Our study revealed the impact of CLN metastasis on the occurrence of morbid events in WDTC patients (especially in those with the papillary subtype) with node metastasis five or more, extracapsular nodal invasion in at least three nodes, and positivity of follow-up diagnostic tools at 6 months. Hence, these patients should be optimally managed and more closely monitored.
GSPECT exhibited optimum performance for coronary artery disease detection and risk stratification in asymptomatic ESRD patients during their first year of regular hemodialysis who were selected according to our modification of the traditional risk category. This may help in selecting suitable candidates for Cath, revascularization, and future renal transplantation.
Many patients on regular hemodialysis have sleep disorders, which not only affect their quality of life but also their immune function. Relaxation techniques are simply designed to teach the patients to relax, and thus improve their ability to sleep. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of relaxation techniques on the quality of sleep of patients with end stage renal failure undergoing hemodialysis. The study was carried out in hemodialysis unit at Mobark Hospital, Tanta University Hospital. A convenient sample of 20 adult patients undergoing hemodialysis was selected, with one group, before and after intervention. Two instruments were used for data collection. Instrument one includes Scio demographic data assessment. Instrument two includes Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale that measures the sleep quality. The main result showed that relaxation technique improved the total score of sleep quality and its dimensions in hemodialysis patients. It is recommended that Periodic clinical assessment of sleep complaints should become routine for dialysis patients. Also, no pharmacological methods such as relaxation techniques should be used for the treatment of sleep problems in hemodialysis patients.
Background: Sound prognostic data in sepsis induced acute renal failure (SARF) are lacking especially on the short term outcome [STO] in the intensive care unit [ICU]. We addressed the use of Tc-99m DMSA [2,3-dimercaptosuccinicacid] renal cortical imaging as a prognostic tool in SARF. This preliminary data could raise Tc-99m DMSA renal imaging as a prognostic tool in SARF that could allow influential interference to prohibit dramatic outcomes as mortality.
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