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This incredibly well-deserved high honour recognizes a career spanning 40 years…
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Mashup Score: 0Cerebrovascular Anatomy and Pathophysiology - 2 year(s) ago
The cerebrospinal vasculature originates at the aortic arch. The right brachiocephalic artery divides into the right common carotid artery and the right subclavian artery. The left common carotid and left subclavian arteries arise directly from the aortic arch. The 2 common carotid arteries bifurcate into the internal and external carotid arteries. The anterior circulation of the brain includes…
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Mashup Score: 1Clinical aspects of insomnia - 2 year(s) ago
A wide variety of diagnostic tests exist to aid the clinician in diagnosing sleep disorders. These range from simple and relatively cheap home diagnostic tests such as pulse oximetry to in-laboratory video-polysomnography, which is expensive and labour-intensive. Understanding the indications for and limitations of these diagnostic tests allows the accurate diagnosis of sleep disorders in a…
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Mashup Score: 1Featured Article - 2 year(s) ago
How nursing is ushering us towards a better world Mark Lazenby, Professor of Nursing, Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, School of Nursing’s Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs, University of Connecticut, US. This is an edited extract from the full chapter ‘Nursing and the Good Society’ from Toward a Better World: The Social Significance of Nursing…
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Mashup Score: 0Genetic disorders of coagulation - 2 year(s) ago
Haemophilia is a familial X-linked disorder due to deficiency of either factor VIII (haemophilia A) or factor IX (haemophilia B), components of the intrinsic enzymatic complex that activates factor X. Clinical features and diagnosis—the main manifestations are bleeding into joints and soft tissues, with haemophilic arthropathy and joint deformity being inevitable complications in untreated…
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Mashup Score: 10Diet and weight: major lifestyle challenges - 2 year(s) ago
This chapter covers practical methodologies for assessing dietary habits in individuals and advising on and facilitating healthy dietary changes. It also describes practical methodologies for taking anthropometric measurements and managing weight in individuals and families. Dietary intake has many different influences. These influences will vary between individuals. Reducing calorie intake can…
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Mashup Score: 0Diet and weight: major lifestyle challenges - 2 year(s) ago
This chapter covers practical methodologies for assessing dietary habits in individuals and advising on and facilitating healthy dietary changes. It also describes practical methodologies for taking anthropometric measurements and managing weight in individuals and families. Dietary intake has many different influences. These influences will vary between individuals. Reducing calorie intake can…
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Mashup Score: 7Exercise rehabilitation in heart failure - 2 year(s) ago
Patients with heart failure exhibit exercise intolerance and their symptoms, such as fatigue and shortness of breath among others, mainly appear during exercise. This reduced exercise capacity has consistently been associated with poor outcome. Indeed, a peak VO2 of less than 11–12 mL/min/kg has generally been accepted as a criterion for heart transplantation. Many therapeutics have improved the…
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Mashup Score: 3Exercise rehabilitation in heart failure - 2 year(s) ago
Patients with heart failure exhibit exercise intolerance and their symptoms, such as fatigue and shortness of breath among others, mainly appear during exercise. This reduced exercise capacity has consistently been associated with poor outcome. Indeed, a peak VO2 of less than 11–12 mL/min/kg has generally been accepted as a criterion for heart transplantation. Many therapeutics have improved the…
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Mashup Score: 21Multiple and mixed valvular heart disease - 2 year(s) ago
Multiple and mixed valvular heart disease are highly prevalent. Multiple valvular heart disease is the combination of stenotic and/or regurgitant lesions occurring on two or more cardiac valves. Mixed valvular heart disease is the combination of stenotic and regurgitant lesions on the same valve. Several haemodynamic interactions may impact their clinical expression and may result in diagnostic…
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Congratulations to former Senior Editor of, and current contributor to, the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Professor Sir David Warrell who has been appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. Read more here: https://t.co/dYItMhLSM4. https://t.co/dWFSiOjZSK