Early high flow nasal cannula therapy in bronchiolitis, a prospective randomised control trial (protocol): A Paediatric Acute Respiratory Intervention Study (PARIS) [PDF]
, 2015 Background Bronchiolitis imposes the largest health care burden on non-elective paediatric hospital admissions worldwide, with up to 15 % of cases requiring admission to intensive care.
Andreas Schibler +13 more
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Assessing the relationship between neighborhood factors and diabetes related health outcomes and self-care behaviors [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2015 Studies have shown that community and neighborhood characteristics can impact health outcomes of those with chronic illness, including T2DM. Factors, such as crime, violence, and lack of resources have been shown to be barriers to optimal health outcomes in diabetes.
Smalls, Brittany L. +3 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary dysfunction and sleep abnormalities are common in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. Whether spirometry abnormalities are associated with polysomnography (PSG) findings remains unclear.
Ammar Saadoon Alishlash +4 more
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Economic Evaluation Plan (EEP) for A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT): An international trial to compare the costs and cost-effectiveness of commencing out of bed standing and walking training (very early mobilization) within 24 h of stroke onset with usual stroke unit care [PDF]
, 2016 Rationale: A key objective of A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial is to determine if the intervention, very early mobilisation following stroke, is cost-effective.
Fiona Ellery +9 more
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Level Assessments of Learning Outcomes in Health Care and Nursing
, 2013 Das Leonardo da Vinci-Innovationstransferprojekt CrediCare verfolgte das Ziel der grenzüberschreitenden Übertragung und Erprobung eines Verfahrens zur Beschreibung und vergleichenden Niveaubestimmung von Lernergebnissen des Pflegesektors. Das Verfahren ist so konzipiert, dass seine Anwendung in Ländern mit unterschiedlichen Berufsbildungssystemen ...
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Diversity and Regional Inequalities: Assessing the Outcomes of the Spanish 'System of Health Care Services' [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004 The consolidation of a universal health system coupled with a process of regional devolution characterise the institutional reforms of the National Health System (NHS) in Spain in the last two decades. However, scarce empirical evidence has been reported on the effects of both changes in health inputs, outputs and outcomes, both at the country and at ...
Guillem López +2 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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Feasibility of improving identification of familial hypercholesterolaemia in general practice: intervention development study [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives: To assess the feasibility of improving identification of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in primary care, and of collecting outcome measures to inform a future trial. Design: Feasibility intervention study. Setting: 6 general practices (
Bell +26 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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