Irish journal of medical science
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This study aimed to determine how an early occupational therapy (OT) intervention affected hospital length of stay (LOS) in a sample of patients with a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ These results suggest that providing early OT interventions to patients with moderate and severe TBIs can help decrease their LOS, which can contribute to reduced treatment costs.
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Asclepiades of Bithynia (124-40 BC) was a Greek physician who practised and taught Greek medicine in Rome. Among his many contributions, Asclepiades challenged the long-standing Hippocratic doctrine of the four humours. ⋯ In clinical practice, Asclepiades's approach to physical and mental illnesses was reasoned, humane, and, in many ways, ahead of its time. As a result of his many contributions and his overall approach to care, Asclepiades is now considered a pioneer of modern physical therapy, the progenitor of a more humane approach to mental illness, and, as highlighted by Yapijakis, the father of modern molecular medicine.
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Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder in lung cancer, and it particularly occurs in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients. The prognostic significance of hyponatremia has been reported in several studies with controversial results. ⋯ Serum sodium concentration did not have an impact on survival in SCLC patients; thus, we concluded that neither the presence nor the severity of hyponatremia affected the outcome of these patients.