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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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Clinical audit in the laboratory [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2009
Audits are part of the continuous quality improvement process and one of the key elements of clinical governance. Laboratory-based clinical audits are concerned primarily with the everyday aspects of laboratory services and are a means of providing feedback to the users of the laboratory and its staff.
R T, Erasmus, A E, Zemlin
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Audit in clinical practice [PDF]

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 2009
Audit dates back to as early as 1750 BC when king Hammurabi of Babylon instigated audit for clinicians with regard to outcome. Clinical audit is a way of fi nding out whether we are doing what we should be doing. It also verifi es whether we are applying the best practice.An audit cycle involves setting-up of standards, measuring current practice ...
Prince Cheriyan, Modayil, Ragesh Kuyyattil, Panchikkeel, Nisha, Alex   +2 more
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KMR: a clinical audit [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007
In the current financial situation, where trusts receive finance based on payment by results, accurate record keeping is very important. Many trusts have lost funding despite having a good patient load because of an inability to produce appropriate data. Information on the performance of a trust is largely obtained from data produced by clinical coding,
K K, Tewary, Stacey, N'Zoaka, Rasieka, Jayatunga   +2 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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