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The Current Status of Radiological Clinical Audit and Feedback on the ESR Guide to Clinical Audit in Radiology and the ESR Clinical Audit Tool (Esperanto) – an ESR Survey of European Radiology Departments [PDF]

Insights into Imaging, 2020
Clinical audit “according to national procedures” is a legal requirement as defined within the recently implemented European Council Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD), 2013/59/Euratom. A survey was undertaken in 2019 to assess the current status of
European Society of Radiology (ESR)
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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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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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QuADRANT: a study on uptake and implementation of clinical audit of medical radiological procedures in Europe—expert recommendations for improvement, endorsed by the ESR

Insights into Imaging, 2023
Background QuADRANT was a study funded by the European Commission to evaluate clinical audit uptake and implementation across Europe, with an emphasis on clinical audit as mandated within the BSSD (Basic Safety Standards Directive).
David C. Howlett, Adrian P. Brady, Monika Hierath, Jonathan Clark, Wolfgang Wadsak, Francesco Giammarile, Núria Jornet, Mary Coffey   +7 more
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A framework for extending trial design to facilitate missing data sensitivity analyses

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background Missing data are an inevitable challenge in Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), particularly those with Patient Reported Outcome Measures.
Alexina J. Mason, Richard D. Grieve, Alvin Richards-Belle, Paul R. Mouncey, David A. Harrison, James R. Carpenter   +5 more
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Ensuring comparisons of health-care providers are fair: development and validation of risk prediction models for critically ill patients

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015
Background: National clinical audit has a key role in ensuring quality in health care. When comparing outcomes between providers, it is essential to take the differing case mix of patients into account to make fair comparisons.
David A Harrison, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, Jason Shahin, Kathryn M Rowan   +3 more
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