Transcriptomics for child and adolescent tuberculosis

M Kaforou, C Broderick, O Vito, M Levin… - Immunological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). It is estimated
that 70 million children (< 15 years) are currently infected with Mtb, with 1.2 million each year …

Curriculum design and attrition among undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review

ZCY Chan, WY Cheng, MK Fong, YS Fung, YM Ki… - Nurse education …, 2019 - Elsevier
Attrition rates among nursing students are a global issue, and a possible factor in current
nursing shortages. Numerous studies have been conducted to determine why students drop …

Transcultural concepts in nursing care

MM Andrews, JS Boyle - Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Margaret M. Andrews and Joyceen S. Boyle, coauthors of Transcultural Concepts in Nursing
Care, provide a comprehensive framework for providing culturally competent nursing care …

Effect of simulation on knowledge of advanced cardiac life support, knowledge retention, and confidence of nursing students in Jordan

LI Tawalbeh, A Tubaishat - Journal of nursing education, 2014 - journals.healio.com
This study examined the effect of simulation on nursing students' knowledge of advanced
cardiac life support (ACLS), knowledge retention, and confidence in applying ACLS skills …

The Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) Scale: Self-reported competence among nursing students on the point of graduation

A Gardulf, J Nilsson, J Florin, J Leksell, M Lepp… - Nurse education …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background International organisations, eg WHO, stress the importance of competent
registered nurses (RN) for the safety and quality of healthcare systems. Low competence …

Diagnostic advances in childhood tuberculosis—improving specimen collection and yield of microbiological diagnosis for intrathoracic tuberculosis

E Wobudeya, M Bonnet, EG Walters, P Nabeta, R Song… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is no microbiological gold standard for childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis. The
paucibacillary nature of the disease, challenges in sample collection in young children, and …

Advances of new drugs bedaquiline and delamanid in the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in children

H Zhu, X Zhou, Z Zhuang, L Li, J Bi… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem, with nearly 10 million new cases and
millions of deaths each year. Around 10% of these cases are in children, but only a fraction …

ESAT-6 a Major Virulence Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

E Anes, D Pires, M Mandal, JM Azevedo-Pereira - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), is one of
the most successfully adapted human pathogens. Human-to-human transmission occurs at …

The mediating role of self‐efficacy in shaping self‐management behaviors among adults with type 2 diabetes

X Jiang, H Jiang, M Li, Y Lu, K Liu… - Worldviews on Evidence …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Self‐efficacy, diabetes distress, knowledge, and education level are likely the
important factors affecting diabetes self‐management (DSM) behaviors. However, the …

Clinical standards for drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents

SS Chiang, SM Graham, HS Schaaf… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: These clinical standards aim to provide guidance for diagnosis, treatment,
and management of drug-susceptible TB in children and adolescents. METHODS: Fifty-two …