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Virginia Commonwealth University
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About: Virginia Commonwealth University is a education organization based out in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 23822 authors who have published 49587 publications receiving 1787046 citations. The organization is also known as: VCU.
Topics: Population, Health care, Poison control, Medicine, Cancer
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TL;DR: A theory ofmoral distress is proposed and a research agenda is proposed to develop a better understanding of moral distress, how to prevent it, and, when it cannot be prevented,How to manage it.
Abstract: As professionals, nurses are engaged in a moral endeavour, and thus confront many challenges in making the right decision and taking the right action. When nurses cannot do what they think is right, they experience moral distress that leaves a moral residue. This article proposes a theory of moral distress and a research agenda to develop a better understanding of moral distress, how to prevent it, and, when it cannot be prevented, how to manage it.
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TL;DR: Patients in R/S psychotherapies showed greater improvement than those in alternate secular psychotherAPies both on psychological and spiritual outcomes andReligiously accommodated treatments outperformed dismantling-design alternative treatments on spiritual but not on psychological outcomes.
Abstract: Many clients highly value religious and spiritual (R/S) commitments, and many psychotherapists have accommodated secular treatments to R/S perspectives. We meta-analyzed 51 samples from 46 studies (N = 3,290) that examined the outcomes of religious accommodative therapies and nonreligious spirituality therapies. Comparisons on psychological and spiritual outcomes were made to a control condition, an alternate treatment, or a subset of those studies that used a dismantling design (similar in theory and duration of treatment, but including religious contents). Patients in R/S psychotherapies showed greater improvement than those in alternate secular psychotherapies both on psychological (d =.26) and on spiritual (d = .41) outcomes. Religiously accommodated treatments outperformed dismantling-design alternative treatments on spiritual (d = .33) but not on psychological outcomes. Clinical examples are provided and therapeutic practices are recommended.
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TL;DR: The risk of plantar fasciitis increases as the range of ankle dorsiflexion decreases, and reduced ankle dors iflexion appears to be the most important risk factor.
Abstract: Background: Plantar fasciitis is one of the more common soft-tissue disorders of the foot, yet little is known about its etiology. The purpose of the present study was to use an epidemiological design to determine whether risk factors for plantar fasciitis could be identified. Specifically, we examined the risk factors of limited ankle dorsiflexion with the knee extended, obesity, and time spent weight-bearing.
Methods: We used a matched case-control design, with two controls for each patient. The matching criteria were age and gender. We identified fifty consecutive patients with unilateral plantar fasciitis who met the inclusion criteria. The data that were collected included height, weight, whether the subject spent the majority of the workday weight-bearing, and whether the subject was a jogger or runner. We used a reliable goniometric method to measure passive ankle dorsiflexion bilaterally. The main outcome measure was the adjusted odds ratio of plantar fasciitis associated with varying degrees of limitation of ankle dorsiflexion, different levels of body mass, and the subjects' reports on weight-bearing.
Results: Individuals with ≤0° of dorsiflexion had an odds ratio of 23.3 (95% confidence interval, 4.3 to 124.4) when compared with the referent group of individuals who had >10° of ankle dorsiflexion. Individuals who had a body-mass index of >30 kg/m 2 had an odds ratio of 5.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.9 to 16.6) when compared with the referent group of individuals who had a body-mass index of ≤25 kg/m 2. Individuals who reported that they spent the majority of their workday on their feet had an odds ratio of 3.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.3 to 10.1) when compared with the referent group of those who did not.
Conclusions: The risk of plantar fasciitis increases as the range of ankle dorsiflexion decreases. Individuals who spend the majority of their workday on their feet and those whose body-mass index is >30 kg/m 2 are also at increased risk for the development of plantar fasciitis. Reduced ankle dorsiflexion, obesity, and work-related weight-bearing appear to be independent risk factors for plantar fasciitis. Reduced ankle dorsiflexion appears to be the most important risk factor.
Level of Evidence: Prognostic study, Level II-1 (retrospective study). See Instructions to Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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State University of New York System1, McGill University2, University of Connecticut3, Cornell University4, Umeå University5, Wayne State University6, University of Iowa7, University of Miami8, University of Pennsylvania9, Mayo Clinic10, University of Sydney11, University of Buenos Aires12, University of Chicago13, Shanghai Jiao Tong University14, North-West University15, University of Rochester16, University of Glasgow17, Virginia Commonwealth University18, University of Melbourne19
TL;DR: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of hypertension as mentioned in this paper, which is based on guidelines from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strochastic Hemorrhage.
Abstract: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the American society of hypertension and the International society of hypertension
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Royal Free Hospital1, Carlos III Health Institute2, University of California, San Diego3, Paris Diderot University4, University of Padua5, University of Graz6, Université libre de Bruxelles7, University of Bologna8, Saarland University9, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven10, University of Barcelona11, King's College London12, Virginia Commonwealth University13, Yale University14, University College London15
TL;DR: An in-depth review and a position statement on bacterial infections in cirrhosis are reported, which suggest that research on biomarkers of early infection may be useful in early diagnosis and treatment of infections.
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Ronald C. Kessler | 274 | 1332 | 328983 |
Carlo M. Croce | 198 | 1135 | 189007 |
Nicholas G. Martin | 192 | 1770 | 161952 |
Michael Rutter | 188 | 676 | 151592 |
Kenneth S. Kendler | 177 | 1327 | 142251 |
Bernhard O. Palsson | 147 | 831 | 85051 |
Thomas J. Smith | 140 | 1775 | 113919 |
Ming T. Tsuang | 140 | 885 | 73865 |
Patrick F. Sullivan | 133 | 594 | 92298 |
Martin B. Keller | 131 | 541 | 65069 |
Michael E. Thase | 131 | 923 | 75995 |
Benjamin F. Cravatt | 131 | 666 | 61932 |
Jian Zhou | 128 | 3007 | 91402 |
Rena R. Wing | 128 | 649 | 67360 |
Linda R. Watkins | 127 | 519 | 56454 |