Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Dec 2024
Self-administration of aspirin for acute chest pain-Does it prevent premature cardiovascular mortality?
Aspirin as a class I guideline recommended medical treatment for acute coronary syndrome has been established for decades [1]. As early intake of aspirin is crucial, self-administration of aspirin in acute chest pain might be beneficial when weighing up the potential harm including a slightly elevated bleeding risk in patients with chest pain of another origin than myocardial infarction against the benefit in patients with coronary ischemia.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Dec 2024
Adequate bowel preparation of patients undergoing screening colonoscopy : Does educational status matter? A retrospective data analysis.
In order to achieve a high-quality screening colonoscopy, a high-quality bowel preparation is essential. To perform an adequate bowel cleansing patients need to understand and act on medical information, also known as health literacy. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the patients' educational status as a proxy for health literacy and adequate bowel preparation. ⋯ Patients with a tertiary education showed better bowel preparation quality than non-academics in Austria. Therefore, it is important to improve strategies on how to inform also less educated persons to facilitate a better screening colonoscopy quality and to optimize the use of resources from a clinical as well as a public health perspective.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Dec 2024
Determinants of undergraduate medical students' satisfaction with clinical supervision: A cohort study in a longitudinally structured sixth year clinical placement.
Work satisfaction is associated with fewer employee turnover intentions, increased job engagement and interest, and has a greater impact on employee well-being than environmental factors, such as workload. In workplace learning, clinical supervisors promote student satisfaction by meeting students' supervision needs in providing safe practice opportunities, training, and guidance in the social field. To quantitatively investigate this relationship, we proposed a supervision deficit index as a measure of learner-centered supervision received and explored its correlation with satisfaction in workplace learning. ⋯ Students favored competence support. Highlighting the importance of autonomy support to students and encouraging supervisors to engage in learner-centered supervision may improve the supervision experience and work satisfaction for both. The deficit index can be used to evaluate the effects of such interventions.
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A 63-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukemia followed by stem cell transplantation presented with acute heart failure. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction with severe ventricular hypertrophy and signs of elevated filling pressures indicating infiltrative cardiomyopathy. ⋯ The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart with a fish-flesh appearance. Here, we describe a rare case of a myeloid sarcoma of the heart.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Dec 2024
Clinical characteristics of human brucellosis in different age groups in the Republic of North Macedonia-A case series.
Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection that presents a major challenge to public health worldwide. ⋯ Brucellosis presents highly variable clinical and epidemiological features across all age groups; however, certain characteristics may be associated with age.