Letʼs Be Clear

Letʼs Play!

The primary goal of Let’s play was to observe and conduct a literature review of preschool play behaviors. To aid in the observation of play, children were given autonomous robots to create open-ended games. The following literature review collates studies which seek to validate and describe play behaviors dominant in young children using various scales. The secondary goal of this study is util...

Patients want to be heard–loud and clear!

We congratulate ten Hoorn et al. [1] on their systematic review of communication with ICU patients. Their work in defining an algorithm to assist improving communication options for these patients addresses a clear gap in patient-centred care in the ICU. Despite the article giving a good overview of possible communication options for the ventilated ICU patient, we respectfully suggest that the ...

Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to be Wrong?

Clear view, clear benefit.

n this issue of the Journal, a clinical investigation by Ozaki et al focuses on the flushing solution used for image acquisition with frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT).1 The authors present the cross-sectional area measurement as a quantitative evaluation using low-molecular dextran L (LMD-L) approximate to that of contrast media, and the non-inferiority of LMD-L to contras...

Serum Adiponectin Level May be an Independent Predictor of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

OBJECTIVES To examine whether serum adiponectin or leptin level has the ability to differentiate clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) from other subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a Chinese population. PATIENTS AND METHODS We recruited 198 consecutive patients who were treated with radical or partial nephrectomy in our department from September 2011 to June 2013. Their histological ...