Pak J Med Sci
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To explore the clinical efficacy of the interactive humanistic nursing model in emergency rescue of epidemic outbreaks. ⋯ The interactive humanistic nursing model effectively improves the psychological status of patients and increases treatment compliance, clinical efficacy, and nursing quality, which is worthy of clinical application.
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Many patients after cholecystectomy, develop gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and are worried. The objective of this study was to find out the risk factors for severe GI symptoms following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) during first year of follow-up. ⋯ Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy of patients with cholelithiasis who have a smaller number of attacks of cholecystitis have less frequency of severe GI symptoms after the surgery.
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To investigate and compare the median nerve-cross sectional area at the wrist region of the dominant and non-dominant hands of high- and low- smartphone users. ⋯ Smartphone overuse resulted in an enlarged median nerve, especially in the dominant hand.
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To determine the diagnostic accuracy and procedure safety of ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy of extra cranial solid masses in the pediatric population. ⋯ Ultrasound-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy had high diagnostic accuracy and a good safety profile among children with extra cranial solid masses in private tertiary care hospital in Karachi Pakistan.
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To determine the correlation of burnout syndrome with emotional intelligence at workplace. ⋯ There is a weak correlation between burnout syndrome and emotional intelligence among clinicians. Further studies need to be conducted on a larger scale to explore the reasons behind this weak correlation.