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Building an antimicrobial stewardship program: A narrative of six years under the Donabedian perspective

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing and represents one of the world’s major challenges. AMR increase morbimortality, length of hospital stay and costs.
Amanda Fonseca Medeiros, Amanda Fonseca Medeiros, Caryne Margotto Bertollo, Caryne Margotto Bertollo, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Monica Aparecida Costa, Edna Marilea Meireles Leite, Simony da Silva Gonçalves, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de Abreu, Renan Pedra de Souza, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins   +14 more
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Assessing the public goods provided by organic agriculture: lessons learned from practice [PDF]

, 2011
The role of farms as providers of public goods has long been recognised, and measuring performance in this area is of increasing interest to policy makers, in light of the approaching Common Agricultural Policy reform.
Fowler, Sue, Gerrard, Catherine L, Lampkin, Nic, Measures, Mark, Padel, Susanne, Pearce, Bruce, Smith, Laurence, Woodward, Lawrence   +7 more
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Big Data-Planetary Health approach for evaluating the Brazilian Dengue Control Program

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE This study aims to integrate the concepts of planetary health and big data into the Donabedian model to evaluate the Brazilian dengue control program in the state of São Paulo.
Fernando Xavier, Gerson Laurindo Barbosa, Cristiano Corrêa de Azevedo Marques, Antonio Mauro Saraiva   +3 more
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RACHS‐ANZ: A Modified Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery Model for Outcome Surveillance in Australia and New Zealand

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Outcomes for pediatric cardiac surgery are commonly reported from international databases compiled from voluntary data submissions. Surgical outcomes for all children in a country or region are less commonly reported.
Brent McSharry, Lahn Straney, Janet Alexander, Tom Gentles, David Winlaw, John Beca, Johnny Millar, Frank Shann, Barry Wilkins, Andrew Numa, Christian Stocker, Simon Erickson, Anthony Slater   +12 more
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Assessment of adaptation, policy, and capacity building outcomes from 14 processes

Environmental Science & Policy, 2020
Abstract In the US alone, there are over 200 tools that support climate adaptation planning, along with a large number of case studies documenting their use. Case studies frequently document positive results. Systematic assessment of processes can provide important benefits, including justification for action and expenditures, promotion of learning ...
Seth P. Tuler, K. Dow, T. Webler
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Temporal Trends in Care and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Fibrinolytic Therapy Compared to Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG‐CAD) Registry

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundTimely reperfusion after ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improves survival. Guidelines recommend primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) within 90 minutes of arrival at a PCI‐capable hospital.
Ravi S. Hira, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Paul A. Heidenreich, Christine Ju, Salim S. Virani, Biykem Bozkurt, Laura A. Petersen, Adrian F. Hernandez, Lee H. Schwamm, Zubin J. Eapen, Michelle A. Albert, Li Liang, Roland A. Matsouaka, Eric D. Peterson, Hani Jneid   +15 more
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Investigating the effect of independent blinded digital image assessment on the STOP GAP trial [PDF]

, 2017
Background Blinding is the process of keeping treatment assignment hidden and is used to minimise the possibility of bias. Trials at high risk of bias have been shown to report larger treatment effects than low risk studies.
A Dechartres, A Marušić, AC Chang, AD Ormerod, Alan A. Montgomery, CB Granger, CM Olson, Eleanor J. Mitchell, EM Balk, Emily Patsko, FF Craig, Fiona E. Craig, J Kantor, JM Watson, JP Higgins, K Wells, KF Schulz, KF Schulz, KF Schulz, KF Schulz, Kim S. Thomas, L Wood, LA Ndounga Diakou, M Baumgarten, P Juni, Peter J. Godolphin, Philip M. Bath, PJ Karanicolas, S Cockayne, S Cockayne, SJ Day, SJ Page, SR Wilkes, Trish Hepburn   +33 more
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GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: The aim of this paper is to describe a conceptual framework for how to consider health equity in the Grading Recommendations Assessment and Development Evidence (GRADE) guideline development process. Study Design and Setting: Consensus-
Akl, Elie A., Ansari, Mohammed T., Briel, Matthias, Christensen, Robin, Dans, Antonio, Dans, Leonila, Eslava-Schmalbach, J, Guyatt, Gordon, Hultcrantz, Monica, Jull, Janet, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Lang, Eddy, Matovinovic, Elizabeth, Meerpohl, Joerg J., Morton, Rachael L., Mosdol, Annhild, Murad, M.Hassan, Petkovic, Jennifer, Pottie, Kevin, Schünemann, Holger, Sharaf, Ravi, Shea, Bev, Singh, Jasvinder A., Solà, Ivan, Stanev, Roger, Stein, Airton, Thabaneii, Lehana, Tonia, Thomy, Tristan, Mario, Tugwell, Peter, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vitols, Sigurd, Watine, Joseph, Welch, Vivian A.   +33 more
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Food as Experience A Design and Evaluation Methodology [PDF]

, 2009
This research, conducted for Frito Lay-North America, Inc, demonstrates how new product designs, package designs, concepts, and prototypes can be created based on the social, emotional, cognitive, and sensory information gathered through a combined ...
Baer, Roger, Kang, Sunghyun, Ladjahasan, Nora, Satterfield, Debra   +3 more
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Evolution of Process and Outcome Measures during an Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery Program

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2022
Background: A time course analysis was undertaken to evaluate how perioperative process- of-care and outcome measures evolved after implementation of an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery (ERATS) program.
Alex Lee, Nazgol Seyednejad, Yaseen Al Lawati, Amanda Mattice, Caitlin Anstee, Mark Legacy, Sebastien Gilbert, Donna E. Maziak, Ramanadhan S. Sundaresan, Patrick J. Villeneuve, Calvin Thompson, Andrew J. E. Seely   +11 more
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