For example, if a quadriplegic child goes to the doctor because of bedsores, doctors often write down the reason the child came in -- the bedsores -- instead of the more serious diagnosis of quadriplegia.
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There were also bedsores on Hector's body, according to officials.
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He died broke and in squalor, after suffering from infected bedsores.
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By week two, you can start developing nasty ulcers called bedsores.
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There were no bedsores, and his skin condition was excellent, Dr. Sammarco said.
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Common citations include failing to protect residents from avoidable accidents, neglect, mistreatment and bedsores.
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Fulgham, was taken to the hospital, where nurses discovered the maggots and bedsores, Blakely says.
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Inspectors found that VA staff failed to prevent or adequately treat bedsores at several facilities.
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It was making a patented cushioning technology to prevent bedsores for those sitting all day.
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He had a curved spine and multiple bedsores, indicating he'd had little room to even move.
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All day and all night they turned him every 90 minutes so he wouldn't get bedsores.
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In the hospital, Geraldine's family learned the common complications of immobility: infection, blood clots and bedsores.
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In people who are immobilized, bedsores develop under bony prominences like the heels and the skull.
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Tending to the bedsores, riding the emotional highs and lows that come with every update from a doctor.
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For her, physical therapy was maintenance and precautionary—for flexibility and over-all health, and to avoid bedsores.
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That's what Gabriel has come up with: using multi-modal technology to prevent and detect both falls and bedsores.
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Pierce's children visited, they rarely saw aides reposition her in bed every two hours, the standard practice to prevent bedsores.
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Soon she'll have enough to hire a private nurse to change her IV, to turn her over and stave off bedsores.
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It's the reason he has bedsores bursting down his side — he can no longer turn himself over when he lies down.
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Although basic care like moving a patient to avoid bedsores is fairly routine, differing circumstances can lead to substantially different needs.
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Currently, hospitals can be fined for hospital-acquired infections, bedsores, medical errors, privacy violations, and patients who are readmitted within 30 days.
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Every so often, nurses turned him so that he did not develop bedsores, and he sometimes grimaced in pain as he spoke.
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For one, it's designed to prevent bedsores, so it's a good bet for those who spend a lot of time under the covers.
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Essential medical tasks such as repositioning a patient to avert bedsores can be overlooked when workers are overburdened, sometimes leading to avoidable hospitalizations.
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And every night, at least two to three times, Maria wakes up to turn Tonina from one side to the other so she doesn't develop bedsores.
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He's being treated for a severe infection he contracted after getting bedsores from sleeping in his wheelchair for three weeks because his medical mattress was broken.
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They include people stabbed or shot decades ago who hang on until old age, as well as young paraplegics felled by bedsores that lead to amputations and infections.
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A California woman has been charged with the alleged homicide of her paraplegic husband, who died one day after being found alive covered in bedsores and maggots, PEOPLE confirms.
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Bill describes, on page 13 of The Whalen Poem, wrapping his father-in-law's penis and balls in a cashmere sweater to prevent bedsores while he died of cancer.
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My dad and I would have to clean her and change her; later on it would include things like rolling her over and making sure she didn't get bedsores.
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The allure of live singing, dancing, and costumes—regular non-starters for anyone steering clear of Times Square—is more attractive as the weekend-long Netflix binges blossom into bedsores.
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In the meantime, medical staff turn people every two hours to keep bedsores at bay and encourage them to do exercises in bed to get their heart and muscles working.
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This, Ruffini documents, has a variety of health effects, including fewer health code violations during inspections, fewer bedsores (technically called "pressure ulcers"), and, most importantly, a large reduction in mortality.
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As they did at each home, Upasarna and the nurses quickly got to work: they checked for bedsores, filled prescriptions, delivered kits of lentils and rice, and often just listened to stories.
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He was severely beaten and scarred, with bedsores from his head to his buttocks, and he was wearing a dirty diaper taped to his body with brown packing tape, the opinion said.
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Feeding tubes are also associated with an increased risk of pressure ulcers or bedsores, perhaps because they encourage inactivity or cause diarrhea; the ulcers heal more slowly than in people without tubes.
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In 1984, he spent six months in prison on a contempt of court charge, where his already bum legs were mysteriously broken, and he developed bedsores so severe he eventually had to be hospitalized.
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ANCHORAGE — Gain a few hundred pounds and lie around in bed for months, and you are likely to develop a host of ailments, from diabetes and heart failure to muscle loss, osteoporosis and bedsores.
