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Preventable suicides involving medicines: A systematic case series of coroners’ reports in England and Wales

Public Health in Practice
Background: In England and Wales coroners have a duty to write a report, called a Prevention of Future Deaths report or PFD, when they believe that actions should be taken to prevent future deaths.
G. Anthony, J.K. Aronson, R. Brittain, C. Heneghan, G.C. Richards   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Nursing Ability To Know Acute Coroner Syndrome In Emergency Installation

Journal of Nursing Practice, 2018
Background: Coronary heart disease is the most cardiovascular disease that causes death in the world. The ability of nurses to recognize acute coronary syndromes is very necessary as part of the emergency services team.
Agus Riyadi, Karmiati Karmiati
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of deaths due to drug‐related causes among individuals recently released from prison in the United Kingdom, 1997–2025

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims There has been an extensive literature describing the elevated risk of drug‐related death following an individual's release from prison; however, few previous studies have reported nationally representative samples or provided granular detail as to which individual drugs were deemed implicated in death.
Emmert Roberts, John Strang, Caroline Copeland   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underreporting of Death Certification in a University Teaching Hospital – A Hospital Based Study in Ireland

International Journal of Gerontology, 2018
Summary: Background: Death certificates are frequently used as the source for epidemiological data on the prevalence of diseases. We postulated that comorbidities may be under-documented, particularly in older patients with multiple coexisting ...
G. Mulkerrin, D. Ní Chaoimh, C. MacLoughlin, S.T. O'Keeffe, E. Mulkerrin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative effectiveness of alternative times to opioid agonist treatment taper initiation on taper completion and all‐cause mortality among people with opioid use disorder: A retrospective population‐based target trial emulation study in British Columbia, Canada, 2010–2020

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment guidelines worldwide recommend opioid agonist treatment (OAT) as a long‐term, potentially indefinite treatment for managing OUD. However, many individuals express a strong interest in eventually tapering fully off treatment.
Ruyu Yan, Jeong Eun Min, Megan Kurz, Shaun R. Seaman, Paxton Bach, Sander Greenland, Paul Gustafson, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Lawrence McCandless, Robert William Platt, Uwe Siebert, María Eugenia Socías, Hui Xie, Bohdan Nosyk   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology use among the nation’s medical examiner and coroner offices: Data from the 2018 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices

Forensic Science International: Synergy
Technology uses among medical examiner and coroner (MEC) offices in the United States are not well characterized, yet technology is essential to job-performing duties.
Liat C. Weinstein, Kelly A. Keyes, Connor Brooks, Micaela A. Ascolese, Hope M. Smiley-McDonald, Jeri D. Ropero-Miller   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality From Rural Traumatic Brain Injury Are Underestimated Without Inclusion of Prehospital Deaths

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Rural residents are more likely to suffer moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and experience delay to definitive care than urban patients. Prior studies comparing these populations were based on hospitalised patients only. We examined TBI outcomes incorporating pre‐hospital mortality to determine the association between
Gareth Rutter, Maria Joseph, Richard Ferch, Mitchell A. Hansen, Zsolt J. Balogh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potentially Preventable Mortality After Elective Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Insights From a National Surgical Mortality Audit

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant contributor to preventable deaths worldwide. The assessment of potentially avoidable mortality following elective CRC surgery has yet to be reported. The Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) seeks to peer‐review all deaths associated with surgical care.
Sergei Bedrikovetski, Luke Traeger, Nathan Procter, Helena S. Kopunic, Guy J. Maddern   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide and the Therapeutic Coroner: Inquests, Governance and the Grieving Family

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2013
This study of English Coronial practice raises a number of questions about the role played by the Coroner within contemporary governance. Following observations at over 20 inquests into possible suicides and in-depth interviews with six Coroners, three ...
Gordon Tait, Belinda Carpenter
doaj   +1 more source

Choice and Death: Analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying for Head and Neck Cancer in Ontario. [PDF]

Laryngoscope
The uptake of MAiD for head and neck cancer (HNC) has been steadily increasing since 2016, when MAiD first became available in Canada. Our study projects a substantial increase in the future use of MAiD for patients with HNC. As such, our health system needs to re‐evaluate and implement the necessary infrastructure to support the projected increase in ...
Curry T, Wener E, Odell M, Caulley L, Ramchandani R, Grant A, Thavorn K, Lasso A, Kilty S.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources