Introduction: Only a selected proportion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are managed in secondary care. The aim of this study was to characterize disease severity, treatment and structure of secondary care for COPD in Sweden. Methods: Information was collected from 29 of 33 existing secondary care units of respiratory medicine in Sweden, using both individual data from ...

Abstract For animals undergoing rehabilitation it is vital to monitor welfare in a way that feasible, practical, and limits stress the animal. The industry gold standard assess under Five Domains model, including nutrition, environment, physical health, behaviour as first four domains mental domain fifth. Feasibility effectiveness of these for assessing sea turtles were reviewed was determined ...

This study evaluated the validity of invertebrate diversity for evaluating condition minesite rehabilitation. Because aim rehabilitation mined lands in this region is to establish a self-sustaining ecosystem that resembles “bushland,” variety remnant woodlands vicinity were selected as reference sites. Reference sites encompassed range soil types (alluvial, coarse-textured, or clay) and underst...

background: cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for managing cardiovascular indices as well as controlling the cardiovascular risk profile, in particular after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). however, the effect of this program on right ventricular function following cabg is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ...

CONTEXT Sexual dysfunction is common in patients who undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (PCa). OBJECTIVE Review the available literature concerning prevention of, and management strategies for, post-RP sexual dysfunction in terms of postoperative treatments for erectile function (EF), sexual desire (SD), and orgasmic function (OF) impairment. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A liter...

Heavy economic losses and human casualties caused by destructive earthquakes around the world clearly show the need for a systematic approach for large scale damage detection of various types of existing structures. That could provide the proper means for the decision makers for any rehabilitation plans. The aim of this study is to present an innovative method for investigating the seismic vuln...

An introduction and overview of the Special Issue on Evidence-based Best Practices in the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program that Lead to Employment Outcomes is provided and briefly discussed.