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Family-Reported Experiences Evaluation (FREE) study: a mixed-methods study to evaluate families’ satisfaction with adult critical care services in the NHS

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2015
Background: To improve care it is necessary to feed back experiences of those receiving care. Of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), approximately one-quarter die, and few survivors recollect their experiences, so family members have a ...
Stephen E Wright, Emma Walmsley, Sheila E Harvey, Emily Robinson, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, David A Harrison, Ruth R Canter, Elaine McColl, Annette Richardson, Michael Richardson, Lisa Hinton, Daren K Heyland, Kathryn M Rowan   +12 more
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Assessing the Feasibility of Retrospective and Prospective Clinical Audit in Farm Animal Veterinary Practice

Veterinary Sciences, 2021
As a quality improvement tool, clinical audit has been extensively described in the medical literature. There is scant literature on the use of clinical audit in the farm animal veterinary setting.
Katie Waine, Constance White, Rachel S. Dean, Chris Hudson, Jonathan N. Huxley, Marnie L. Brennan   +5 more
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Clinical audit in European radiology: current status and recommendations for improvement endorsed by the European Society of Radiology (ESR)

Insights into Imaging, 2023
Clinical audit is an important quality improvement activity and has significant benefits for patients in terms of enhanced care, safety, experience and outcomes.
David C. Howlett, Paulette Kumi, Roman Kloeckner, Nuria Bargallo, Bettina Baessler, Minerva Becker, Steve Ebdon-Jackson, Alexandra Karoussou-Schreiner, Christian Loewe, Marta Sans Merce, Marta Serrallonga-Mercader, Vasilis Syrgiamiotis, European Society of Radiology   +12 more
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First-line support for assistance in breathing in children: statistical and health economic analysis plan for the FIRST-ABC trial

Trials, 2020
Background The FIRST-ABC trial comprises of two pragmatic, multicentre, parallel groups, non-inferiority randomised clinical trials designed to evaluate the clinical non-inferiority of first-line use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) to continuous ...
Izabella Orzechowska, M. Zia Sadique, Karen Thomas, Peter Davis, Kevin P. Morris, Paul R. Mouncey, Mark J. Peters, Alvin Richards-Belle, Lyvonne N. Tume, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, David A. Harrison   +10 more
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and outcomes for new-onset atrial fibrillation in ICU patients: the CAFE scoping review and database analyses

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: New-onset atrial fibrillation occurs in around 10% of adults treated in an intensive care unit. New-onset atrial fibrillation may lead to cardiovascular instability and thromboembolism, and has been independently associated with increased ...
Jonathan Bedford, Laura Drikite, Mark Corbett, James Doidge, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, Alistair Johnson, Kim Rajappan, Paul Mouncey, David Harrison, Duncan Young, Kathryn Rowan, Peter Watkinson   +11 more
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Protocolised Management In Sepsis (ProMISe): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early, goal-directed, protocolised resuscitation for emerging septic shock

Health Technology Assessment, 2015
Background: Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) is recommended in international guidance for the resuscitation of patients presenting with early septic shock.
Paul R Mouncey, Tiffany M Osborn, G Sarah Power, David A Harrison, M Zia Sadique, Richard D Grieve, Rahi Jahan, Jermaine CK Tan, Sheila E Harvey, Derek Bell, Julian F Bion, Timothy J Coats, Mervyn Singer, J Duncan Young, Kathryn M Rowan   +14 more
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Audit of medical records keeping at a Nigerian geriatric clinic

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2019
BACKGROUND: A medical record also known as health chart is the written health information about a patient or clients and is always opened whenever a patient or client visits a health facility.
Dabota Yvonne Buowari
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National clinical audit for hospitalised exacerbations of COPD

ERJ Open Research, 2020
Introduction Exacerbations of COPD requiring hospital admission are burdensome to patients and health services. Audit enables benchmarking performance between units and against national standards, and supports quality improvement.
John R. Hurst, Jennifer K. Quint, Robert A. Stone, Yvonne Silove, Jane Youde, C. Michael Roberts   +5 more
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Positive association between ambulance double-crewing and OHCA outcomes: A New Zealand observational study

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Background and objectives: New Zealand emergency medical service (EMS) crewing configurations generally place one (single) or two (double) crew on each responding ambulance unit.
Bridget Dicker, Kevin Govender, Graham Howie, Andy Swain, Verity F. Todd   +4 more
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A nurse-led, preventive, psychological intervention to reduce PTSD symptom severity in critically ill patients: the POPPI feasibility study and cluster RCT

Health Services and Delivery Research, 2019
Background: High numbers of patients experience severe acute stress in critical care units. Acute stress has been linked to post-critical care psychological morbidity, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Paul R Mouncey, Dorothy Wade, Alvin Richards-Belle, Zia Sadique, Jerome Wulff, Richard Grieve, Lydia M Emerson, Chris R Brewin, Sheila Harvey, David Howell, Nicholas Hudson, Imran Khan, Monty Mythen, Deborah Smyth, John Weinman, John Welch, David A Harrison, Kathryn M Rowan   +17 more
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