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The Effectiveness of Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Emergency Departments: A Multicentre Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Alcohol misuse is common in people attending emergency departments (EDs) and there is some evidence of efficacy of alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI).
A Moyer, A Trinks, Adenekan Oyefeso, AW Dent, Bernard Le Foll, C Drummond, CA Field, Christine Godfrey, CJ Cherpitel, Colin Drummond, D Newbury-Birch, DC Drummond, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, E Kaner, EFS Kaner, Eileen Kaner, Eilish Gilvarry, FC Blow, G D'Onofrio, G D'Onofrio, G D'Onofrio, J Peters, J Rehm, J Wittes, J-B Daeppen, JA Bernstein, Jonathan Shepherd, Judy Myles, Katherine Perryman, MA Walton, Martin Bland, Mike Crawford, MJ Crawford, MT French, Nick Heather, Paolo Deluca, Paul Cassidy, R Patton, RM Cunningham, RM Cunningham, Robert Patton, Robin Touquet, Ruth McGovern, S Bazargan-Hejazi, S Coulton, S Waller, S Williams, Simon Coulton, Steve Parrott, Tom Phillips, Veronica Dale   +50 more
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Stroke units: The implementation of a complex intervention [PDF]

, 2005
This article reports on selected findings from an action research study that looked at the lessons learnt from setting up a new in-patient stroke service in a London teaching hospital.
Flatley, M, Kilbride, C, Meyer, J, Perry, L   +3 more
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Different temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with fever due to infection: the FEVER feasibility RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2019
Background: Fever accelerates host immune system control of pathogens but at a high metabolic cost. The optimal approach to fever management and the optimal temperature thresholds used for treatment in critically ill children are unknown.
Mark J Peters, Imran Khan, Kerry Woolfall, Elizabeth Deja, Paul R Mouncey, Jerome Wulff, Alexina Mason, Rachel Agbeko, Elizabeth S Draper, Blaise Fenn, Doug W Gould, Abby Koelewyn, Nigel Klein, Christine Mackerness, Sian Martin, Lauran O’Neill, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Shane Tibby, Lyvonne Tume, Jason Watkins, Kent Thorburn, Paul Wellman, David A Harrison, Kathryn M Rowan   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Safety of medication use in primary care [PDF]

, 2015
© 2014 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.BACKGROUND: Medication errors are one of the leading causes of harmin health care. Review and analysis of errors have often emphasized their preventable nature and potential for reoccurrence.
Abramson, Abramson, Adubofour, Ahmad, Al Khaja, Al Khaja, Alldred, Alldred, Aronson, Aronson, Ashcroft, Avery, Avery, Avery, Barber, Bayoumi, Berner, Bernstein, Beso, Boockvar, Boockvar, Booij, Braund, Bregnhoj, Britt, Brown, Buurma, Campbell, Carruthers, Chen, Chua, Coleman, Dallenbach, Dean, Dean, Dean, Dean Franklin, Dean Franklin, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Devine, Dhabali, Eslami, Field, Fischer, Flynn, Gagne, Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, Garfield, Ghaleb, Ginzburg, Glassman, Green, Gurwitz, Hazlet, Howard, Hume, Humphries, Hämmerlein, Janice O. Olaniyan, Kaushal, Kaushal, Kennedy, Khoja, Knudsen, Knudsen, Kohn, Kuo, Lafata, Lasser, Leape, Lemer, Lewis, Lisby, Lopez-Picazo, Lynskey, Maisoon Ghaleb, Martínez Sánchez, Marwaha, Miller, Moniz, Nanji, Nemeth, Norden-Hagg, Palen, Paul Robinson, Pirmohamed, Raebel, Reason, Royal, Runciman, Sarvadikar, Sayers, Shah, Singh, Soraya Dhillon, Sorensen, Stefanovic, Sweidan, Szczepura, Tam, Tamblyn, Teinilä, Thomsen, Varkey, Vincent, Warholak, Wetzels, Wild, Wong, World Health Organisation   +113 more
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Use of selective gut decontamination in critically ill children: PICnIC a pilot RCT and mixed-methods study

Health Technology Assessment
Background Healthcare-associated infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill children. In adults, data suggest the use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract may reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated ...
Alanna Brown, Paloma Ferrando-Vivas, Mariana Popa, Gema Milla de la Fuente, John Pappachan, Brian H Cuthbertson, Laura Drikite, Richard Feltbower, Theodore Gouliouris, Isobel Sale, Robert Shulman, Lyvonne N Tume, John Myburgh, Kerry Woolfall, David A Harrison, Paul R Mouncey, Kathryn Rowan, Nazima Pathan   +17 more
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Association between direct transport to a cardiac arrest centre and survival following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A propensity-matched Aotearoa New Zealand study

Resuscitation Plus
Background and Objectives: Direct transport to a cardiac arrest centre following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may be associated with higher survival. However, there is limited evidence available to support this within the New Zealand context.
Bridget Dicker, Nick Garrett, Graham Howie, Aroha Brett, Tony Scott, Ralph Stewart, Gavin D. Perkins, Tony Smith, Elena Garcia, Verity F. Todd   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relation of body mass index, demographic and health-related variables to length of stay for patients at an acute rehabilitation hospital after total hip arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2010
Obesity is a growing public health concern world-wide. At the same time, knee and hip replacements are becoming an increasingly regular treatment for osteoarthritis.
Greenberg, K., Kroll, T.
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Automated Identification of Unhealthy Drinking Using Routinely Collected Data: A Machine Learning Approach [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Unhealthy drinking is prevalent in the United States and can lead to serious health and social consequences, yet it is under-diagnosed and under-treated. Identifying unhealthy drinkers can be time-consuming for primary care providers.
Bonnell, Levi N., Littenberg, Benjamin, Rose, Gail L., Wshah, Safwan R.   +3 more
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Ward round documentation in a major trauma centre: can we improve patient safety? [PDF]

, 2014
Our objective was to improve documentation and patient safety in a major trauma centre. A retrospective audit was undertaken in March 2014. Ward round entries for each orthopaedic patients on three dates were assessed against standards and analysed.
Aframian, A, Bernard, J, Green, G
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Correction to: Waterbirth: a national retrospective cohort study of factors associated with its use among women in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
H. Aughey, J. Jardine, N. Moitt, K. Fearon, J. Hawdon, D. Pasupathy, I. Urganci, NMPA Project Team, T. Harris   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source