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Medical Published: Jul 25, 2019
Development and Implementation of a Resilience-Based Intervention to Support Palliative Care Clinicians
Palliative care (PC) cliniciansi (iIncludes physicians, nurses and other professionals who provide end-of-life care) are confronted to the suffering of patients and their families on a daily basis. PC clinicians also face frequent ethical, moral and interpersonal conflicts. The complexification and technologization of care and the constantly-escalating workload may also…
-Melanie Vachon, and Lise Fillion
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Medical Published: Mar 27, 2019
Tamsulosin as a Medical Expulsive Therapy for Distal Ureteric Stones: A Prospective Matched-Control Study With Different Stone Settings
We aimed in our study to study the role of tamsulosin in stone clearance with different distal ureteric stone settings. A prospective study between January 2015 and December 2016, the study included all patients who took tamsulosin and divided into 2 different groups; de novo stones less than 6 mm…
-Mohamed M. Elawdy, Mohamed M. Hossny, Younis H. Al. Baluchi, Samer El-Halwagy, and Bassam A. Awad
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Medical Published: Apr 26, 2018
Analysis of the Occurrence of Respiratory Disorders in Workers in the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry
The Sri Lankan apparel industry is the primary foreign exchange generating industry in the country ($ 400 Million (BOI, 2017)). Total exports of the industry in 2016 were $ 4.2 billion, which was approximately 40% of the country’s total exports (ibid). In addition, the industry contributed approximately 6% to the…
-Chamara Senadeera
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Medical Published: Dec 14, 2018
Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Hyperglycemia in a Single Measurement
Hyperglycemia occurs as a result of stress response in patients with insulin resistance, insulin deficiency, impaired glucose metabolism and using glucocortioids. During acute stress, hyperglycemia is an adaptive response, by furnishing glucose-dependant organ substrate for energy and by protecting intravascular volume with raised serum osmolarity.
-Sema Avci, Gokhan Perincek
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Medical Published: Dec 13, 2018
Health Workforce in the Sultanate of Oman: Improving performance and the Health System
After decades of insufficient investment, poor management, inadequate attention, and ill-advised policies, many organisations attention is now focused on the health workforce. By some estimates, US$46 billion per year is required to scale up health services in low-income countries.
-Issa Al Salmi, and Suad Hannawi
