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Facilitators and inhibitors of traumatic brain injury transfers: A fieldwork investigation

Nursing Open, 2023
Aim Intensified healthcare specialization has increased the need for patient transfers. We aimed to describe in‐hospital and interhospital patient transfer decisions during the traumatic brain injury (TBI) trajectory from a nursing perspective.
Karin Højbjerg, Ingrid Poulsen, Ingrid Egerod   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Direct Non-Medical and Indirect Costs for Patients Migrating from Underserved to Developed Regions in Iran: A Study from 2020-2021 [PDF]

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System
Background: Access to healthcare services is a prerequisite for societal justice. Unfair distribution of these services can lead to patient migration to cities with higher quality medical centers for better medical services. This study aimed to determine
Mohammad Khammarnia, Eshagh Barfar, Hossein Abrishami, Fariba Ramezani Siakhulak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacist–Physician Collaboration to Improve the Accuracy of Medication Information in Electronic Medical Discharge Summaries: Effectiveness and Sustainability

Pharmacy, 2019
Inaccurate or missing medication information in medical discharge summaries is a widespread and intractable problem. This study evaluated the effectiveness and sustainability of an intervention in which ward-based hospital pharmacists reviewed ...
Rohan A. Elliott, Yixin Tan, Vincent Chan, Belinda Richardson, Francine Tanner, Michael I. Dorevitch   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family-Centered Care and the Inter-Hospital Transport of Critically Ill Neonates

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2020
Background: Safe inter-hospital transfer of high-risk neonate is a part of hospital care. Due to the high rate of inter-hospital transport and the importance of family presence as a key element in infant care (family-centered care), this study aimed to ...
Mahsa Moghaddari, Yadollah zahedpasha, Soraya Khafri, Afsaneh Arzani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency medical technicians' experience of managing patients' pain during hospital transport: A qualitative study [PDF]

Journal of Nursing Reports in Clinical Practice
This study aimed to explore and elucidate the experiences of emergency medical technicians concerning the pain management of patients during hospital transfers. By delving into their feelings, thoughts, and attitudes, the study sought to provide valuable
Seyed Mostafa Mohsenizadeh, Hossein Damadi Abiz, Hoda Salehi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics of obstetrics and gynecology patients from other clinics who transferred through a referral center to a tertiary university hospital

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022
Background: Referral centers are important for tertiary university hospitals to receive patients from other clinics. However, no data are available about the clinical characteristics of patients transferred through a transfer center, particularly ...
Tae-Hee Kim, Soo-Ho Chung, Hae-Hyeog Lee
doaj   +1 more source

PanOpt: A Nationwide Joint Optimization of Dynamic Bed Allocation and Patient Transfer in Pandemics

IEEE Access
Dynamic bed allocation and patient admission have emerged as critical strategies for hospitals during pandemics, driving research toward minimizing costs while effectively managing hospital resources.
Saja Taweel, Mohammad J. Abdel-Rahman, Noor Alawi, Jude Daghlas, Ahmad Ghunaim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aeromedical Transfer of Patients with Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
For >40 years, the British Royal Air Force has maintained an aeromedical evacuation facility, the Deployable Air Isolator Team (DAIT), to transport patients with possible or confirmed highly infectious diseases to the United Kingdom. Since 2012, the DAIT,
Edward D. Nicol, Stephen Mepham, Jonathan Naylor, Ian Mollan, Matthew Adam, Joanna d’Arcy, Philip Gillen, Emma Vincent, Belinda Mollan, David Mulvaney, Andrew Green, Michael Jacobs   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise Interventions in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults With Paediatric Bone Tumours—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bone tumours present significant challenges for affected patients, as multimodal therapy often leads to prolonged physical limitations. This is particularly critical during childhood and adolescence, as it can negatively impact physiological development and psychosocial resilience.
Jennifer Queisser, Claire Laurie, Teresa Schmidt, Irene von Luettichau, Peter Bekkering, Sabine Kesting   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source