Elderly patient
Granuloma annulare on the palms in an elderly patient
... Abstract: Granuloma annulare is a relatively common, idiopathic, benign inflammatory dermatosis, with a varied clinical presentation that often makes diagnosis difficult. It mainly affects the extremities, such as the ...
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Coexistence of coronary cameral fistulae and cor triatriatum sinister in an elderly patient
... Coronary cameral fistulae are unusual congenital or acquired anomalous communications between an epicardial coronary artery and a cardiac chamber. There are no reported cases of the association of cor- onary cameral ...
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Generalized eruptive histiocytoma: a rare disease in an elderly patient*
... Abstract: Generalized eruptive histiocytoma is considered an extremely rare subtype of non-Langerhans cells histiocytosis. In the literature, there are few reports of this disease that mainly affects adults. In this ...
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The Nurses’ Viewpoint Regarding the Use of the braden Scale With the Elderly Patient / A Visão de Enfermeiros Quanto a Aplicação da Escala de Braden no Paciente Idoso
... hospitalized elderly patients, and pursues to identify if nurses have knowledge and make correct use of the BS with the elderly during their daily care ...
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Massive right atrial myxoma with dyspnea at rest in an elderly patient: A case report
... Right atrial myxoma is extremely rare, and accompa- nied with pericardial effusion has not been published so far. Tumors of the right heart have to be considered in the dif- ferential diagnosis of unexplained dyspnea in ...
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Importância da vitamina B12 na avaliação clínica do paciente idoso = Importance of vitamin B12 screening in clinical evaluation of elderly patient
... vitamina B12 são: (1) nível sérico de vitamina B12 menor que 150 pmol/L em dois momentos dife- rentes; ou (2) nível sérico de vitamina B12 menor que 150 pmol/L e nível sérico total de ho[r] ...
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CASE REPORT DENGUE IN AN ELDERLY PATIENT
... symptoms. Due to the persistence of cephalea, the patient took 500 mg salicylate tablets for at least two days after being discharged from the ER. Because she still exhibited symptoms, she went to São Paulo (to ...
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Comparison of Outcome of Femoral Shaft Fracture Fixation with Intramedullary Nail in Elderly Patient and Patients Younger than 60 Years Old
... According to our data, there was significant difference in limping and cane use between the two groups; however, other findings such as walker and crutch use, and infection rate and bed ridden time was not different ...
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Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMS) in the elderly patient: prevalence study in a tertiary hospital in Brazil
... the elderly population, including the detection of Potentially Inappropriate Medications ...the elderly person, with Beers’ Criteria being the most used to determine the selection of drugs to be considered ...
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Unusual Presentation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Elderly Patient
... Severity of valvular disease, mitral, aortic, and pulmonary insufficiency misled physicians in diagnosis despite performing both TEE and MSCT. TEE was not useful because the small duct was unusually located and a huge ...
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Vulnerability of the elderly patient in light of the principle of patient-centered care
... adquirem um valor especial em relação às pessoas idosas, porque são elas que demandam cuidados de saúde com mais frequência e por tempo mais prolongado (Albuquerque, 2016). Nesse sent[r] ...
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Cognition in elderly people
... the elderly population (Berquó & Leite, 1998), but also because of still unsolved problems in the areas of health, education, welfare and transport (Chaimowicz, ...
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Patient mit Brady-Tachy-Syndrom
... der Patient erstmals nach einer körperlichen Anstrengung (Radtour) eine Synkope und war kurzzeitig ...der Patient schwer und zog sich eine Fraktur der linken Klavikula ...der Patient neuerlich nach ...
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Hospital management and patient safety
... prevention mechanisms is the “safety walk round” (process inspection). It is a process whereby a group of senior leaders visit areas of a health care organization and ask front- line staff about specific events, ...
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PATIENT SAFETY IN MELANOMA SURGERY
... Introduction: patient safety is a growing concern in healthcare ...the patient and loss of follow ...improve patient safety du- ring melanoma ...
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Patient safety: a necessidade de uma estratégia nacional
... consequence for patients and their families. For the staff involved too, incidents can be distressing, while members of their clinical teams can become demoralised and disaffected. Safety incidents also incur costs ...
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Patient classification for intelligent wheelchair adaptation
... The research institute on the National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled in Japan pro- posed a Simulator of Powered Wheelchair (SPW) [65]. This system is composed with two computer screens and a mobile platform. The ...
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Leptospirosis in elderly patients
... Therefore early predictors of complications are helpful in detecting and managing patients with leptospirosis and also to minimize mortality. In our study 53% of cases were not admitted early to the Clinic of Infectious ...
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Identifying elements of patient-centered care in underserved populations: a qualitative study of patient perspectives.
... for patient questions, the importance of paying atten- tion to body language and creating a positive clinic atmosphere, avoiding clinical jargon, and managing time ...or patient-centered healthcare, an ...
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