69 research outputs found

    Erwartungen und Ängste vor Folgeerkrankungen bei Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus

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    Einleitung: Prävalenzen diabetesbezogener Folgeerkrankungen wie Neuropathie, Retinopathie oder Nephropathie treten bei unter 30% der Patienten auf. Doch wie schätzen Patienten das Risiko von Folgeerkrankungen ein und welche Ängste weisen sie auf? Ich wollte abschätzen, in wie weit die Prävalenzen mit den Erwartungen der Patienten übereinstimmen, wie Patienten ihr eigenes Risiko einordnen und welche Folgeerkrankungen ihnen Sorgen bereiten. Methodik: Die Risiko-Erwartungen und Ängste bezüglich diabetesbezogener Folgeerkrankungen von 502 Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus wurden ausgewertet. Die Sorgen und Ängste vor Folgeerkrankungen wurden durch den Fragebogen „Fear of Complications Questionnaire” gemessen, woraus ein Wert von 0 bis 45 Punkten entstehen kann und ein Wert über 30 Punkten auf erhöhte Angst hinweist. Weiterhin wurden die Teilnehmer gebeten, das allgemeine und auch ihr persönliches Risiko, Langzeitkomplikationen nach 10 Jahren Diabetesdauer zu entwickeln, einzuschätzen. Ergebnisse: Eine gesteigerte Angst vor diabetesbezogenen Folgeerkrankungen mit einem Score von über 30 Punkten im Fear of Complications Questionnaire fand sich bei 36,3% der Patienten. Das allgemeine Risiko nach 10 Jahren Diabetesdauer, Komplikationen davonzutragen, wurde durch mit 50,3% eingeschätzt. Das persönliche Risiko, in den nächsten 10 Jahren diabetesbezogene Folgeerkrankungen zu entwickeln, wurde mit 51,4% eingeordnet. Eine höhere Risikoeinschätzung war mit einem höheren Score im FCQ assoziiert (p<0.001). Schlussfolgerungen: Die Risikoeinschätzung bezüglich diabetesbezogener Folgeerkrankungen wich deutlich von den vorliegenden Prävalenzen ab und wurde überschätzt. Ungefähr ein Drittel der Teilnehmer berichteten über gesteigerte Ängste und Sorgen bezogen auf mögliche diabetesbezogene Folgeerkrankungen

    Physical and Pharmacological Restraints in Hospital Care:Protocol for a Systematic Review

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    Background: Physical and pharmacological restraints, defined as all measures limiting a person in his or her freedom, are extensively used to handle unsafe or problematic behavior in hospital care. There are increasing concerns as to the extent with which these restraints are being used in hospitals, and whether their benefits outweigh their potential harm. There is currently no comprehensive literature overview on the beneficial and/or adverse effects of the use of physical and pharmacological restraints in the hospital setting. Methods: A systematic review of the existing literature will be performed on the beneficial and/or adverse effects of physical and pharmacological restraints in the hospital setting. Relevant databases will be systematically searched. A dedicated search strategy was composed. A visualization of similarities (VOS) analysis was used to further specify the search. Observational studies, and if available, randomized controlled trials reporting on beneficial and/or adverse effects of physical and/or pharmacological restraints in the general hospital setting will be included. Data from included articles will be extracted and analyzed. If the data is suitable for quantitative analysis, meta-analysis will be applied. Discussion: This review will provide data on the beneficial and/or adverse effects of the use of physical and pharmacological restraints in hospital care. With this review we aim to guide health professionals by providing a critique of the available evidence regarding their choice to either apply or withhold from using restraints. A limitation of the current review will be that we will not specifically address ethical aspects of restraint use. Nevertheless, the outcomes of our systematic review can be used in the composition of a multidisciplinary guideline. Furthermore, our systematic review might determine knowledge gaps in the evidence, and recommendations on how to target these gaps with future research. Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO registration number: CRD42019116186

    Cerebral Palsy:Early Markers of Clinical Phenotype and Functional Outcome

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    The Prechtl General Movement Assessment (GMA) has become a cornerstone assessment in early identification of cerebral palsy (CP), particularly during the fidgety movement period at 3-5 months of age. Additionally, assessment of motor repertoire, such as antigravity movements and postural patterns, which form the Motor Optimality Score (MOS), may provide insight into an infant's later motor function. This study aimed to identify early specific markers for ambulation, gross motor function (using the Gross Motor Function Classification System, GMFCS), topography (unilateral, bilateral), and type (spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and hypotonic) of CP in a large worldwide cohort of 468 infants. We found that 95% of children with CP did not have fidgety movements, with 100% having non-optimal MOS. GMFCS level was strongly correlated to MOS. An MOS > 14 was most likely associated with GMFCS outcomes I or II, whereas GMFCS outcomes IV or V were hardly ever associated with an MOS > 8. A number of different movement patterns were associated with more severe functional impairment (GMFCS III-V), including atypical arching and persistent cramped-synchronized movements. Asymmetrical segmental movements were strongly associated with unilateral CP. Circular arm movements were associated with dyskinetic CP. This study demonstrated that use of the MOS contributes to understanding later CP prognosis, including early markers for type and severity

    HETEAC: The Aerosol Classification Model for EarthCARE

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    We introduce the Hybrid End-To-End Aerosol Classification (HETEAC) model for the upcoming EarthCARE mission. The model serves as the common baseline for development, evaluation, and implementation of EarthCARE algorithms. It shall ensure the consistency of different aerosol products from the multi-instrument platform as well as facilitate the conform specification of broad-band optical properties necessary for the EarthCARE radiative closure efforts. The hybrid approach ensures the theoretical description of aerosol microphysics consistent with the optical properties of various aerosol types known from observations. The end-to-end model permits the uniform representation of aerosol types in terms of microphysical, optical and radiative properties

    Long-range angular correlations on the near and away side in p&#8211;Pb collisions at

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    Neutral pion and η\eta meson production in proton-proton collisions at s=0.9\sqrt{s}=0.9 TeV and s=7\sqrt{s}=7 TeV

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    The first measurements of the invariant differential cross sections of inclusive π0\pi^0 and η\eta meson production at mid-rapidity in proton-proton collisions at s=0.9\sqrt{s}=0.9 TeV and s=7\sqrt{s}=7 TeV are reported. The π0\pi^0 measurement covers the ranges 0.4<pT<70.4<p_T<7 GeV/cc and 0.3<pT<250.3<p_T<25 GeV/cc for these two energies, respectively. The production of η\eta mesons was measured at s=7\sqrt{s}=7 TeV in the range 0.4<pT<150.4<p_T<15 GeV/cc. Next-to-Leading Order perturbative QCD calculations, which are consistent with the π0\pi^0 spectrum at s=0.9\sqrt{s}=0.9 TeV, overestimate those of π0\pi^0 and η\eta mesons at s=7\sqrt{s}=7 TeV, but agree with the measured η/π0\eta/\pi^0 ratio at s=7\sqrt{s}=7 TeV.Comment: 17 pages, 5 captioned figures, 2 tables, authors from page 12, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/310

    Underlying Event measurements in pp collisions at s=0.9 \sqrt {s} = 0.9 and 7 TeV with the ALICE experiment at the LHC

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