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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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What influences postgraduate psychiatric trainees’ attitudes to clinical audit? [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Clinical audit is an important component of safe and ethical practice but many clinicians cite barriers to engagement in audit.Methodology: A total of 81 basic specialist trainees in psychiatry were surveyed in terms of their basic ...
McWilliams, S., Schofield, S.
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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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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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Where do hands go? An audit of sequential hand-touch events on a hospital ward [PDF]

, 2012
Reservoirs of pathogens could establish themselves at forgotten sites on a ward, posing a continued risk for transmission to patients via unwashed hands.
Dancer, S.J., Robertson, Christopher, Smith, S.J., Young, V.   +3 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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Restricted fluid bolus versus current practice in children with septic shock: the FiSh feasibility study and pilot RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2018
Background: There has been no randomised controlled trial (RCT) of fluid bolus therapy in paediatric sepsis in the developed world despite evidence that excess fluid may be associated with harm.
David Inwald, Ruth R Canter, Kerry Woolfall, Caitlin B O’Hara, Paul R Mouncey, Zohra Zenasni, Nicholas Hudson, Steven Saunders, Anjali Carter, Nicola Jones, Mark D Lyttle, Simon Nadel, Mark J Peters, David A Harrison, Kathryn M Rowan   +14 more
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Permissive versus restrictive temperature thresholds in critically ill children with fever and infection: a multicentre randomized clinical pilot trial

Critical Care, 2019
Background Fever improves pathogen control at a significant metabolic cost. No randomized clinical trials (RCT) have compared fever treatment thresholds in critically ill children.
Mark J. Peters, Kerry Woolfall, Imran Khan, Elisabeth Deja, Paul R. Mouncey, Jerome Wulff, Alexina Mason, Rachel S. Agbeko, Elizabeth S. Draper, Blaise Fenn, Doug W. Gould, Abby Koelewyn, Nigel Klein, Christine Mackerness, Sian Martin, Lauran O’Neill, Samiran Ray, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Shane Tibby, Kentigern Thorburn, Lyvonne Tume, Jason Watkins, Paul Wellman, David A. Harrison, Kathryn M. Rowan, the FEVER Investigators on behalf of the Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study Group (PICS-SG)   +25 more
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Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 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
doaj   +1 more source