Irish journal of medical science
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Balance and coordination are important for performing activities of daily living. Balance and coordination assessment and training are used by physiotherapists in many different rehabilitation areas. Marmara Balance and Education System (MarBES) is a device developed to evaluate and improve balance and coordination. ⋯ Objective evaluation of balance and coordination parameters is very important in rehabilitation. Results of the study showed that the MarBES device developed by the researchers is a reliable method for the evaluation of balance and coordination in healthy young individuals.
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Determining the predictive factors for cardiac arrest may be helpful in the management of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and in estimating the outcome. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of demographic data, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) initiating setting, compression method, and laboratory parameters on survival from cardiac arrest. ⋯ The results of this study revealed no significant difference between IHCA and OHCA CPR applications and between manual and mechanical compressions in terms of survival in patients with cardiac arrest. In addition, higher pH levels and lower lactate levels measured during CPR were independent predictors of survival.
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Overweight and obese patients are known to have more diseases than normal weight individuals, but it is currently unknown if there is higher utilization of computed tomography (CT) exams among those with larger body sizes. ⋯ Our first-of-its-kind study demonstrating the manyfold use of CT in patients with large body sizes may be interesting for healthcare policy planning and developing guidelines for allocating resources for obese patients.
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Polycystic ovary syndrome is the most extensive type of reproductive endocrine disease in department of gynecology. ⋯ Serum EMAb level in PCOS patients with infertility was significantly increased, and it was significantly correlated with sex hormone levels. Serum EMAb level could be used as a predictor of infertile patients with PCOS.
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Preoperative anxiety is a challenging problem in the preoperative care of patients. Identifying risk factors helps nurses provide psychological support during the pre-operative visit so that stress can be reduced. ⋯ The importance of surgical anxiety for the health system, which affects two out of every three hospitalized patients, should not be underestimated. Therefore, national and global plans should be made to prevent and manage surgical anxiety.