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SCREEN: A simple layperson administered screening algorithm in low resource international settings significantly reduces waiting time for critically ill children in primary healthcare clinics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
In low resource settings, an inadequate number of trained healthcare workers and high volumes of children presenting to Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) result in prolonged waiting times and significant delays in identifying and evaluating critically ill
Bhakti Hansoti, Alexander Jenson, Antony G Kironji, Joanne Katz, Scott Levin, Richard Rothman, Gabor D Kelen, Lee A Wallis   +7 more
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The Impact of Role of Pharmacists in Renal Dosage Adjustment Program on Renal Drug Dosing Errors: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021
Studies have reported high prevalence of inappropriate dosing in patients with renal impairment, which was significantly reduced with pharmacists’ interventions.
Bashaer Y Alqurashi, Pansy S Elsamadisi, Mohammed A Aseeri, Sherine E Ismail   +3 more
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The impact of systems-of-care on pharmacoinvasive management with streptokinase: The subgroup analysis of the TN-STEMI programme

Indian Heart Journal, 2017
Objectives: We evaluated the impact of implementation of the TN-STEMI programme on various characteristics of the pharmacoinvasive group by comparing clinical as well as angiographic outcomes between the pre- and post-implementation groups.
Deep Chandh Raja, Vijayakumar Subban, Suma M. Victor, George Joseph, Viji Samuel Thomson, Kumaresan Kannan, Justin Paul Gnanaraj, Ganesh Veerasekar, Jose G. Thenpally, Nandhini Livingston, Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, Thomas Alexander, Ajit S. Mullasari   +12 more
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Quality improvement initiative using transcutaneous bilirubin nomogram to decrease serum bilirubin sampling in low-risk babies

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2019
Background Screening for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia in the postnatal ward has traditionally been performed using serum bilirubin sampling, but this has significant drawbacks such as risk of infection and slower reporting time.Objective We aimed to ...
Muhammad Hussain Shah, Shabina Ariff, Syed Rehan Ali, Rayaan Asad Chaudhry, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Fatima Qaiser, Simon Demas, Ali Shabbir Hussain   +7 more
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Risk-adapted venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in Asian patients admitted to medical intensive care unit: a prospective controlled trial

Thrombosis Journal
Background Critically ill patients are at high risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). In non-Caucasian patients, routine thromboprophylaxis is controversial. No standard guidelines exist for critically ill Thai patients.
Peampost Sinsakolwat, Konlawij Trongtrakul, Pattraporn Tajarernmuang, Nakarin Inmutto, Piangrawee Niprapan, Lalita Norasetthada, Adisak Tantiworawit, Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Thanawat Rattanathammethee, Sasinee Hantrakool, Pokpong Piriyakhuntorn, Nonthakorn Hantrakun, Teerachat Punnachet, Sirichai Srichairatanakool, Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha   +14 more
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Assessing sustainability practices across construction and post-construction phases in Nigeria’s AEC industry

Frontiers in Built Environment
PurposeThis study evaluates the implementation of sustainability practices during and after the construction phases of building projects within Nigeria’s Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector.
Enoch I. Obanor, Enoch I. Obanor, Adefemi O. Adeodu, Jesse B. Zachiang, Jesse B. Zachiang, Promise K. Egba, Emmanuel Ajakanu, Joseph O. Dirisu, Enoabasi A. Umofia   +8 more
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Sustainment, Sustainability, and Spread Study (SSaSSy): protocol for a study of factors that contribute to the sustainment, sustainability, and spread of practice changes introduced through an evidence-based quality-improvement intervention in Canadian nursing homes

Implementation Science, 2019
Background Implementation scientists and practitioners, alike, recognize the importance of sustaining practice change, however post-implementation studies of interventions are rare. This is a protocol for the Sustainment, Sustainability and Spread Study (
Whitney B. Berta, Adrian Wagg, Lisa Cranley, Malcolm B. Doupe, Liane Ginsburg, Matthias Hoben, Lauren MacEachern, Stephanie Chamberlain, Fiona Clement, Adam Easterbrook, Janice M. Keefe, Jennifer Knopp-Sihota, Tim Rappon, Colin Reid, Yuting Song, Carole A. Estabrooks   +15 more
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Integrating thrombolysis into routine stroke care in a Ghanaian tertiary hospital, using the implementation research logic model (IRLM) as a guiding framework

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Despite bearing the brunt of the global burden of post-stroke disability, cost-effective acute treatments such as stroke thrombolysis remain significantly underutilized in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Chris Oppong, Sheila Adamu, Ishaak Ahmed Yussif, Manolo Agbenorku, Kwasi Ankomah, Kwasi Adjepong Twum, Emmanuel Boadi Attafuah, Akosua Afriyie-Ansah, John Emmanuel Oppong Mensah, Sommik Miilon Duut, Minas Aikins, Alfred Opata, Benedict Kusi Ampofo, Yaa Bema Sarkodie Amankwah, Khabib Abdulai Baba, Serwaa Asare-Bediako, Eno Akua Afriyie Biney, Rexford Adu Gyamfi, Vida Obese, Hanson Ababio, Ama Kwakyewaa Bedu-Addo, Moses Siaw-Frimpong, Alice Oppong Damprane, Philip Kankam Boadu, Martha Owusu, Afia Bempomaa Opoku-Boateng, Ibrahim Kasanga, Maxwell Nyenaah, Bernice Agyeman Prempeh, Daniel Osei Kwame, José Biller   +32 more
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Effect of Muscle Relaxation Technique on Pain, Pruritus and Vital Signs among Patients with Burns [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
This study aimed to: assess the effect of muscle relaxation technique on pain, pruritus, and vital signs among patients with burn. Research hypothesis: Muscle relaxation technique will have a positive effect on pain, pruritus and vital signs among ...
Mariana Malaak William, Manal Hussein Nasr, Mona Ndar Ebraheim   +2 more
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Exploring electronic health record systems implementation in primary health care centres in Saudi Arabia: pre-post implementation

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThe Saudi government has allocated four billion Saudi Riyals (approximately $1,066 million) to establish the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) and advance its e-health strategy.
Haitham Alzghaibi, Hayley Hutchings
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