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Ms. Valentine said she had obtained verdicts and settlements exceeding $250,000 for relatives of many patients who had died because of infected bedsores, medication mix-ups, malnutrition, dehydration or a failure to provide care.
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Between moving them around to avoid bedsores (about once every two hours) and tasks like feeding and physiotherapy, nurses might end up providing 15 to 30 minutes of care to a patient per hourly check-in.
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On Sundays, they went jogging in the local park, while Irina spent weekends at her own mother's little apartment: her mother was ill, bedridden; she needed to be changed and fed, and there were bedsores to treat.
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In San Francisco, Alice Wong's parents turn her at night to prevent bedsores and work with aides hired by Ms. Wong to provide much of the near-total care she needs because of a progressive nerve disorder, spinal muscular atrophy.
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Of the tens of thousands of spinal-cord-injury patients on both sides of the Great War, eighty per cent died in short order from sepsis initiated by bedsores or kidney infections, and many of the survivors died soon after.
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Similar cases cited in the complaint involve patients coping with the aftereffects of a mastectomy, a kidney transplant, a hip fracture and a knee replacement, some with complications from diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease, others with bedsores and Alzheimer's disease.
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So, BEDSORES notwithstanding, I liked POODLE (mostly for the clue), the entire center staggered stack (PURPLE STATE, DEPECHE MODE and SENIOR PRANK), RON RICO, SANDLOT, ARETHA, MESONS, TASTE BUD, SWOOSH, LENA HORNE, TORPID (just for the way it sounds), KNEECAP and PRANCE.
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The site contains a trove of information about nursing homes, for those willing to click through to findings like hours of staff time per resident per day, deficiencies discovered during the most recent inspections, and how many residents have bedsores and other indications of poor care.
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They will also, Huiss says, not lose sight of the humanity of their patients, making sure not only that they don't develop bedsores or go hungry, but that they stay well clothed, comfortable, and treated like a person, not a meat sack to keep in stasis.
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Sheepskin boots are used in nursing for bedridden patients to prevent bedsores, especially at the heel.
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The most important care for a person at risk for pressure ulcers and those with bedsores is the redistribution of pressure so that no pressure is applied to the pressure ulcer. In the 1940s Ludwig Guttmann introduced a program of turning paraplegics every two hours thus allowing bedsores to heal. Previously such individuals had a two-year life- expectancy, normally succumbing to blood and skin infections. Guttmann had learned the technique from the work of Boston physician Donald Munro.
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There is a much higher rate of bedsores in intensive care units because of immunocompromised individuals, with 8% to 40% of those in the ICU developing bedsores. However, pressure ulcer prevalence is highly dependent on the methodology used to collect the data. Using the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) methodology there are similar figures for pressure ulcers in acutely sick people in the hospital. There are differences across countries, but using this methodology pressure ulcer prevalence in Europe was consistently high, from 8.3% (Italy) to 22.9% (Sweden).
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Intelligent beds should contribute to improved care quality. For example, the documented sensor data regarding the intensity of movement in bed can help care givers recognise and make decisions about whether a resident should be moved to prevent bedsores.
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The second eldest of these was the evolutionary biologist W. D. Hamilton, and one of their daughters, Mary R. Bliss, who followed her mother by becoming a doctor, achieved some notability for designing mattresses to prevent bedsores in geriatric patients.
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He met Dr. Amir Ben-Shalom and developed a real-time bedside pressure sensing mat and technology, the Monitor Alert Protect (MAP) system. The MAP system continuously monitors a patient to display potential development of high-pressure points that lead to bedsores and pressure ulcers.Siddiqui, A., Behrendt, R., Lafluer, M., & Craft, S. (2013).
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The date was significant for the family as it was her parents' 22nd wedding anniversary. She later slipped into a diabetic coma. She was fed from a tube and her mother Kaye turned her from side to side every two hours to prevent bedsores. Kaye also read, played music and made conversation with her.
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Even if the patient wakes up, brain damage is likely to be significant enough to prevent a return to normal functioning. Long-term comas can have a significant impact on a patient's families. Families of coma victims often have idealized images of the outcome based on Hollywood movie depictions of coma. Adjusting to the realities of ventilators, feeding tubes, bedsores, and muscle wasting may be difficult.
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A skin ulcer is often visible in the event of exposure to heat or cold, irritation, or a problem with blood circulation. They can also be caused due to a lack of mobility, which causes prolonged pressure on the tissues. This stress in the blood circulation is transformed to a skin ulcer, commonly known as bedsores or decubitus ulcers. Ulcers often become infected, and pus forms.
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He suffered from malnutrition and was covered in bedsores. While his kidneys were damaged, his other internal organs, including his brain, which had no visible damage other than illnesses, were deemed perfectly healthy. X-rays revealed five broken-off hypodermic needles in the flesh of his arms. To inject codeine into his muscles, Hughes had used glass syringes with metal needles that easily became detached.
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Doreen Norton, OBE, FRCN (1 May 1922, Dartford, Kent – 30 December 2007, Worthing, West Sussex) was an English nurse, in the 1950s she used research to show that the best treatment and prevention of bedsores was removing the pressure by turning the patient. A fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, Norton was regarded as instrumental in changing nursing practices to effectively treat pressure ulcers, a major killer of hospital inpatients.
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A 2008 study evaluated the efficacy of NPWT compared with advanced moist wound therapy (AMWT) to treat diabetic foot ulcers. A greater proportion of foot ulcers closed with NPWT (43.2%) than with AMWT (28.9%). A 2010 systematic review found "consistent evidence of the benefit of NPWT" in the treatment of diabetic ulcers of the feet. Results for bedsores were conflicting and research on mixed wounds was of poor quality, but promising.
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The PNRI developed a Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP) Carrageenan dressing: a fully permanent gel in a form of a sheet that is 3-4mm thick and containing over 90% water, used to treat burns, wounds, and bedsores. It is made from Polyvinylpyrrolidone, a water-soluble polymer, and Carrageenan, a seaweed polysaccharide by the means of Radiation Processing to effect cross-linking and to sterilize the product into a final form.Abad, "PVP-Carrageenan Hydrogel Dressing." 2008.
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According to Lyder and his research team, individuals with chronic conditions such as congestive cardiac failure, pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and those on steroids who acquire pressure ulcers in hospital were at the highest risk of premature death.Staff. (October 2, 2012) "Hospital Bedsores Linked to Patient Mortality", Science Daily. Retrieved December 20, 2018. Lyder is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the New York Academy of Medicine.
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" The Bishop's report does not confirm any of the alleged miracles and cautions against some of the beliefs being promoted. However, the bishop had nothing but praise for the care Audrey had received from her family. He lauded the "excellent care the family gives to their daughter. This has manifested itself in her physical condition, for example, she has not apparently had bedsores in the eleven years she has been confined to her bed.
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While on tour in March 2016, Balin was taken to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City after complaining of chest pains. After undergoing open-heart surgery, he was transferred to an intensive-care unit to spend time recovering. In a subsequent lawsuit, Balin alleged that neglect and inadequate care facilities on the hospital's part had resulted in a paralyzed vocal cord, loss of his left thumb and half of his tongue, bedsores, and kidney damage.
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Lyder is internationally recognized for his expertise in gerontology and chronic care issues affecting older adults. He has addressed pressure ulcer prevention, identifying erythema in dark skin, wound healing and quality improvement in skilled nursing facilities, calling attention to the dangers of unnecessary bedsores received by elder patients in hospitals with inattentive staff.Creswell, Julie and Abelson, Reed (August 14, 2012) "A Giant Hospital Chain is Blazing a Profit Trail", The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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Support surface is any material, such as a mattress, that supports people who are bed-ridden through illness. Research and development of appropriate support surfaces can alleviate some of the complications of immobility, such as bedsores and respiratory problems. The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel's (NPUAP) Support Surface Standards Initiative (S3I) has released the first version of its Terms and Definitions Document. This set of definitions is provided in an attempt to redefine commonly used and confused terms.
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As the days pass, Maggie develops bedsores and undergoes an amputation for an infected leg. She asks a favor of Frankie: to help her die, declaring that she got everything she wanted out of life. A horrified Frankie refuses, and Maggie later bites her tongue repeatedly in an attempt to bleed to death, but the medical staff saves her and takes measures to prevent further suicide attempts. The priest Frankie has harassed for 23 years, Father Horvak, warns him that he would never find himself again if he were to go through with Maggie's wishes.
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Jean removed Kasem from his Santa Monica, California nursing home on May 7, 2014. On May 12, Kerri Kasem was granted temporary conservatorship over her father, despite her stepmother's objection. The court ordered an investigation into Casey Kasem's whereabouts after his wife's attorney told the court that Casey was "no longer in the United States". He was found soon afterward in Washington state. On June 6, 2014, Kasem was reported to be in critical but stable condition in hospital in Washington state, receiving antibiotics for bedsores and treatment for high blood pressure.
