Predictors of nursing home conveyances to emergency department
Background With increasing rates of patient conveyances from nursing homes to emergency departments worldwide, we aim to examine factors causing high rates of conveyances from nursing homes to the emergency department (ED) of an acute tertiary hospital ...
Keerthana+3 more
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Nursing care to people admitted in emergency for attempted suicide
Objective: to analyze the nursing care to people admitted in emergency for attempted suicide in the perception of the nursing staff. Method: descriptive and exploratory study, of qualitative approach, developed from semi-structured interviews with eight
Mayara Cristine Fontão+4 more
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Analyzing Nursing Assistant Attitudes Towards Empathic Geriatric Caregiving Using Quantitative Ethnography [PDF]
An emergent challenge in geriatric care is improving the quality of care, which requires insight from stakeholders. Qualitative methods offer detailed insights, but they can be biased and have limited generalizability, while quantitative methods may miss nuances.
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Abstract Background The ASTRUM‐005 study previously demonstrated a significant overall survival (OS) benefit with serplulimab (a programmed death 1 inhibitor) plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in previously untreated extensive‐stage small‐cell lung cancer (ES‐SCLC).
Ying Cheng+32 more
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An 83-year-old woman with suspected SARS: Implications for emergency nursing [PDF]
Cyndi Kalafut, Debra Honer
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Steerable Delivery Sheath for Optimized LAA Closure: First Experience and Procedural Outcomes
ABSTRACT Background The new Amplatzer Steerable Delivery Sheath is a delivery system designed to improve ease‐of‐use and procedural results of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC). We aimed to compare procedural results after switching our LAAC program at a tertiary care center with the Amulet device to the Steerable Delivery Sheath, with a control ...
Matthias Mezger+4 more
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Development of a Large Language Model-based Multi-Agent Clinical Decision Support System for Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS)-Based Triage and Treatment Planning in Emergency Departments [PDF]
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding and the complexity of rapid decision-making in critical care settings pose significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. While clinical decision support systems (CDSS) have shown promise, the integration of large language models (LLMs) offers new possibilities for enhancing triage accuracy and clinical ...
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Discovering Effect Modification in an Observational Study of Surgical Mortality at Hospitals with Superior Nursing [PDF]
There is effect modification if the magnitude or stability of a treatment effect varies systematically with the level of an observed covariate. A larger or more stable treatment effect is typically less sensitive to bias from unmeasured covariates, so it is important to recognize effect modification when it is present.
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ABSTRACT Background Little is known about the clinical and hemodynamic outcome of valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV‐TAVR) for failed Trifecta surgical aortic bioprotheses. Aims We aimed to compare outcomes of valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV‐TAVR into failed TrifectaTM vs.
Matthias Raschpichler+9 more
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Are we there yet? Understanding the challenges faced in complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) [PDF]
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enforced from 25th May 2018, aims to reform how organisations view and control the personal data of private EU citizens. The scope of GDPR is somewhat unprecedented: it regulates every aspect of personal data handling, includes hefty potential penalties for non-compliance, and can prosecute any company ...
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