Clinical Research Directory

Enhancing Cancer Care: Patient Navigation Through EROTC Quality-of-Life Insights at Sohag Oncology Center - A Cross-Sectional Study

This study investigates the use of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire to assess and address the supportive care needs of cancer patients. It aims to align patient-identified needs with physician-assessed needs to enhance care delivery and referral to supportive clinics such as pain management, physiotherapy, nutrition, and psychotherapy. To improve cancer patients' care, supportive clinics need to be utilised especially for terminal cases. This study investigated the navigation process for patients needing supportive care services based on their responses to the EROTC Quality of Life (QoL) questionnaire, conducted as part of the "Evidence-Based Patient Navigation" initiative. The QoL questionnaire assessed patients across multiple domains relevant to supportive care needs. Approval to use the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire was obtained from the "European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)"5 before study initiation. Our process included both the EROTC-QoL questionnaire (patient-identified needs) and the physicians-assessed needs across four supportive clinics: pain management, physiotherapy, nutrition, and psychotherapy. Clinic navigation was determined by a threshold score (up to a maximum of 4), with patients needing specialized support scoring higher than 2 and those below 2 not needing such services. This initiative (data collection phase) ran from January 1, 2024, to September 31, 2024, and the analysis process was followed afterward. Additionally, we conducted a consistency analysis to measure the alignment between the two assessments.

The State of Nebulizer Therapy in Russian Federation

It is known that the inhalation (nebulizer) use of drugs is of great importance in the intensive care of patients with acute and chronic respiratory failure of various origins. Searching PubMed data for the last 5 years (2017-2022) for the keywords "nebulizer therapy" revealed 533 publications, and "mesh nebulizer therapy" - only 25 sources. During the same period, the national database (E-Library) has 75 publications for the keywords "nebulizer therapy", and 4 sources for "mesh nebulizer therapy". It should be noted that almost all publications are devoted to the use of nebulizers for specific diseases and pathological syndromes. There are no works evaluating the adherence of specialists, systemic indications and actually used methods. The aim of trial is to study the current state of the use of nebulizer therapy in medical organizations and identify ways to improve its effectiveness This study is planned to be carried out using a questionnaire using a database based on the Internet electronic survey form.

Airway Approaches of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Physicians in Cervical Neck Trauma Patients in Turkey

Title: Airway Approaches of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Physicians in Cervical Neck Trauma Patients in Turkey: A Survey Study This study aims to evaluate the knowledge, awareness levels, and equipment adequacy of anesthesiology and reanimation physicians in Turkey regarding airway management in cervical neck trauma patients through a 32-question online survey. The findings will inform targeted improvements in training and resource allocation to enhance clinical outcomes in this patient population.