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Reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

BMJ Open Quality, 2019
Hospital-acquired pressure injury is a common preventable condition. Our hospital is a 144-bed governmental hospital in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that was found to have a 7.5% prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure injury in 2016.
Yasser K Al-Otaibi, Noura Al-Nowaiser, Arshur Rahman   +2 more
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Claudin‐6 Protein Expression in Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors Is Strongly Enriched in the Molecular Subgroup AT/RT‐TYR

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Claudin‐6 has emerged as a promising immunotherapeutic target, yet protein‐level data in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RTs) have been inconsistent. We analyzed 36 well‐characterized AT/RT samples and found membranous claudin‐6 protein expression in 58% of cases, with striking enrichment in the molecular subgroup AT/RT‐TYR (100%) and ...
Victoria E. Fincke, Christian Thomas, Michael C. Frühwald, Pascal D. Johann, Martin Hasselblatt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Continuous Improvement in Delivering Career Resources and Services [PDF]

, 2006
The aim of this paper is to examine factors that influence continuous improvement in the design and delivery of career resources and services for young people and adults.
Sampson, J.P.
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Emapalumab for Immune Effector Cell‐Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis‐Like Syndrome Following CD19‐Directed CAR‐T in Two Patients With B‐ALL: Clinical and Biomarker Correlates

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immune effector cell‐associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‐like syndrome (IEC‐HS) is a life‐threatening hyperinflammatory toxicity distinct from cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell (CAR‐T) therapy. In a single‐institution retrospective cohort of pediatric and young adult patients
Thomas J. Galletta, Jeremy D. Rubinstein, Christopher E. Dandoy, Ruby Khoury, Angela Faulhaber, Christine L. Phillips, Christa Krupski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Do Patients With Cirrhosis and Their Caregivers Learn About and Manage Their Health? A Review and Qualitative Study

Hepatology Communications, 2021
The complexity of cirrhosis requires patients and their caregivers to be well educated to improve outcomes. Data are lacking regarding how to best educate patients and their caregivers in the setting of cirrhosis.
Zachary M. Saleh, Patricia P. Bloom, Katie Grzyb, Elliot B. Tapper   +3 more
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A lean six sigma framework for continuous and incremental improvement in the oil and gas sector [PDF]

, 2019
This article aims to explore synergies between Lean Production (LP) and Six Sigma principles in order to propose a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) framework for continuous and incremental improvement in the oil and gas sector.
Goncalvez Quelhas, O. L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Tortorella, Guilherme, Rocha-Lona, L., Muñoz-Sanchez, C., Garza-Reyes, J.A., Kumar, V., Lopez-Torres, G.C., Gusmão Caiado, R. G., Nascimento, D. L. M   +5 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuous Quality Improvement as a Central Tenet of TQM: History and Current Status

Kvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2016
Purpose: The great promise of continual quality improvement advocated by early quality gurus like Deming and Juran has not been fully realized. This paper explores the reasons for the limited success of implementation and institutionalization of ...
Behrooz Lahidji, Walter Tucker
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

Entangled Rights and Reproductive Temporality: Legal form, continuous improvement of living conditions, and social reproduction [PDF]

, 2021
This chapter reads law and time scholarship through social reproduction theory in arguing that the right to the continuous improvement of living conditions (CILC) could work as an entangled legal form that reproduces temporality.
Fletcher, R
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