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Evaluation of administration of discharge against medical advice: Ethico-legal considerations

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2016
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) portends serious ethico-legal consequences for healthcare givers. Several studies have described its prevalence and pattern but hardly any to evaluate adherence to standards by medical staff while ...
Ayodeji Akinwumi Akinbodewa, Oludamilola Adebola Adejumo, Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo, Funmilola Yinka Adebayo, Gladys Oghenevo Akinbodewa, Emmanuel Oladimeji Alli, Mercy Aanuoluwapo Benson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leave Against Medical Advice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Leave against medical advice is a condition in which a patient leaves the hospital against the treating physician's recommendation and is a sensitive issue occurring frequently in neonatal intensive care units across the developing world ...
Yograj Sharma, Om Krishna Pathak, Asmita Sharma, Suvekhsya Khanal, Niruta Baral, Sagar Shrestha, Pradeep Adhikari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 more
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Child Psychiatric Discharges against Medical Advice

Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1986
Of 56 school age children admitted over a 1 year period to an urban inpatient psychiatric ward serving primarily lower socioeconomic class children, 12 were signed out against medical advice. These children were significantly more likely to have been seriously physically abused. They were more likely to have had previous psychiatric hospitalizations or
W H, Green, M, Padron-Gayol, K N, Whiteman, A, Mattsson, D O, Lewis   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Causes of Discharge against Medical Advice from the Emergency Department of a Teaching Hospital of Tehran in 2012 [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) occurs when a patient leaves the hospital against the physician’s advice. The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of discharge against medical advice.
Dastoorpoor, Maryam, Estebsari, Fatemeh, Mosavi Esfahani, Haleh, Mostafaie, Davoud   +3 more
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Temporal Trends and Short‐ and Long‐Term Mortality of People With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler, Nicholas Weight, Muhammad Rashid, Rodrigo Bagur, Purvi Parwani, Samantha Hider, Edward Roddy, Robert Butler, Mamas A. Mamas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discharge against medical advice from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10 years experience at a University Hospital

Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2013
Background: Discharging patients against medical advice is a problem of every age-group. However, because of their physiological vulnerability, the risk for the neonatal population is greater when discharged against medical advice (DAMA). This article is
Hatim K Al-Turkistani
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond “#endpjparalysis”, tackling sedentary behaviour in health care [PDF]

, 2019
Reducing sedentary behaviour after hospitalization starts with reducing sedentary behaviour whilst in hospital. Although we have eradicated immobilisation as a therapeutic tool due to its potent detrimental effects, it is still in systemic use within ...
Chastin, Sebastien F.M., Dall, Philippa M., Harvey, Juliet A., Mavroeidi, Alexandra, McInally, Lianne, Skelton, Dawn A.   +5 more
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Biocompatible but Antibacterial Mechanism of Graphene Oxide for Sustainable Antibiotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Graphene oxide (GO) exhibits selective antibacterial activity through specific interactions between its oxygen functional groups and bacterial membrane phospholipid POPG, causing membrane destabilization while maintaining biocompatibility. Model membrane studies and infected wound models in mice and pigs demonstrate effective bacterial suppression and ...
Sujin Cha, Ju Yeon Chung, Seungju Yang, Seung Cheol Lee, Chan Woo Lee, Colin Wing‐Lok Cheng, Jun Beom Kim, Nam Jun Kim, Ayoung Park, Heewon Choi, Junpyo Sinn, Ralph Weissleder, Nicholas A. Kotov, Myungeun Seo, Hyun Jung Chung, Sang Ouk Kim   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Smoking Paradox in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: Findings From the Chinese Stroke Center Alliance Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Smoking is a well‐established risk factor for the development of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, the “smoker's paradox” suggests that it is associated with favorable clinical outcomes following stroke.
Guoliang Hu, Hongqiu Gu, Yingyu Jiang, Xin Yang, Yong Jiang, Chunjuan Wang, Zixiao Li, Yongjun Wang, Yilong Wang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source