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Out-of-Hospital emergency airway management practices: A nationwide observational study from Aotearoa New Zealand

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Background and Objectives: Airway management is crucial for emergency care in critically ill patients outside the hospital setting. An Airway Registry is useful in providing essential information for quality improvement purposes.
Chris Kibblewhite, Verity F. Todd, Graham Howie, Josh Sanders, Craig Ellis, Bryan Dittmer, Elena Garcia, Andy Swain, Tony Smith, Bridget Dicker   +9 more
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Waterbirth: a national retrospective cohort study of factors associated with its use among women in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Waterbirth is widely available in English maternity settings for women who are not at increased risk of complications during labour. Immersion in water during labour is associated with a number of maternal benefits.
H. Aughey, J. Jardine, N. Moitt, K. Fearon, J. Hawdon, D. Pasupathy, I. Urganci, NMPA Project Team, T. Harris   +8 more
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OASI2: a cluster randomised hybrid evaluation of strategies for sustainable implementation of the Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Care Bundle in maternity units in Great Britain

Implementation Science, 2021
Background The Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) Care Bundle comprises four primary and secondary prevention practices that target the rising rates of severe perineal tearing during childbirth, which can have severe debilitating consequences for ...
Magdalena Jurczuk, Posy Bidwell, Dorian Martinez, Louise Silverton, Jan Van der Meulen, Daniel Wolstenholme, Ranee Thakar, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Nick Sevdalis   +8 more
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Reduced exposure to vasopressors through permissive hypotension to reduce mortality in critically ill people aged 65 and over: the 65 RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Vasopressors are administered to critical care patients to avoid hypotension, which is associated with myocardial injury, kidney injury and death.
Paul R Mouncey, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, David A Harrison, M Zia Sadique, Richard D Grieve, Julie Camsooksai, Robert Darnell, Anthony C Gordon, Doreen Henry, Nicholas Hudson, Alexina J Mason, Michelle Saull, Chris Whitman, J Duncan Young, François Lamontagne, Kathryn M Rowan, the 65 trial investigators   +17 more
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Treatment strategies for new onset atrial fibrillation in patients treated on an intensive care unit: a systematic scoping review

Critical Care, 2021
Background New-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) in patients treated on an intensive care unit (ICU) is common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Laura Drikite, Jonathan P. Bedford, Liam O’Bryan, Tatjana Petrinic, Kim Rajappan, James Doidge, David A. Harrison, Kathryn M. Rowan, Paul R. Mouncey, Duncan Young, Peter J. Watkinson, Mark Corbett   +11 more
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Data quality predicts care quality: findings from a national clinical audit [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Missing clinical outcome data are a common occurrence in longitudinal studies. Data quality in clinical audit is a particular cause for concern. The relationship between departmental levels of missing clinical outcome data and care quality is
Bechman, Katie, Dennison, Elaine M., Galloway, James B., Ledingham, Jo, Macgregor, Alexander J., Norton, Sam, Yates, Mark   +6 more
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Clinical Audit [PDF]

, 2021
AbstractAudit literally means ‘official inspection of an organization’s data or finances, typically by an independent body’. While most audits relate to financial matters, medical audits are used by health care professionals to evaluate, estimate, and improve the care of their patients in an organized way. These can be internal or external.
Samiran Nundy, Atul Kakar, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta   +2 more
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Undertaking clinical audit, with reference to a Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health audit of lithium monitoring [PDF]

, 2013
Audit is an important tool for quality improvement. The collection of data on clinical performance against evidence-based and clinically relevant standards, which are considered by clinicians to be realistic in routine practice, can usefully prompt ...
Barnes, TR, Paton, C
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Using a community of practice to evaluate falls prevention activity in a residential aged care organisation: a clinical audit [PDF]

, 2016
Objective This study evaluates whether a community of practice (CoP) could conduct a falls prevention clinical audit and identify gaps in falls prevention practice requiring action.
Anderson, Benjamin, Berk, Bouwen, Bowie, Cameron, Elo, Francis-Coad, Gibson, Glasziou, Gould, Ivers, Jones, Kitson, Mitchell, Nitz, Oliver, Ranmuthugala, Rapp, Verbeek   +19 more
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Cyberthreats on Implantable Medical Devices

Journal of Information Security and Cybercrimes Research, 2021
The significant and rapid technological development in the field of medical care, and Implanted Medical Device, clearly lead to improve the quality of care and effectiveness of treatment for numerous diseases that were previously difficult to be ...
Mohammed N. A. Sabra
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