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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
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Building a culture of suicide prevention and care: Implementation of an evidence-based guideline of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario in a Chilean occupational hospital

International Journal of Nursing Sciences
Objectives: We aimed to describe the implementation process and provide a baseline characterization of suicidal behavior during the first year of implementing the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guideline (BPG) for suicide ...
Daniela Godoy, Pamela Vidal, Francisca Abarca, Javiera Peña   +3 more
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Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Untreated dental caries is reported to affect children’s nutritional status and growth, yet evidence on this relationship is conflicting.
Jed Dimaisip-Nabuab, Denise Duijster, Habib Benzian, Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien, Amphayvan Homsavath, Bella Monse, Hak Sithan, Nicole Stauf, Sri Susilawati, Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of the Fluid Replacement Method During Online Hemodiafiltration on the Solute Removal Performance and Biocompatibility Using the Asymmetric Cellulose Triacetate Membrane

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Pre‐dilution online hemodiafiltration (Pre‐HDF) is predominantly used in Japan, whereas post‐dilution online HDF (Post‐HDF) is more common in Europe. An asymmetric cellulose triacetate (ATA) membrane may improve biocompatibility.
Kenji Sakurai, Yoshitaka Kurihara, Fumi Yamauchi, Hiromi Hosoya, Takeshi Saito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing large-scale quality improvement – lessons from the productive ward: Releasing time to care

, 2012
Purpose: This paper is concerned with facilitating large-scale quality improvement in health care, and specifically understanding more about the known challenges associated with implementation of Lean innovations: receptivity, the complexity of adoption ...
Elizabeth Morrow, Glenn Robert, Robert, Glenn, Maben, Jill, Morrow, Elizabeth, Jill Maben, Peter Griffiths, Robert, Glenn; id_orcid, Griffiths, Peter   +8 more
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Standardized nutritional screening and assessment for nasopharyngeal cancer patients: an evidence-based implementation project

BMC Nursing
Introduction Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) frequently induces malnutrition, which is a serious complication that adversely affects patients’ quality of life and prognosis.
Wenwen Cai, Rufei Yang, Chao Tang, Yueyao Cao, Jing Li, Jinmei Huang, Yalan Song   +6 more
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Improving the quality of care for people who had a stroke in a low‐/middle‐income country: A qualitative analysis of health‐care professionals’ perspectives

Health Expectations, 2020
Background and Objective Efforts to improve the adoption of evidence‐based interventions for optimal patient outcomes in low‐/middle‐income countries (LMICs) are persistently hampered by a plethora of barriers.
Leonard Baatiema, Ama de‐Graft Aikins, Fred S. Sarfo, Seye Abimbola, John K. Ganle, Shawn Somerset   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Dakshata, a scale-up WHO SCC and mentoring-based program, for improving quality of intrapartum care in public sector in Rajasthan, India: repeated mixed-methods surveys

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background The Dakshata program in India aims to improve resources, providers’ competence, and accountability in labour wards of public sector secondary care hospitals.
Samiksha Singh, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Aparajita Mishra, Leena Gaikwad, Rajan Shukla, Mukta Tyagi, Swecha Chamarty   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Evidence-Based Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use [PDF]

Respiratory Care, 2017
BACKGROUND: Inhaled nitric oxide (INO) reduces extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use in term and near-term neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; however, its overutilization is increasing.
Colleen A, Hughes Driscoll, Natalie L, Davis, Megan, Miles, Dina, El-Metwally   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source