scholarly journals The nurse’s role in the care of primary cutaneous lymphomas

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Sophia Tselenkidou ◽  
Marianna Andreou
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Scientific Societies ◽  
Multiprofessional Team ◽  
Nursing Role ◽  
Cutaneous Lymphomas ◽  
Nurse Navigator ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Treatment Support

Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas are a group of lymphomas that show complexity in diagnosis, clinical presentation and treatment. The aim of this review paper is to present the nurse’s role in the care of Primary Cutaneous Lymphomas, both as member of a multidisciplinary team, as well as an independent healthcare professional in the diagnosis, treatment, support of patients’ and in the management of the adverse complications. A review of the publications in Greek medical journals, nursing books, electronic databases of scientific societies and in pubmed and google scholar database, for the period from 2004 to 2018. From the papers found 53 were used. The nursing role is crucial, both in the initial diagnosis of the disease, as well as in the progress and treatment. The nurse’s role as a member of the multiprofessional team is emphafized, especially as nurse navigator. At the same time, the potential problems during treatment and the nursing interventions are presented. In conclusion, it is stated that a nurse can help solve many problems related to the understanding of symptoms and the course of the disease, but also be a supportive person for the patient and his/her caregiver. At the same time, the nurse is presented as a useful guide with the complexity of healthcare system.

scholarly journals Taking a look to promoting health and complications' prevention: differences by context

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria de Albuquerque Freire ◽  
Maria José Lumini Landeiro ◽  
Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins ◽  
Teresa Martins ◽  
Heloísa Helena Ciqueto Peres
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Quality Practices ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Ethical Committee Approval ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Prevention Activities

ABSTRACT Objectives: to acknowledge and compare the health promotion and complications' prevention practices performed by nurses working in hospital and primary health care contexts. Methods: descriptive, exploratory and crosscutting study, performed with 474 nurses selected by convenience sampling. It was used a form that encompassed two categories of descriptive statements about quality in the professional exercise of nurses. This study had ethical committee approval. Results: the nurses' population was mainly women (87,3%) with an average age of 35,5 years. There was more practices of the hospital's nurses related to the identification of potential problems of the patient (p=0.001) and supervision of the activities that put in place the nursing interventions and the activities that they delegate (p=0.003). Conclusion: the nurses perform health promotion and complications' prevention activities, however not in a systematic fashion and professional practices differ by context. This study is relevant as it may promote the critical consciousness of the nurses about the need of stressing quality practices.

scholarly journals Exuberant clinical presentation of probable Malassezia folliculitis in a young nonimmunosuppressed patient

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Alencar Marques ◽  
Sabrina Bortoletto Gomes da Silva ◽  
Rosangela Maria Pires de Camargo ◽  
Hamilton Ometto Stolf ◽  
Mariangela Esther Alencar Marques
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Inflammatory Disorder ◽  
Upper Limbs ◽  
Malassezia Folliculitis ◽  
Treatment Support ◽  
The Face ◽  
Immunosuppressed Patients

Malassezia folliculitis is an inflammatory disorder observed in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. The authors describe an unusual and exuberant presumed case affecting the face, trunk and upper limbs of a 12-year-old nonimmunosuppressed patient. Although the agent was not identified by culture, the clinical and histopathological aspects plus the response to specific treatment support the diagnosis of Malassezia folliculitis. The only possible predisponent cause observed on the patient was greasy skin. Repetitive cultures were negative. Treatment with itraconazol promoted apparent cure, however, the patient relapsed twelve months later.

scholarly journals ‘Semi-third-day fever’ according to special observations and experiments carried out in the southern countries of Russian Empire. Described by Dr. Iog Mart Minderer in 1770–1772

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 183-191
Author(s):  
Elena V. Volchkova
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Scientific Societies ◽  
Attentive Reader ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Geographical Characteristics

The article Semi-third-day fever is based on personal experience obtained during the hostilities in the southern regions of the Russian Empire in 17701772 by Doctor Ioannes Mart Minderer, Active State Councilor and companion, correspondent of various scientific societies, and member of the Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy. At first glance, the semi-third-day fever described by the author looks completely mysterious, but an attentive reader can solve this puzzle based on a detailed description of the course of the disease by days, clinical symptoms, course options, and most importantly, the climatic and geographical characteristics of the area, which is characterized by the spread of this disease, as well as based on own clinical experience and contemporary literature. The logical chain created by the author is of particular note, as it linked together the clinical presentation, geographical, climatic, and social conditions under which the disease considered develops, which is essentially a prelude to the formation of understanding of the role of environmental factors in the development and spread of various infections. Despite the archaic language of presentation, the article is percepted with great interest and is an example of a deep and comprehensive approach to the material analyzed.

