The Relationship Between Dyspnea Severity with Radiological and Laboratory Findings in Pneumonia in Children in Pediatric Palliative Care

In care patients; pneumonia is common due to being bedridden, atrophy of respiratory muscles and use of medical devices. Dyspnea is the second most common symptom after pain in pediatric palliative care. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between the severity of dyspnea and pneumonia. The study is a study that included patients admitted to pediatric palliative care, diagnosed with pneumonia, and applied Modified Borg Scale (MBS) between December 15, 2019 and December 15, 2020. The MBS has a scoring system ranging from 0 to 10 and assesses the severity of dyspnea. A total of 72 (34.4%) patients diagnosed with pneumonia and underwent MBS were included in the study. 51.4% (n=37) of the study group were male, and the median age was 6.00 years (ranges of quarters=9). It was observed that the severity of dyspnea did not affect determining the pneumonia type and possible pathogen (p=0.613, p=0.948, respectively) In line with the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is no relationship between the severity of dyspnea and pneumonia in patients in need of care

Rehabilitation of patellofemoral pain syndrome

The term 'patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS)' is used for the clinical presentation with anterior knee pain related to changes in the patellofemoral articulation. Most of the patients with PFPS can be successfully treated once contributing factors are identified concerning the disease history and physical examination. Patellar malalignment is the most common cause. Factors which cause patellar malalignment include an increase in the Q angle, patella alta, an excessive pronation of subtalar joint, vastus medialis insufficiency and muscle tightness. Vastus medialis obliqius education, stretching exercises, the use of patellar taping, correction of abnormal pronation in subtalar joint and education of patients are the basic methods of rehabilitation of PFPS

English major students' attitudes towards movies and series as language learning resources

This chapter focuses on the attitudes of the fourth-year English Language Teaching (ELT) students towards strategies related to using movies and series as foreign language learning resources. The subjects were teacher candidates (at a state university in the west of Turkey). The current study demonstrates that foreign-language majors are not immune to downsides of a low-exposure EFL setting. The participants also state that only their family members - but not friends - are likely to cause a shift to the dubbed version of movie/series they want to view in the original language and with L2 captions (intralingual captions / in the source language) otherwise. This study suggests that backseat TV systems on buses can provide solutions. The backseat TV systems are welcome by most of the participants, in particular by those whose intercity travelling habits are found to be quite high. © 2015, IGI Global. All rights reserved