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The skin is the largest organ in the body and there are two main divisions; the outer epidermis and deeper dermis. The epidermis is made up of five layers of cells. The dermis is divided into two main...
Mrs Green was diagnosed with transverse myelitis in 2015 which resulted in the formation of a colostomy and a urostomy. Transverse myelitis is a rare neurological disorder that occurs when the spinal...
A risk assessment was developed considering the increased demand for MAbs, the complexity of the preparation (powder formulations, multiple dilutions, and so on), the potential toxicity of the drug...
A joint leg ulcer service project was undertaken by the TV and vascular surgery units for 3 months (December 2018–February 2019) with the aim of streamlining the service for patients with longstanding...
A seizure is a sudden burst of unnecessary electrical activity in the brain (International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), 2017), which disrupts the way the brain usually functions (D'Ambrosio and...
At the beginning of the Crimean War senior military officers displayed an appalling disregard for the lives of British soldiers. However, unlike previous wars, when the general public were kept in the...
The nurse specialist maintained a database of all the PEGs and primary PEG-Js inserted in paediatric patients (<18 years of age) between 4 January 2015 and 17 August 2015. All procedures were...
A midline venous catheter is a peripheral device defined by the position of its tip, which is just distal to the axillary fold (Gorski et al, 2021). The position of its tip promotes increased...
The survey was conducted in 2021 as an online, retrospective, self-reported questionnaire developed by Coloplast. The survey was sent to members of the Coloplast Online Research Engine (CORE) survey...
The aims of this study were to: Explore the ways in which elective day-case surgery patients make decisions about pre-operative fastingInvestigate how best to provide information to enable patients...