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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Newly Diagnosed Patients"”.
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Coping Strategies of Newly Diagnosed Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus at a Hospital in Ghana
… of the disease with little research on the patients experiences of coping with the diabetes. It is estimated that diabetes affects 6.3% of the Ghanaian population with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90-95% of all cases of diabetes. In Ghana, individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes …
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The Notch Target Hes4 Promotes Osteosarcoma Tumor Growth and Metastasis By Inhibiting Osteogenic Differentiation, and Has Potential As A Prognostic Biomarker For Newly Diagnosed Patients With High Grade Osteosarcoma.
… that will allow for the stratification of patients into good or poor responders to chemotherapy at diagnosis. We also aim to understand the biology of these markers in OS pathogenesis. Because the development of OS is caused by genetic disruptions of osteogenic differentiation, we sought to …
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Nurse perceptions of the challenges of providing self-management education in Primary Health Care to people with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes
… Self-Management Education (DSME) and the care of newly diagnosed patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), it is important to explore the challenges associated with this role. AIM The objective of this study was to explore the perceptions of primary care nurses of the challenges they face in providing …
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Expert patient programme for recently diagnosed patients with chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG)
… (GEPP) demonstrated new ways of improving patients' experience and adherence to COAG treatment. The research has employed an Information-Motivation-8ehavioural Skills Model to understand the association between knowledge, motivation and behavioural skills in an attempt to improve adherence …
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Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurses’ Experiences of using the Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Held Record in Clinical Practice.
… copies of the PIBDPHR. The PIBDPHR was used for newly diagnosed patients (100%), patients who had difficult to manage disease (91%), patient and parent education (64%) and transitional patients (55%). The nursing challenges in implementing the PIBDPHR included remembering to use the record (55%) …
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Tower of California Performance Early in Parkinson's Disease
… dysfunction has been reported even when the patients are not experiencing dementia. A significant (24% - 50+%) number of PD patients display cognitive impairment from the onset of the disease and progressively worsen. However, executive dysfunction in newly diagnosed patients often escapes …
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Evaluation hämodynamischer Effekte von Timolol, Dorzolamid und Latanoprost bei Patienten mit neu diagnostiziertem Offenwinkelglaukom
… of timolol, dorzolamide and latanoprost in newly diagnosed patients with open angle glaucoma. Methods: 14 patients with newly diagnosed open angle glaucoma received randomley either timolol, dorzolamide or latanoprost for four weeks after baseline visit. After a complete ophthalmological …
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The clinical care of patients with lung cancer: identifying and supporting those with unmet care needs
… death in the United Kingdom. Lung cancer patients face a disease with a high symptom burden, increased psychosocial needs and a high mortality. Supportive care needs are often relevant from diagnosis. Despite this there are no clear follow-up structures for lung cancer patients that …
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Experiences of professional nurses caring for HIV/AIDS patients on universal test, treat and return strategy in Vhembe District, South Africa
… Managed Antiretroviral Treatment to HIV/AIDS patients. All newly diagnosed patients are compelled to commence with antiretroviral therapy as soon as they are diagnosed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the experiences of professional nurses caring for HIV/AIDS patients on the …
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Ανάλυση λεμφοκυτταρικών υποπληθυσμών στην χρόνια λεμφογενή λευχαιμία με χρήση μονοκλωνικών αντισωμάτων: Προγνωστική σημασία ανοσολογικών παραμέτρων
We determined immune function parameters in 41 newly diagnosed patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and correlated these findings with the clinical data and the subsequent course of the disease. The ratio of helper to supressor T cells (CD4/CD8), the proportion of circulating natural …
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Cell-Free Dna Sequencing In Multiple Myeloma
… is a useful and dynamic biomarker in cancer patients due to the presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which is readily identified using next generation sequencing. Here we report the analytical sensitivity, applicability, consistency, and prognostic ability of M5Seq, a novel hybrid …
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Free Radical Activity, Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Status in Diabetes Mellitus
… vitamin status have been reported in diabetic patients and are also implicated in the chronic complications of diabetes. The autoxidation and glycoxidation reactions of glucose are sources of free radicals in vitro and a preliminary investigation that these reactions may be a source of free …
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Assignment Of Meaning In The Male Breast Cancer Experience: A Phenomenological Study
… of the lived experience of being a male diagnosed with breast cancer. With almost 200,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed annually in the United States, a fact often overlooked is that approximately one percent of the newly-diagnosed patients are male. Because of their small numbers, …
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The RESILIENT Study: A Retrospective, Descriptive, Correlational Investigation of Rate and Correlates of Oral Endocrine Therapy Adherence in Older Women with Breast Cancer
… cancer among females. About 80% of breast cancer patients take oral endocrine therapy (OET), such as anastrozole, letrozole, tamoxifen, and exmestane. These medications increase survival, improve quality-of-life and decrease healthcare costs, yet many patients do not take it properly. The purpose …
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Array based genetic profiling of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
… and the known recurrent aberrations in >70% of patients. Moreover, novel recurrent gains of chromosome 2p in combination with 11q deletion and copy-number neutral loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 13q were revealed. Furthermore, a high genomic complexity was correlated to worse survival, but …
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Psycho-social problems identified by adult bone marrow transplant survivors
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) offers many patients who are diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and aplastic anaemia the opportunity of increased survival. Chemotherapy is one of the most common forms of treatment for cancer patients en-route to BMT, which is often a concomitant stressor …
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Understanding the pathways to oesophageal and stomach cancer diagnosis: a multi-methods approach
… cancer, I conducted a questionnaire study of newly diagnosed patients across two hospitals in the East and North East of England. 127 participants were recruited (39.6% recruitment rate), aged 44–96 (median 71); 102 male (80%). Most had oesophageal cancer (n=102, 80%); 64 (50%) of the total …
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The profile of breast cancer among patients attending a Breast Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa
… of recent data on the profile of breast cancer patients in SA. The purpose of the study was to obtain recent data with regards to the sociodemographic, clinical and risk factor profile of breast cancer in patients who presented at a Breast Clinic linked to a tertiary public hospital in the …
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Psychological wellbeing and health-related quality of life among low-income women living with HIV/AIDS in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… between time since diagnosis and suicidality. Newly diagnosed patients were less likely to think of suicide as an option than women who had been diagnosed some time before.
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Expression and function of drug transporters in primitive CML cells
… cytogenetic responses, only a minority of patients achieve complete molecular response (CMR). We have previously identified a population of quiescent (q) Ph+ SC found in chronic phase (CP) CML that are relatively insensitive to IM and other TKIs and which may be responsible for the …
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