Impressions of acute pain services in a tertiary care center in India – Enhancing perioperative outcomes beyond pain by Jyotsna Agarwal, Samiksha Khanuja, Mahima Gupta, Pratibha Panjiar, Megha Wadhwani, Mansi Jain

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Advancing cancer care through digital access in the USA: a state-of-the-art review of patient portals in oncology by Liz Salmi, Jessica Ancker, Lisa Diamond, Uday Suresh, Trent Rosenbloom, Bryan Steitz

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Effectiveness and Economic Evaluation of Chiropractic Care for the Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of Pragmatic Studies. by Marc-André Blanchette, Mette Jensen Stochkendahl, Roxane Borges Da Silva, Jill Boruff, Pamela Harrison, André Bussières

“…<h4>Background context</h4>Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and among the most common reasons for seeking primary sector care. Chiropractors, physical therapists and general practitioners are among those providers that treat LBP patients, but there is only limited evidence regarding the effectiveness and economic evaluation of care offered by these provider groups.…”
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The optimal system of care for the management of delayed sleep onset in adult ADHD in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus by Philip Asherson, Giovanni Giaroli, Paul Gringras, Heidi Phillips, Hugh Selsick, Michael Smith, Dietmar Hank

“…This should include effective treatments, such as melatonin, which could be initiated in primary care and monitored by general practitioners for newly diagnosed patients. …”
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Combined chiropractic care and Tai Chi for chronic neck pain: A protocol for a pilot randomized trial by Peter M. Wayne, Robert Vining, Cynthia R. Long, Wren M. Burton, Daniel Litrownik, Jacqueline Guzman, Karen Kilgore, Thomas J. Hagan, Pamela M. Rist, Matthew H. Kowalski

“…Two interventions, multimodal chiropractic care (MCC) and Tai Chi, have shown promise individually in managing CNP, and when combined may offer synergistic benefits. …”
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Confirmatory factor analyses of the Mandarin Chinese version of the perceived stressors in intensive care units among healthcare professionals by Yonge Gao, Xia Chen, Shuang Zhang, Jiawei Yang, Rui Liu, Wendy Moyle, Wendy Moyle, Lihui Pu, Wei Shen

“…BackgroundThe Perceived Stressors in Intensive Care Units (PS-ICU) scale was designed to assess both general and occupational stressors experienced by healthcare professionals (HCPs) under normal circumstances. …”
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Association between child and youth physical activity and family functioning: a systematic review of observational studies by Yasmine Forghani Soong, Heather Hollman, Ryan E. Rhodes

“…As the family unit is optimally placed during a critical time in development, it is pertinent to explore the relationship between family functioning and child and youth physical activity. Purpose: To synthesize and analyze the literature to determine the associations between general domains of family functioning (general family functioning, cohesion, communication, conflict, organization, family problem-solving ability, household chaos, and affective environment) and child and youth (children: aged five to 12, youth: aged 13 to 17) physical activity. …”
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Functional limitations and coping mechanisms of women aged 60 years and older with self-reported hand osteoarthritis by J. McIntyre, R.W.E. Joubert, S.S. Ramklass

“…Seventy-two per cent accessed health care at the primary healthcare clinic at a seniors’ service centre. …”
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Importance and added value of functional impairment to predict mortality: a cohort study in Swedish medical inpatients by Gustav Torisson, Elisabet Londos, Lars Stavenow, Lennart Minthon

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Thromboelastography for the evaluation of coagulation function in patients with hepatic echinococcosis during the perioperative period: a retrospective study by Xing Zheng, Li Yuan, Bingxian Wang, Genkui Li, Jing Wang, Jide A, Zongzhao He

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Association of serum HSP70 and IFABP levels with intestinal function damage in patients with severe multiple injuries by TAO Limin, SHI Guangzhi

“…ELISA was applied to detect serum HSP70 and IFABP level. General clinical data were collected and analyzed. …”
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Mediating effect of dyadic coping between family function and meaning in life in patients with advanced lung cancer by Guofeng Liu, Xiaoting Pan, Chen Shen, Lingling Pan, Yumei Li

“…The latter indicates that adapting the dyadic coping pattern could be used in care provision. Therefore, nursing staff and families can strengthen how family functioning enhances meaning in life by implementing a dyadic-coping-focused intervention program.…”
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Utility of the New York heart association functional classification compared to other measures: A systematic review by Kelly D. Stamp, Marilyn A. Prasun, Thomas P. McCoy, Lisa Rathman

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Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields facilitate proliferation and functional differentiation in spinal neural stem cells by Wenxu Tang, Dan He, Xiaofei Li, Yi Feng, Yue Xu, Jiawei Hu, Wei Xu, Lei Xue

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The Relationship Between Social Participation and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Activities of Daily Living by Chong Zhang, Juan Xiong, Wenqi Luo, Lin Sun

“…In the CLHLS questionnaire, cognitive function consists of 24 questions, including general ability, response ability, attention and calculation ability, memory, and language comprehension and self-coordination. …”
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Continuation vs Withdrawal of Beta-Blockers and Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction With Preserved Left Ventricular Function by Michael H. Chiu, MD, MSc, Yuan Dong, MSc, Nowell Fine, MD, SM, Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc, Tolulope Sajobi, MSc, PhD, Danielle A. Southern, MSc, Erik Youngson, MMath, Sean van Diepen, MD, MSc, Matthew T. James, MD, PhD, Stephen B. Wilton, MD, MSc

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Associations Among Skeletal Muscle Health, Disability, and Self-Reported Physical Function in Survivors of Critical IllnessTake-Home Points by Kimberly F. Rengel, MD, MSCI, Jo Ellen Wilson, MD, MPH, PhD, Heidi J. Silver, RD, PhD, Emma Hollingsworth, MPH, Onur M. Orun, MS, James C. Jackson, PsyD, Matthew F. Mart, MD, Christopher G. Hughes, MD, E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Nathan E. Brummel, MD, MSCI, ATSF

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Clinical and Functional Characteristics of Subjects with Asthma, COPD, and Asthma-COPD Overlap: A Multicentre Study in Vietnam by Sy Duong-Quy, Huong Tran Van, Anh Vo Thi Kim, Quyen Pham Huy, Timothy J. Craig

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Context specific effects of substrate composition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in temperate lowland streams by Kate L. Mathers, Patrick D. Armitage, Matthew Hill, Melanie Bickerton, Morwenna Mckenzie, Isabel Pardo, David Tickner, Paul J. Wood

“…Moreover, research largely focusses on gravel beds and fine sediment in general (<2 mm) and as a result detailed field observations specifically of the sand and silt fractions are lacking. …”
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The relationship between cognitive function and muscle mass in older adults: a longitudinal study based on CLHLS by Yin Shi, Yin Shi, Yu Zhang, Xinyu Yang, Jiali Yang, Shilang Wang, YanFang Hong

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