Pak J Med Sci
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To determine the impacts of pain nursing intervention of patients with craniocerebral trauma combined with ocular trauma after decompressive craniotomy. ⋯ Pain nursing intervention shows a variety of benefits in the treatment of patients with craniocerebral trauma combined with ocular trauma after decompressive craniectomy, improving their quality of life, self-care ability and nursing satisfaction.
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To evaluate the clinical effects of intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia (IPCH) in the treatment of postoperative patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer, and its impacts on tumor markers and immune functions. ⋯ IPCH has the potential to effectively enhance comprehensively clinical therapeutic effects among postoperative patients with ovarian cancer, significantly improve patients' immune states, and evidently reduce expression levels of various tumor markers.
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Cancer patients treated with chemotherapy often face variety of side effects, with nausea and vomiting being the most frequent. Ginger (Zingiber officinale), contains natural compounds that can speed up the metabolism and increase intestinal motility. It is traditionally used to treat gastrointestinal disorders. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of ginger in management of nausea among patients receiving chemotherapy. ⋯ Ginger significantly managed the nausea among patients receiving chemotherapy. Its natural antiemetic properties provide a convenient and safe way to reduce the post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting.
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Acute appendicitis is one of the commonest causes of acute abdominal pain presenting to emergency department (ED) and Computerized Tomography scan (CT) is considered gold standard for its diagnosis. Internationally Low Dose Computerized Tomography scan (LDCT) in emergency department is recommended as a beneficial tool to diagnose acute appendicitis with less exposure to radiation and reduction in the rate of negative laparotomy. Local trials are needed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of LDCT as the first line imaging test for acute appendicitis. Our objective was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of LDCT as the first line imaging test for acute appendicitis. ⋯ Our study showed that for diagnosing acute appendicitis, LDCT is harmless, fast and economical imaging modality and has diagnostic accuracy with decrease in radiation dose.
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Efficacy of argon-helium cryoablation combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced NSCLC.
To explore the efficacy of argon-helium cryoablation (AHC) combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ Compared with chemotherapy alone, conventional chemotherapy combined with AHC in the treatment of advanced NSCLC can significantly reduce the levels of serum tumor markers and improve overall treatment efficacy, quality of life and 1-year overall survival rate.