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Exploring links between common mental health problems, alcohol/substance use and perpetration of intimate partner violence: A rapid ethnographic assessment with men in urban Kenya

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2018
Introduction: Kenya has some of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the world, particularly intimate partner violence.
A. Schafer, P. Koyiet
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In-hospital outcomes among older medical inpatients admitted to aged care wards after activation of a 2-tier rapid response system

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background The outcomes of rapid response systems (RRS) are poorly established in older people. We examined the outcomes in older inpatients at a tertiary hospital that uses a 2-tier RRS, including the outcomes of each tier.
David Basic, Danielle Ní Chróinín
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Changing patterns in paediatric medical emergency team (MET) activations over 20 years in a single specialist paediatric hospital

Resuscitation Plus, 2020
Background: The Medical Emergency Team (MET) model was first introduced in the early 1990s and aimed to intervene at an earlier stage of patient clinical deterioration.
Jason Acworth, Louise Dodson, Elliott Acworth, Julie McEniery   +3 more
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Characteristics and outcome of rapid response team patients ≥75 years old: a prospective observational cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2017
Background Rapid response teams (RRTs) attend severely ill general ward patients whose average 30-day mortality is near 30%. A major part of RRT patients are over 75 years old, but there are no studies on the characteristics and outcome of this geriatric
Joonas Tirkkonen, Piritta Setälä, Sanna Hoppu   +2 more
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Early Experience of Medical Alert System in a Rural Training Hospital: a Pilot Study [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
Background Medical emergency teams (METs) have shown their merit in preventing unexpected cardiac arrest. However, it might be impractical for small- or medium-sized hospitals to operate an MET due to limited manpower and resources.
Maru Kim
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The associations between rapid response systems and their components with patient outcomes: A scoping review

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 2023
Background: While rapid response systems have been widely implemented, their impact on patient outcomes remains unclear. Further understanding of their components—including medical emergency team triggers, medical emergency team member composition ...
Rebecca J. Piasecki, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Kelly T. Gleason, Rachel M. Justice, Elizabeth A. Hunt   +4 more
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“Critical care without walls” - Impact of a “pediatric emergency team” on Picu admissions from the wards and overall mortality

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2015
A high index of suspicion is needed in pediatric patients with neurological symptoms being the sole presenting manifestation, to diagnose infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Vims (HIV).
Nitika Agrawal, Gnanam Ram, Shiv Kumar
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Active and adaptive case finding to estimate therapeutic program coverage for severe acute malnutrition: a capture-recapture study

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Coverage is an important indicator to assess both the performance and effectiveness of public health programs. Recommended methods for coverage estimation for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) can involve active and adaptive ...
Sheila Isanaka, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Halidou Salou, Fatou Berthé, Rebecca F. Grais, Ben G. S. Allen   +5 more
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Predictors of in-hospital Mortality After Rapid Response System Activation in a Newly Established Tertiary Hospital

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2022
Objective:Rapid response systems (RRSs), which aim to prevent cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths, have been implemented across hospitals worldwide. Most studies on RRS shave evaluated the effects of its implementation on in-hospital mortality. In this
Büşra Tezcan, Müçteba Can, Çilem Bayındır Dicle, İbrahim Mungan, Derya Ademoğlu   +4 more
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Rapid response teams improve outcomes: yes [PDF]

Intensive Care Medicine, 2016
Intensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, SPHPM Monash University, Heidelberg, Victoria ...
Jones D., Rubulotta F., Welch J.
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