FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES

Factors associated with aspiration pneumonia and preventive measures in hospitalized elderly: a systematic review of observational studies

ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify associated factors and preventive measures for aspiration pneumonia in hospitalized elderly patients.Methods: the PPOT (population, predictor, outcome, and type of study) was the strategy used to define the eligibility criteria: (1) Population: people over 60 years of age; (2) predictor: hospitalized patients (3) Outco

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Multiplex Immunofluorescence and the Digital Image Analysis Workflow for Evaluation of the Tumor Immune Environment in Translational Research

A robust understanding of the tumor immune environment has important implications for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, research, and immunotherapy.Traditionally, immunohistochemistry (IHC) has been regarded as the standard method for detecting proteins in situ, but this technique allows for the evaluation of only one cell marker per tissue sample at a

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