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JMIR Hum Factors
September 2025
KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Background: Breast cancer treatment, particularly during the perioperative period, is often accompanied by significant psychological distress, including anxiety and uncertainty. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have emerged as promising tools to provide timely psychosocial support through convenient, flexible, and personalized platforms. While research has explored the use of mHealth in breast cancer prevention, care management, and survivorship, few studies have examined patients' experiences with mobile interventions during the perioperative phase of breast cancer treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMalignant hyperthermia is a rare, life-threatening hypermetabolic reaction that can strike unexpectedly in the emergency department, demanding swift recognition and intervention to save lives. This syndrome can be fatal if not treated and occurrs in 1 in 100,000 adults and 1 in 30,000 children, with a 3% to 5% mortality rate. Although often associated with perioperative environments, malignant hyperthermia should remain on the radar for emergency nurses, especially when patients exhibit sudden hyperthermia, muscle rigidity, and tachycardia after intubation or procedural sedation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Control Hosp Epidemiol
September 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of reported β-lactam allergy on the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), given that most reported cases are unverified and may lead to suboptimal antibiotic prophylaxis.
Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Methods: Four databases were systematically searched for studies reporting SSI rates in patients with and without β-lactam allergy.
Front Med (Lausanne)
August 2025
Department of Nursing, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition characterized by the need for highly individualized treatment plans, requiring patients to make numerous complex medical decisions. Shared decision-making (SDM) has proven effective in improving treatment outcomes, patient satisfaction, and adherence in IBD management; however, its clinical implementation remains challenging. In China, formal SDM nurse roles have not yet been established.
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August 2025
Neurosurgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.
Introduction Potentially surgical brain metastases are increasingly common in patients aged 80 and older, yet the risk-benefit profile of surgical resection in this population remains inadequately defined. Surgical intervention in octogenarians carries a high risk due to systemic issues associated with advanced age and prevalent comorbidities, and data on perioperative morbidity and functional outcomes are limited. Methods A retrospective case series including six patients aged 80 years and older who underwent craniotomy for the resection of brain metastases at a single tertiary care center was conducted.
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