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PRN sedative prescribing in the elderly [PDF]

Psychiatric Bulletin, 2008
Doctors admitting elderly patients to hospital frequently prescribe sedation as required or pro re nata (prn). They may do this for a variety of reasons, including inexperience, habit and to avoid disturbing a medical colleague at night.
Rebecca Rawesh, Lucy Watkin, Vincent Kirchner   +2 more
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Nursing Perspectives on Factors That Influence Provision of Patient‐Centered Care for Autistic Patients in a Large Urban Hospital System: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To characterise nurses' perspectives on factors that influence their ability to provide patient‐centered nursing care for autistic patients in a large urban hospital setting. Design Qualitative exploratory study. Methods We conducted semi‐structured interviews via Zoom with nurses from a large urban hospital serving primarily adult ...
Amy Watson‐Grace, Ankita Patel, Priyanka Paradkar, Lauren Oatney, Todd B. Monroe, Esther Chipps, Judith A. Tate, Michelle D. Failla   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Pertactin-Deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Slovenia

Emerging Infectious Diseases
In Slovenia, primary acellular pertussis vaccines (ACVs) containing pertactin (PRN) were mostly used during 1999–2016; ACVs without PRN were introduced in 2017.
Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Tamara Kastrin, Katja Seme, Marta Grgič Vitek, Jussi Mertsola, Qiushui He   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An algorithm for lifting points in a tropical variety

, 2008
The aim of this paper is to give a constructive proof of one of the basic theorems of tropical geometry: given a point on a tropical variety (defined using initial ideals), there exists a Puiseux-valued ``lift'' of this point in the algebraic variety ...
Jensen, Anders Nedergaard, Markwig, Hannah, Markwig, Thomas   +2 more
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Forgivingness Across Social Relationships and Family Generations Over Time

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study addressed individual differences in forgivingness, or the tendency to forgive others, across multiple social relationships and family generations over time. Methods We used longitudinal data over 4 years across three family generations, including young adults (n = 501; M = 20.4 years), their parents (n = 350; M = 50.9 ...
Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, Patrick L. Hill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Sleep Apnea and Sleepiness in Adults With and Without HIV in Mwanza, Tanzania: Baseline Results From an Ongoing Cohort Study

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted a cross‐sectional analysis of the baseline survey of participants aged > 30 years enrolled in the Mwanza HIV&CVD Cohort in Tanzania. Our primary objective was to examine the association between HIV status and sleep apnea (SA).
Godfrey A. Kisigo, Benson Issarow, Salama Fadhil, Grace Ruselu, Ponsiano Fabian, Ayubu Garbindi, Robert N. Peck, Kathy Baisley, Saidi Kapiga, Ana C. Krieger   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘To give or not to give medication, that is the question.’ Healthcare personnel’s perceptions of factors affecting pro re nata medication in sheltered housing for older adults — a focus-group interview study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Residents living in sheltered housing depend on help from healthcare personnel (HCP) with medication management, regarding regular long-term and pro re nata (PRN) medication.
Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Audit: Prescribing PRN medication.

Psychiatria Danubina, 2017
PRN prescriptions enablehealthcare staff to respond quickly to the urgent clinical needs of the user without having to contact the responsible clinician (RC). One problem, established amongst most institutions by NICE regarding the use of PRN, is that most of these institutions struggle to keep an updated or full record on the PRN medications.
Adelaide, Duku, Rawther, Fathima
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Vertical Growth of Facial Soft Tissues: A Longitudinal Three‐Dimensional Facial Growth Study

Orthodontics &Craniofacial Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This longitudinal cohort study aimed to assess changes in vertical facial landmarks in individuals aged 10 to 18 years and identify sex differences in growth patterns. Materials and Methods One hundred and one individuals (males, n = 56; females, n = 45) were observed.
Signe Silinevica, Amir Nassereldine, Gundega Jakobsone, Jinjun Xiong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Method and apparatus for calibrating the ionosphere and application to surveillance of geophysical events [PDF]

, 1984
The columnar electron content of the ionosphere between a spacecraft and a receiver is measured in realtime by cross correlating two coherently modulated signals transmitted at different frequencies (L1,L2) from the spacecraft to the receiver using a ...
Macdoran, P. F.
core   +1 more source