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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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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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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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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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Nutrition process improvements for adult inpatients with inborn errors of metabolism using the i-PARIHS framework [PDF]

, 2019
This project aimed to implement consensus recommendations and innovations that improve dietetic services to promote timely referral to optimise nutritional management for adult inpatients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).The i-PARIHS framework was ...
Mcgill, Jim, Nisbet, Janelle, van der Meij, Barbara S., Wilkinson, Shelley A., Williams, Clare   +4 more
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Hospital overcrowding and care of stroke patients: Irish national audit of stroke

BMC Health Services Research
Introduction Hospital overcrowding where patient admissions exceed capacity is associated with worse outcomes in Emergency Department. Developments in emergency stroke care have been associated with improvements in stroke outcome but are dependent on ...
Joseph Harbison, Joan McCormack, Olga Brych, Ronan Collins, Tim Cassidy   +4 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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Experience with a Clinical Audit Requirement for Interns in the Emergency Department

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2021
Background: The clinical audit is an important evaluation tool to ensure quality assurance. A clinical audit requirement for interns during their emergency department (ED) term may be a valuable educational activity.
Ryan Windish, Douglas Morel, Catherine E Forristal   +2 more
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Clinical audit: a synopsis [PDF]

, 2003
This synopsis is a brief report of the proceedings of the Clinical Audit Seminar organized by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee, held on the 29th October 2002.
Tilney, Myra Kay
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TB or not TB? That is the question regarding TB treatment in a remote provincial hospital in Solomon Islands [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in Solomon Islands. Limited healthcare resources, geography, and sociocultural beliefs, coupled with lack of laboratory diagnostic tools, leads to diagnostic and treatment ...
Denniss, Amelia, Doolan, Brigid, Fink, James, Jones, Peter, Karnik, Tanvi, Rara, Grace, Subhaharan, Deloshan   +6 more
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