Risk Adjustment In Neurocritical care (RAIN)--prospective validation of risk prediction models for adult patients with acute traumatic brain injury to use to evaluate the optimum location and comparative costs of neurocritical care: a cohort study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To validate risk prediction models for acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to use the best model to evaluate the optimum location and comparative costs of neurocritical care in the NHS. DESIGN: Cohort study.
Gomes, M +13 more
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The Assessment and Impact of Careless Responding in Routine Outcome Monitoring within Mental Health Care [PDF]
Careless responding by mental health patients on self-report assessments is rarely investigated in routine care despite the potential for serious consequences such as faulty clinical decisions. We investigated validity indices most appropriate for detecting careless responding in routine outcome monitoring (ROM) in mental health-care.
Conijn, J.M. +4 more
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RESUMEN Introducción. La instauración de una ostomía digestiva tiene una importante repercusión física y emocional en las personas. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la adherencia de las enfermeras a las buenas prácticas en el manejo de las ...
Jesús Bujalance-Hoyos +4 more
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The Public Health Dimension of Disasters—Health Outcome Assessment of Disasters [PDF]
A broad range of health problems are related to disasters. Insight into these health problems is needed for targeted disaster management. Disaster health outcome assessment can provide insight into the health effects of disasters.
Grievink, Linda +7 more
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Personalizing obesity assessment and care planning in primary care: patient experience and outcomes in everyday life and health [PDF]
SummaryObesity is a complex, chronic disease, frequently associated with multiple comorbidities. Its management is hampered by a lack of translation of evidence on chronicity and pathophysiology into clinical practice. Also, it is not well understood how to support effective provider–patient communication that adequately addresses patients’ personal ...
T. Luig +3 more
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Abstract Older adults residing in long-term care (LTC) settings are at an increased risk of poor oral health due to comorbidities and limited ability to provide self-care. Routine oral care is essential for maintaining overall health. Coupled with resident vulnerability is a traditional lack of training and focus on oral health care in ...
Crittenden, Jennifer +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar +8 more
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Delirium in elderly postoperative patients: A prospective cohort study
Aim To describe the incidence, time in days and risk factors for postoperative delirium in elderly patients. Design Prospective cohort study. Methods Patients over 65 years were daily screened with the 4A's Test and the Delirium Observation Screening ...
Chiara Muzzana +6 more
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RESUMEN Introducción. La monitorización de la utilización del conocimiento y la evaluación de resultados permiten conocer la aplicación de la evidencia, cambios en los conocimientos y actitudes, el impacto en resultados de salud y la integración y el ...
Esther González-María +7 more
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Assessment of Health Care Exposures and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock [PDF]
Current information on the characteristics of patients who develop sepsis may help in identifying opportunities to improve outcomes. Most recent studies of sepsis epidemiology have focused on changes in incidence or have used administrative data sets that provided limited patient-level data.To describe sepsis epidemiology in adults.This retrospective ...
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