results the mean duration of esophagectomy was 70 minutes and the total operation 180 minutes. the mean amount of bleeding during surgery was 250 cc. conversion to open approach occurred only in one patient out of 15. no cases of anastomotic leakage or pneumonia was observed. also, no case of mortality was reported. patients and methods this is a prospective study of 15 selected patients who un...

extract  this article is about sports training that reduce pain after cesarean delivery. this method not only for women but also for other women and men who have abdominal surgery is beneficial. this method is based on relaxation , facilitate deep breathing and after surgery coughing. after that, some advices is given to patients for pain relief.   exercises to relax the muscles:   naturally af...

OBJECTIVE To build a theoretical model to configure the network social support experience of people involved in home care. METHOD A quantitative approach research, utilizing the Grounded Theory method. The simultaneous data collection and analysis allowed the interpretation of the phenomenon meaning The network social support of people involved in home care. RESULTS The population passive p...

Fungal endocarditis represents both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the treating team. The critical care physician will see a rising incidence as older and more immuno-compromised patients are being supported in their intensive care units. Aspergillus sp. endocarditis represents less than 25% of all cases of fungal endocarditis and is associated with a mortality of around 80%. Early d...

This article describes a method for estimating the inter-rater reliability of pressure ulcer (PU) staging (stages I-IV) from raters in National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) participating hospitals. The method models ordinal spanning data utilizing an ordinal probit Bayesian hierarchical model (BHM) across several hospitals in which raters monitor patient's PUs. An ulcer that c...