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Newest firstNursing students in undergraduate programmes exhibit comparable, sometimes higher, levels of poor mental health and substance use compared to the general population; however, this area remains under-researched in New Zealand. The study involved 172 nursing students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing programme at one tertiary institution in Auckland, New Zealand. Employing a mixed-methodology approach, a 29-questi…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction Despite the increasing rate of cholecystectomy in pediatric patients, no standardized protocols for perioperative biliary tree clearance in children exist and the applicability of adult guidelines to pediatric patients remains uncertain. Aim To identify predictors for CBD stones in pediatric patients undergoing cholecystectomy and to evaluate the applicability of adult guidelines for children. Materia…
Open article record in new tab ↗Objective Very few publications have reported the impact of artisanal cannabis use on overall quality of life among people with drug-resistant epilepsy. This study aimed to evaluate the association of artisanal cannabis use among adults with drug-resistant epilepsy with quality of life, and to determine if an association exists between Quality-of-Life in Epilepsy Inventory-31 (QOLIE-31) 'T scores' and different cl…
Aim To study the profile of paediatric blunt abdominal trauma and to assess the correlation of grade of injury with the outcome. Materials and methods It is a prospective observational study from January 2015 to December 2020. Children below 12 years with blunt abdominal trauma were included. Patient demographic data, treatment given and the final outcome were recorded. All patients were followed up for a minimum…
Background/aim To retrospectively assess the accuracy of intravenous (IV) contrast-enhanced multidetector CT (MDCT) in choledocholithiasis detectability, in the presence and absence of positive intraduodenal contrast. Patients and methods Over a 3-year period, patients in whom endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed within a week from a portovenous (PV)-enhanced abdominal CT were identi…