The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of operating room (OR) care combined with home care on postoperative rehabilitation and prognosis of gastric cancer patients with low PTEN gene expression. Ninety-six gastric cancer patients with low PTEN gene expression, who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital were recruited. PTEN expression was measured by semi-quantitative polym...

BACKGROUND Health care organizations face pressures from patients to improve the quality of care and clinical outcomes, as well as pressures from managed care to do so more efficiently. Coordination, the management of task interdependencies, is one way that health care organizations have attempted to meet these conflicting demands. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to introduce the...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop nursing practice guidelines and algorithms for the pre- and postoperative care of gastric cancer patients. METHODS The guidelines and algorithms were developed based on a literature review and subject-matter experts' knowledge. The usefulness and applicability of the developed guidelines and algorithms were evaluated by the expert group. RESUL...