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The current definition of DVA includes any incident of threatening behaviour, violence, abuse or control that occurs between two adults or young people over the age of 16 years, who are or have been...
BDD is an increasingly prevalent condition (Himanshu et al, 2020) with psychological and functional impacts, so recognition and treatment is essential. Furthermore, suicide rates in the UK among...
The 20-week antenatal scan is the primary point at which the structures of the heart are examined. The heart is one of the first organs to be formed in utero. By 8 weeks' gestation, the heart's atria...
Commencement of oxygen .
A ritual is the undertaking of specific activities or behaviours that express symbolic, often culturally influenced, meaning, whereby specific thoughts and feelings are experienced individually, or as...
Concepts closely related to what is now known as the MSE in current day practice have been used in psychiatry for decades (Kareem and Ashby, 2000). The use of the MSE when considering an individual's...
The term vasculitis refers to a relatively rare and poorly understood set of conditions, causing inflammation of the blood vessels, and AAV is a sub-group within this collection (Ball et al, 2014)....
Anticoagulant therapy and its role in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders (people with atrial fibrillation and mechanical prosthetic heart valves) is well recognised (National Institute for...
‘The invasion of a normally sterile cavity by organisms, or inflammation caused by organisms in parts of the body which are not normally sterile.’ .
Sexual violence is a term that covers various serious violent crimes—it means that someone forces or manipulates another person into unwanted sexual activity without their consent. It is important to...
Clearly, when a nurse is communicating with a child or young person, they need to consider the client's age and level of development (Dos Santos et al, 2016), to acknowledge levels of understanding or...
Those eligible will be offered a vaccine most effective for them, depending on age and inclusion criteria recognising their potential vulnerability, such as patients with a long-term condition. Adults...
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