportal spinal endoscopy during an 11-day mission trip to Soddo, Ethiopia in November 2022. Surgical complications, postoperative assessments, and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Surgical techniques and equipment utilized were share

Validity and Reliability of the CarGOQoL Questionnaire Among Informal Caregivers of Patients With Cancer.

The 29-item CareGiver Oncology Quality of Life (CarGOQoL) scale measures quality of life (QoL) based on the specific characteristics of informal caregivers of patients with cancer. The 29-item CarGOQoL has been translated to numerous other languages and validated, thus confirming its validation. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the 29-item CarGOQoL. We recruited 316 informal caregivers of patients with cancer. Data were collected using structured questionnaires between January 23, 2019 and November 30, 2019, and analyzed using SPSS 27.0 and Amo

Differences in the Analgesic Effect of Opioids on Pain in Cancer Patients With Spinal Metastases.

BACKGROUND: Spinal metastasis pain includes both inflammatory and neuropathic pain, and opioids, which have only a μ-opioid receptor-stimulating effect, are generally less effective in neuropathic pain. However, no previous study has been conducted for the comparisons of the efficacy of opioids in treating spinal metastasis pain. OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of tapentadol and methadone with other opioids for back pain caused by a metastatic spinal tumor. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING/SUBJECTS: A total of 274 patients were enrolled, who started a tapentadol extended-relea