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From his earliest youth, Arnott had an intense love of natural philosophy, and to this added an inventiveness which served him in good stead in his profession. This inventiveness helped him to design the Arnott waterbed in the 19th century that was devised to prevent bedsores in invalids. The bed was composed of a bath of water with a covering of rubber-impregnated canvas, on which lighter bedding was placed. However, Arnott didn't patent his design, and without a patent, anyone was able to construct a bed in this design.
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Protesters found life inside the building for 26 days both difficult and life-changing. Because of the need to keep the occupation secret at the beginning, most arrived with only a toothbrush and necessary medications. Some people with disabilities had medical needs that required special attention such as eating and taking medications at set hours and being turned at regular intervals during the night to avoid getting bedsores. Because many had entered the building without their usual care-takers, they turned to their fellow occupiers to assist them in the tasks of daily living.
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Pressure ulcers resulted in 29,000 deaths worldwide in 2013 up from 14,000 deaths in 1990. Each year, more than 2.5 million people in the United States develop pressure ulcers. In acute care settings in the United States, the incidence of bedsores is 0.4% to 38%; within long-term care it is 2.2% to 23.9%, and in home care, it is 0% to 17%. Similarly, there is wide variation in prevalence: 10% to 18% in acute care, 2.3% to 28% in long-term care, and 0% to 29% in home care.
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This cycle, which is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, has a mean duration of two and a half hours. He further observed and documented that the turbinates in the dependent nasal fossa fill when the patient is in the lateral decubitus (lying down on your side) position. Some postulate that this alternating positional obstruction has the purpose of causing a person to turn from one side to the other while sleeping in order to prevent bedsores. Others note that the asymmetric airflow may have some benefit to overall olfactory sensitivity.
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There is a limit to the number of cadavers they have at one point in time at the house. At the University of Washington, a body may be refused if there are signs of decomposition, severe trauma, infectious diseases, significant bedsores, obesity, jaundice, recent surgeries, or autopsied remains. The University of Washington’s School of Medicine has a continuing need for donated bodies to the Willed Body Program and accepts bodies of ages 18 years and older anywhere and only in the state of Washington. The School of Medicine is to be notified immediately at time of death.
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In 1935, Stryker began tinkering in his workshop with medical devices, developing a rubber heel for walking casts as well as an innovative hospital bed that reduced the incidence of bedsores in bed-ridden patients. In 1943, he created his most important invention, an oscillating electric saw "such that the cutter is actuated with a relatively short oscillating stroke of the order of one-eighth of an inch", that cuts and removes casts but would not cut skin. He received a patent in 1947 and the principle is used today in the "Stryker Saw", the standard surgical tool for bone and plaster casts. In 1946, he founded Orthopedic Frame Company Inc.
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In November Taniguchi was transferred to Omura Navy Hospital, where he spent the next 21 months lying on his stomach due to the severe third degree burns on his back. During this time Taniguchi developed severe bedsores on his chest. As he recalls, "holes opened between my ribs and the movement of my heart and other organs became visible through the skin." In October 1945, U.S. Marine photographer Joe O'Donnell snapped a picture of Taniguchi's back while recording the aftermath of the bombing in 50 Japanese cities; this photograph is now exhibited in museums as a graphic depiction of the injuries suffered by survivors of the bombings.
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Samà died in the morning on 27 May 1953 while three women were at her bedside reciting litanies to the Blessed Mother; her gaze upon her death was at the Crucifix on the opposite wall and her last words were the names of Jesus and His mother. Upon her death she had no visible bedsores and her skin was both smooth and unblemished. Her remains were dressed in a white linen dress and carried in a procession through the streets in an open casket before their interment following her funeral on 29 May. Upon her death the parish priest wrote in the margins of her death certificate that Samà had "died in the concept of holiness".
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The home became the center of federal and state fraud charges. Claims were made that patients in the home were abused and neglected, with residents testifying that they had not been given adequate heat, and had been subjected to physical abuse and pest infestations. The site was closed in 1974 as a nursing home.Rasenberger, Jim. "Shadows on the Wall", The New York Times, January 23, 2005. Accessed September 8, 2008. A New York State Senate investigation in 1975 brought witnesses who testified of patients lapsing into comas due to untreated dehydration, bedsores caused by coarse sheets and failure to notify authorities of an epidemic of diarrhea. An unannounced inspection of a home found unsanitary conditions, including milk used a week past its expiration date and excrement on the floors in patient rooms.
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