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Nurses' Perceptions of Reasons for Missed Nursing Care in Hospitals: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and synthesise qualitative evidence on nurses' perceptions of reasons for missed nursing care in hospitals. Design Systematic review of qualitative evidence. Methods An extensive search of all relevant databases was conducted. Study selection, quality assessment, data extraction and meta‐aggregation were performed independently
Sara Mandahl Ellehave, Siri Lygum Voldbjerg, Rikke Jørgensen, Britt Laugesen   +3 more
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Immune risk phenotype is associated with nosocomial lung infections in elderly in-patients

Immunity & Ageing, 2011
Background Nosocomial infections are extremely common in the elderly and may be related to ageing of the immune system. The Immune Risk Phenotype (IRP), which predicts shorter survival in elderly patients, has not been evaluated as a possible risk factor
Ledudal K, Brisacier C, Tahmasebi F, Bastuji-Garin S, Plonquet A, Farcet JP, Paillaud E   +6 more
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Pharmacokinetics of Topical Administration of Altrenogest in Mares and Implications for Human Health

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Altrenogest is a synthetic progestogen widely used in equine reproductive management. Adverse effects to altrenogest have been reported in people with cutaneous exposure reported as the highest exposure pathway. Despite these reports, there has been no quantitative research to determine the capacity for altrenogest to be absorbed through skin.
Jaymie Loy, Kireesan Sornalingam, Adam Cawley, Colin Scrivener, John Keledjian, Glenys K. Noble   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of Dengue in Hematological Disease Patients: Descriptive Analysis From the DANGO Registry During the 2023–2024 Outbreak in Argentina

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
During the 2023–2024 Argentine dengue outbreak, 33 patients with hematological disease showed high complication rates, frequent hospitalization (64%), severe thrombocytopenia (90%), and 6% dengue‐attributable mortality. Transfusion‐associated cases were documented.
Gustavo Adolfo Méndez, Carla Niveyro, Pedro Andrés Villalba Apestegui, Victoria Isabel Martin, Lucila María Compañy Kec, María Cynthia Tomasino, Mariana del Carmen del Marull, Haydee Ingrid Bernard, Claudia Patricia Lorena Fernández, Flavia Marcela Pelech, Maria Fernanda Tosin, María Fernanda González‐Hobecker, Karen Beatrice Duranona, Angela Daiana Jara, Justus Cornely, Oliver A. Cornely, Jon Salmanton‐García   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacterial ‘Cell’ Phones: Do cell phones carry potential pathogens? [PDF]

, 2009
Cell phones are important companions for professionals especially health care workers (HCWs) for better communication in hospital. The present study compared the nature of the growth of potentially pathogenic bacterial flora on cell phones in hospital ...
Bairy, I, Bhate, P, Chawla, K, Gurung, B, Mukhopadhayay, C   +4 more
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Preventing Hospital Acquired Infections Through a Workflow-Based Cyber-Physical System

, 2016
Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are infections acquired within the hospital from healthcare workers, patients or from the environment, but which have no connection to the initial reason for the patient's hospital admission.
Bocicor, Maria Iuliana, Molnar, Arthur-Jozsef, Taslitchi, Cristian   +2 more
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Serious Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Neonates in Eastern Ethiopia: Investigating the Emerging Pathogen Pantoea dispersa Compared With Klebsiella pneumoniae

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Serious bacterial infections (SBIs) are major contributors to neonatal morbidity and mortality in low‐income countries. We describe the aetiology and risk factors for neonatal bacteraemia and in‐hospital mortality in eastern Ethiopia, focusing on Pantoea dispersa, a rarely studied pathogen, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Yunus Edris, Faisel A. Hassen, Desalegn A. Ayana, Fami Ahmed, Haleluya Leulseged, Dadi Marami, Jabir Aliye, Belete G. Alem, Zelalem T. Mariam, Gezahang Mengesha, Nega Assefa, Alexander M. Aiken, J. Anthony G. Scott, Lola Madrid   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

La procalcitonina come indicatore di SIRS, sepsi e shock settico

Microbiologia Medica, 2004
Nosocomial infections are an important public health problem. Procalcitonin could be used as a clinical predictor of severe nosocomial infections. To validate procalcitonin as a diagnostic indicator of nosocomial infections, we have tested procalcitonin ...
Roberto Rossetti, Giacomo Corsini
doaj   +1 more source

Whole blood resuscitation and post‐traumatic organ dysfunction in injured children

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Both whole blood (WB) and component therapy (CT) are used for hemostatic resuscitation in injured children. We hypothesize that early WB transfusion compared to CT alone is associated with decreased post‐traumatic organ dysfunction.
Erin V. Feeney, Madelyn A. Scarmack, Leah M. Furman, Philip C. Spinella, Anne H. Kalinowski, Christopher M. Horvat, Barbara A. Gaines, Christine M. Leeper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Microbial Quality and Antibacterial Activity of Commonly used Hand Washes [PDF]

, 2013
Hands are the highways to the transmission and spread of pathogens that causes diseases, food borne illnesses and nosocomial infections. Hand washing is the act of cleansing the hands with water or another liquid, with or without the use of soap or ...
Akande, V.A., Dahunsi, S.O., Oranusi, S. U.   +2 more
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