PRE-OPERATIVE FASTING: WHY ABBREVIATE?

ABSTRACT Introduction : Considering the practice of preoperative fasting based on observations on the gastric emptying delay after induction and the time of this fast is closely linked to organic response to trauma, arise the question about preoperative nappy insert fasting period necessary to minimize such response and support the professional wit

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Loneliness, loss, and social support among cognitively intact older people with cancer, living in nursing homes – a mixed-methods study

Jorunn Drageset,1,2 Geir Egil Eide,2,3 Elin Dysvik,4 Bodil Furnes,4 Solveig Hauge51Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway; 2Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; 3Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; 4Department of

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