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Emergency medical dispatchers’ experiences of using the Medical Priority Dispatch System telephone triage to identify maternity emergencies: a qualitative focus group study

BMJ Open
Objectives The ambulance service plays a pivotal role in the provision of care in out-of-hospital maternity emergencies. Telephone triage of this patient group is complex and must be sensitive to an emergency situation to prevent unnecessary delays in ...
Rachael Fothergill, Joanna Shaw, Clara Bannister, Ayoola Ariyibi   +3 more
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Documenting fall episodes: a scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Documentation is an important measure for the management of fall risk because it concentrates the attention of professionals, raises awareness of the existence of fall risk factors, and promotes action to eliminate or minimize them.
Mafalda Pernes, Inês Agostinho, Rafael A. Bernardes, Júlio Belo Fernandes, Júlio Belo Fernandes, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho   +6 more
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A systematic review of clinical audit in companion animal veterinary medicine

BMC Veterinary Research, 2016
BackgroundClinical audit is a quality improvement process with the goal of continuously improving quality of patient care as assessed by explicit criteria.
N. Rose, L. Toews, D. Pang
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Optimization of the Nonclinical Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices Using Toxicologic Pathology Best Practices

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Nonclinical evaluation of biological responses to implanted medical devices and combination products in animals is required to predict possible outcomes and risks in patients. This paper describes globally accepted pathology “best practices” that 1) effectively address ISO standards and current regulatory guidance for medical device development and 2 ...
Kathleen A. Funk, JoAnn C. L. Schuh, Brad Bolon, Valerie S. Thomas, Jeffrey I. Everitt, Abraham Nyska, Jaime Paulin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guideline Adherence in Outpatient Clinics for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Results from a Clinical Audit

PLoS ONE, 2016
Objectives Previous clinical audits of COPD have provided relevant information about medical intervention in exacerbation admissions. The present study aims to evaluate adherence to current guidelines in COPD through a clinical audit.
J. López-Campos, María Abad Arranz, C. Calero-Acuña, Fernando Romero-Valero, Ruth Ayerbe-García, Antonio Hidalgo-Molina, Ricardo I Aguilar-Pérez-Grovas, Francisco García-Gil, F. Casas-Maldonado, L. Caballero-Ballesteros, María Sánchez-Palop, Dolores Pérez-Tejero, A. Segado, J. Calvo-Bonachera, Bárbara Hernández-Sierra, Adolfo Doménech, Macarena Arroyo-Varela, Francisco González-Vargas, J. J. Cruz-Rueda   +18 more
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Electrochemical Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplants

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A low‐cost, rapid electrochemical immunosensor coated with a novel antifouling nanocomposite enables single‐step, dual‐biomarker profiling directly from unprocessed urine. Application in a clinical study shows accurate discrimination of acute rejection in kidney transplants from other acute kidney injuries via machine learning.
Rohit Gupta, Nikolaos Salaris, Ashish Kalkal, Fernando Yuen Chang, Maryam Javed, Azhar Ali Khan, Priya Mandal, Stavroula Balabani, Reza Motallebzadeh, Manish K. Tiwari   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Electrically Readable Lateral Flow Assay Using Organic Transistors for Diagnostic Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Electrolyte‐gated organic field‐effect transistors (EGOFETs) are integrated with lateral flow (LF) paper fluidics to create a reusable, portable, and low‐cost point‐of‐care (PoC) diagnostic test. The devices are validated for Human Immunoglobulin G detection, achieving high sensitivity (0.1 fm), selectivity, and reproducibility with rapid results in 20–
María Jesús Ortiz‐Aguayo, Carme Martínez‐Domingo, Diego Gutiérrez, Dean Kos, Marta Mas‐Torrent   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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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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