Are local guidelines on investigations in children admitted with acute gastroenteritis being adhered to? [PDF]
The aim of this article is to assess adherence to local guidelines on the investigation of children admitted with acute gastroenteritis. Children admitted to Mater Dei Hospital with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis between December 2012 and February 2013 ...
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Adherence to a femoral neck fracture treatment guideline [PDF]
Purpose: In 2007 the Dutch Surgical Society published a clinical practice guideline for the treatment of hip fracture patients, based on the best available international evidence at that time.
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Adherence to research reporting guidelines is needed
Sir, I read the article by Chauhan et al1 with great interest. In this large scale community based cross-sectional study, authors have highlighted the magnitude of chronic obstetric morbidities (COM) and the factors associated in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India. It is recommended to follow the STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational
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Guideline adherence rates and interprofessional variation [PDF]
Variation in professional practice is a complex issue, but probably largely reflects differences in training, and there is evidence that guidelines and education alone have little impact on professional behaviour. The increasing recognition of depressive illness as a major public health problem1 has intensified research efforts and also highlighted ...
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Adherence to guidelines in the clinical care for adults with congenital heart disease: The Euro Heart Survey on Adult Congenital Heart Disease [PDF]
Aims To investigate the role of guidelines in structuring the clinical care for adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), and to assess adherence to the guidelines in Europe.
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Rationale, design and conduct of a randomised controlled trial evaluating a primary care-based complex intervention to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients: HICMan (Heidelberg Integrated Case Management) : study protocol [PDF]
Background: Chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) is a complex disease with rising prevalence, compromised quality of life (QoL), unplanned hospital admissions, high mortality and therefore high burden of illness. The delivery of care for these patients
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Medicines adherence: Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence [PDF]
It is thought that between a third and a half of all medicines1 There are many causes of non-adherence but they fall into two overlapping categories: intentional and unintentional.
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Assessing guideline adherence and child abuse evaluation in infants with fractures: a retrospective quality control study [PDF]
AIMS OF THE STUDY: To standardise the assessment of infants with fractures at University Children’s Hospital Zurich, a guideline was implemented in February 2021.
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Evaluating the impact of policies recommending PrEP to subpopulations of men and transgender women who have sex with men based on demographic and behavioral risk factors. [PDF]
IntroductionDeveloping guidelines to inform the use of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in resource-limited settings must necessarily be informed by considering the resources and infrastructure needed for PrEP delivery ...
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Adherence to guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: a review
The appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis in the perioperative period may reduce the rate of infection in the surgical site. The purpose of this review was to evaluate adherence to guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.The present systematic review was performed according to the Cochrane Collaboration methodology.
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