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Patients for Patient Safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
AbstractUnsafe care results in over 2 million deaths per year and is considered one of the world’s leading causes of death. In 2019, the 72nd World Health Assembly issued a call to action, The Global Action on Patient Safety, that called for Member States to democratize healthcare by engaging with the very users of the healthcare system—patients ...
Katrine Kirk   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Knockout of the mitoribosome rescue factors Ict1 or Mtrfr is viable in zebrafish but not mice: compensatory mechanisms underlying each factor's loss

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Mitochondria contain two mitoribosome rescue factors, ICT1 and MTRFR (C12orf65). ICT1 also functions as a mitoribosomal protein in mice and humans, and its loss is lethal. Although Mtrfr knockout mice could not be generated, knockout zebrafish lines for ict1 and mtrfr were established.
Nobukazu Nameki   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
[Excerpt] This book is an exploration of why patient safety is advancing at what seems to be an almost glacial pace, despite the often vast and determined efforts of health care workers and managers.
Gordon, Suzanne, (Ed.)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Understanding and Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Skin Cancer: Mechanisms and Strategies

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This narrative review explores the mechanisms driving immunotherapy resistance in skin cancer, including tumor microenvironment factors, genetic mutations, and immune evasion strategies. It highlights potential strategies to overcome resistance, offering insights for improving therapeutic outcomes and guiding future research in personalized ...
Shreya Singh Beniwal   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pursuing patient safety [PDF]

open access: yesQuality and Safety in Health Care, 2004
Role of nurses in improving the quality of care Whether you work as a nurse in the US, the UK, or elsewhere in the world, you will be familiar with the often quoted words of Florence Nightingale (1869): “ First do [the patient] no harm ”. Reflecting upon the fundamentals of good nursing, Nightingale was in no doubt that the moral, professional, and ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Patient safety in health care professional educational curricula: examining the learning experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This study has investigated the formal and informal ways pre-registration students from four healthcare professions learn about patient safety in order to become safe practitioners.
Dawson, Pam   +2 more
core  

Safety and patient satisfaction of abobotulinumtoxinA for aesthetic use. A systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A systematic review of the published literature (from January 2000 to January 2016) to ascertain the safety of, and patient satisfaction with, the aesthetic use of abobotulinumtoxinA was conducted.
Cohen, Joel L, Scuderi, Nicolo'
core   +1 more source

Aging‐Driven Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Its Impact on CNS Cancer Susceptibility: A Comprehensive Narrative Review

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Aging weakens the blood–brain barrier (BBB), increasing susceptibility to CNS cancers and complicating treatment. This review examines BBB deterioration, its impact on drug delivery, and potential interventions like targeting neuroinflammation and advanced therapies.
Quang La, Aiman Baloch, David F. Lo
wiley   +1 more source

Annotated Bibliography: Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices in the Context of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The ambulatory care setting is an increasingly important component of the patient safety conversation. Inpatient safety is the primary focus of the vast majority of safety research and interventions, but the ambulatory setting is actually where most ...
Mehdi, Harshal   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Long Term Effects of a 12‐Session Community Exercise Program on Health Measures in Cancer Patients

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To assess the long‐term effects of a community cancer exercise program on quality of life, fatigue, weight, waist circumference, physical activity levels, lower extremity strength, body mass index (BMI), heart rate, and blood pressure, across non‐metastatic and metastatic patients.
Isaac Oppong, Roozbeh Naemi
wiley   +1 more source

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