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To date, this Ostomy Life Study 2019 is the largest global survey performed on this topic. The results presented here underline the high prevalence of PSCs and the associated challenges present within...
When suspicion of myeloma is raised, a number of investigations are required to confirm the diagnosis. These include bone marrow aspirate and biopsy. The presence of plasma cells greater than 10%...
Current national guidelines state that thyroid cancer has a long natural history where late recurrences occur, but can be treated successfully with a view to cure or long-term survival (BTA, 2014)....
OAB is a clinical diagnosis based on the symptoms of urinary urgency, urge incontinence, frequency and nocturia. Bladder diaries are helpful for quantifying these symptoms and can be used to set...
The authors undertook a single-centre study with patients known to the authors' pouch nursing service. It involved a retrospective analysis of patients who had reported GI symptoms in the preceding 4...
This research focused on a reliability study of the MK5. To establish inter- and intra-rater reliability as sensitively as possible authentic video material was collected, enabling assessments of...
In Western societies, it is embedded in the culture that elimination of bodily waste is a private matter that should be done in a secretive manner within formal facilities (Mitteness and Barker,...
‘The right antibiotic, for the right patient, at the right time, with the right dose, and the right route, causing the least harm to the patient and future patients.’ .
This study aimed to estimate the time point where the development of nutritional failure and feeding-related complications are more likely among critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients...
The first key area to understand is the difference between learning and ‘performing’. At university, you want to ensure that you are learning information. However, you will often find that you are...