NURSING CARE USING KT (KUCHI-KARA TABERU) INDEX RADAR CHART ENABLING ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DYSPHAGIA TO LIVE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS AFTER INITIATING GASTROSTOMY FEEDING

Some patients with severe dysphagia need to undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (gastrostomy feeding), which improves nutrition but leads them to feel they are not living like human beings.The KT (Kuchi-kara Taberu, or ingesting orally in Japanese) index was developed in order to comprehensively assess and intervene in problems with eating

There is an increasing need to validate and collect data approximating brain size on individuals in the field to understand what evolutionary factors drive brain size variation within and across species.We investigated whether we could accurately estimate endocranial volume (a proxy for brain size), as measured by computerized tomography (CT) scans

Complement factor I (FI) is a central inhibitor of the complement system, and impaired FI function increases complement activation, contributing to diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS).Genetic variation in complement factor I (CFI) has been identified in both AMD and aHUS, with more t

Objective To investigate the dietary and hygiene behaviours and influencing factors of women during the puerperium in South China.Design A cross-sectional study.Setting Three tertiary hospitals in Guangdong Province, ChinaParticipants From November 2022 to March 2023, 327 women with puerperal experience were enrolled using the purposive sampling me