Dysimmune Neurologic Disorders

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-684
Author(s):  
Jeanie Jewell Mascarella ◽  
Diane Carol Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Myasthenia Gravis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Current Therapy ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Reye's Syndrome ◽  
Neurologic Diseases ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
Potential Problems

This article reviews the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and current therapy of four neurologic diseases currently believed to be autoimmune in etiology: myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and Reye’s syndrome. Nursing care of these patients is very challenging and crucial to the survival and prevention of further complications. Nursing interventions for the potential problems faced by these individuals are described

scholarly journals Schistosomal glomerular disease (a review)

1984 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilton A. Andrade ◽  
E. Van Marck
Keyword(s):  
Complex Disease ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Hepatic Clearance ◽  
Renal Glomerulus ◽  
Usual Form ◽  
Glomerular Lesions ◽  
Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis

In this review paper schistosomal glomerulopathy is defined as an immune-complex disease. The disease appears in 12-15 per cent of the individuals with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. Portal hypertension with collateral circulation helps the by pass of the hepatic clearance process and the parasite antigens can bind to antibodies in the circulation and be trapped in the renal glomerulus. Chronic membranousproliferative glomerulonephritis is the most commom lesion present and the nephrotic syndrome is the usual form of clinical presentation. The disease can be experimentally produced, and schistosomal antigens and antibodies, as well as complement, can be demonstrated in the glomerular lesions. Specific treatment of schistosomiasis does not seem to alter the clinical course of schistosomal nephropathy.

Recurrence of sarcoidosis after lung transplantation presenting as neurosarcoidosis

2020 ◽  
pp. 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000980
Author(s):  
Robert Case ◽  
Ramon Valentin ◽  
Aaron Carlson ◽  
Diana Gomez ◽  
Hassan Alnauimat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis ◽  
Steroid Treatment ◽  
Acute Encephalopathy ◽  
Mri Imaging ◽  
Mri Findings ◽  
Treatment Support ◽  
Is Development

Recurrence of pulmonary sarcoidosis after transplantation of the lung is known to occur and has not been shown to lead to negative outcomes. However, recurrence in a new primary organ is incredibly rare and not an established pattern of clinical presentation. Neurosarcoidosis can present in a variety of ways, one of which is development of acute encephalopathy and diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement on MRI imaging. In the case we present, the MRI findings, the improvement of symptoms and imaging abnormalities with steroid treatment support a diagnosis of probable neurosarcoidosis. Since a minority of patients who undergo lung transplantation have sarcoidosis, it is possible that subsequent development of neurosarcoidosis may be under recognized.

Evaluation of the nursing care plan in a thyroidectomy surgical case

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Emma McCluskey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Surgical Case ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Potential Problems

Veterinary nurses work closely with their patients to deliver a high quality of care. This care is implemented using nursing care plans (NCPs). This article aims to evaluate the use of a nursing care plan and its value in practice as well as enhancing nurses' understanding of them. Within this article the author will be discussing the actual and potential problems and implementing the nursing interventions in a nursing care plan pre, post surgery and at discharge in a thyroidectomy case. Veterinary nurses play an important role in making sure the NCP is successful and patients receive the best quality of care. This article evaluates the benefits and disadvantages of NCPs to determine whether they are useful for nursing care of surgical cases.

Statistics and parallaxes

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 7-29
Author(s):  
T. E. Lutz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Systematic Errors ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
Random Errors ◽  
Trigonometric Parallaxes ◽  
Systematic And Random Errors

This review paper deals with the use of statistical methods to evaluate systematic and random errors associated with trigonometric parallaxes. First, systematic errors which arise when using trigonometric parallaxes to calibrate luminosity systems are discussed. Next, determination of the external errors of parallax measurement are reviewed. Observatory corrections are discussed. Schilt’s point, that as the causes of these systematic differences between observatories are not known the computed corrections can not be applied appropriately, is emphasized. However, modern parallax work is sufficiently accurate that it is necessary to determine observatory corrections if full use is to be made of the potential precision of the data. To this end, it is suggested that a prior experimental design is required. Past experience has shown that accidental overlap of observing programs will not suffice to determine observatory corrections which are meaningful.

Microbulldozing and Microchiseling

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
J.N. Ramsey ◽  
D.P. Cameron ◽  
F.W. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Foreign Matter ◽  
Specific Location ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Knoop Indenter ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Microhardness Tester

As computer components become smaller the analytical methods used to examine them and the material handling techniques must become more sensitive, and more sophisticated. We have used microbulldozing and microchiseling in conjunction with scanning electron microscopy, replica electron microscopy, and microprobe analysis for studying actual and potential problems with developmental and pilot line devices. Foreign matter, corrosion, etc, in specific locations are mechanically loosened from their substrates and removed by “extraction replication,” and examined in the appropriate instrument. The mechanical loosening is done in a controlled manner by using a microhardness tester—we use the attachment designed for our Reichert metallograph. The working tool is a pyramid shaped diamond (a Knoop indenter) which can be pushed into the specimen with a controlled pressure and in a specific location.

Jansky-Bielschowsky syndrome, a lysosomal disease: First diagnosed cash in Oman

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 632-633
Author(s):  
Line Buhl ◽  
David Muirhead
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Neurological Disorder ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis ◽  
Infantile Form ◽  
Lysosomal Disease ◽  
Juvenile Form ◽  
Progressive Encephalopathy ◽  
Lysosomal Diseases

There are four lysosomal diseases of which the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is the rarest. The clinical presentation and their characteric abnormal ultrastructure subdivide them into four types. These are known as the Infantile form (Santavuori-Haltia), Late infantile form (Jansky-Bielschowsky), Juvenile form (Batten-Spielmeyer-Voght) and the Adult form (Kuph's).An 8 year old Omani girl presented wth myclonic jerks since the age of 4 years, with progressive encephalopathy, mental retardation, ataxia and loss of vision. An ophthalmoscopy was performed followed by rectal suction biopsies (fig. 1). A previous sibling had died of an undiagnosed neurological disorder with a similar clinical picture.

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