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Benchmarking local practice in view of introduction of thrombolysis for stroke in Malta [PDF]

, 2015
The aim of the study was to benchmark the quality of local stroke care in view of introduction of thrombolysis. Stroke patients admitted to Mater Dei Hospital over 6 weeks in 2008 were recruited.
Aquilina, Josanne, Azzopardi, Laura, Dingli, Philip, Galea Debono, Anthony, Mallia, Maria, Micallef, Daniel, Vassallo, Diana, Vella, Norbert   +7 more
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Clinical audit [PDF]

British Dental Journal, 2003
L, Jacobs, L, Surry
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Towards performance measurement in reconstructive surgery: a multicentre pilot study of free and pedicled flap procedures.

, 2006
OBJECTIVES: To pilot the acceptability and feasibility of clinical audit in free and pedicled flap reconstruction. To establish a baseline flap failure rate in participating units, so that a sample size calculation could be performed for future national ...
Browne, JP, Cole, RP
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Evaluation of the implementation of the alert issued by the UK National Patient Safety Agency on the storage and handling of potassium chloride concentrate solution [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of the response of NHS hospital trusts to an alert issued by the National Patient Safety Agency designed to limit the availability of concentrated potassium chloride in hospitals in England and Wales, and to ...
Lankshear, A J, Lowson, K V, Sheldon, T A, Watt, I S, Wright, J   +4 more
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs

Health Technology Assessment
Background Despite the increasing use of non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric intensive care units, there are no large randomised controlled trials comparing two commonly used non-invasive respiratory support modes, continuous positive airway ...
Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan, ,   +23 more
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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

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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Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in spinal surgery

SICOT-J, 2021
Study design: Complete audit cycle. Introduction: To highlight the unjustified overuse of perioperative antibiotics in clean non-instrumented lumbar spinal surgeries.
Shawky Abdelgawaad Ahmed, El Sadik Mohammed Hassaan Mohamed, Hassan Khalid Mohammed, El-Sharkawi Mohammad   +3 more
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Improving standards of nutritional care on a cancer ward:the development and evaluation of a nutritional care assistant role [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose: Patients with cancer are particularly at risk of malnutrition and suffer a range of nutritional problems as a consequence of their disease and its treatment.
Davie, Jackie, Kroll, Thilo, Ross, Fiona, Wells, Mary   +3 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study of Experiences and Attitudes towards Clinical Audit of Farm Animal Veterinary Surgeons in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Sciences, 2018
Clinical audit is a quality improvement tool used to assess and improve the clinical services provided to patients. This is the first study to investigate the extent to which clinical audit is understood and utilised in farm animal veterinary practice. A
Katie Waine, Rachel S. Dean, Chris Hudson, Jonathan Huxley, Marnie L. Brennan   +4 more
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Use of data from patient records for research : a model for best practice? [PDF]

, 2007
In the UK National Health Service (NHS), the registered list and the clinical records of patients are an invaluable resource for the quality assurance of clinical care in General Practice (e.g.
Dobbs, Frank, Mathers, Nigel
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