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Body Positivity and Eating Behaviors Among Women Attending Fitness Classes: Associations with Body Mass Index. [PDF]

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Physical and Chemical Restraints

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2009
The combative or uncooperative patient is a growing problem in the emergency department. Restrained patients are at especially high risk of adverse outcomes. Particular attention has been given to de-escalation techniques to reduce the need for patient restraint. This article examines these techniques and the need for and risks of physical and chemical
Victoria A, Coburn, Mark B, Mycyk
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Deaths Caused by Physical Restraints

The Gerontologist, 1992
A retrospective analysis of 122 deaths caused by vest and strap restraints found that most victims were women (78%) and a median age of 81. Victims were found suspended from chairs (42%) or beds (58%); 83% were in nursing homes. Detailed analysis of 19 cases showed that all were demented, 13 had impulsive or involuntary movements, and 14 had recently ...
S H, Miles, P, Irvine
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Physical Restraints: Abusive and Harmful

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2012
Contemporary health care policy around the world promotes the use of evidence-based medicine and, as such, it is reasonable to assume that this would lead to similarities in health care practices in comparable economies. Interestingly, this does not seem to be the case with the use of restraining technologies and restraint policies implemented within ...
Debbie, Tolson, John E, Morley
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Patient autonomy in physical restraint

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2005
Despite initiatives to raise the awareness of patient autonomy among healthcare providers, the use of physical restraints on frail or confused older patients continues to be a common practice in many healthcare settings. This paper examines the relationship between patient autonomy and the use of physical restraints by drawing on the literature ...
Pracy P Y, Cheung, Bernard M C, Yam
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Thrombosis associated with physical restraints

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2001
Objective: Physical restraint is controversial, but still frequently used in psychiatric units. We describe two cases of thromboembolic phenomena, one with a fatal outcome, in association with physical restraint. Method: The world literature on physical restraint and thrombosis was reviewed by undertaking a search of electronic databases.
E, Hem, O, Steen, S, Opjordsmoen
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Social Behavior and Physical Restraints

The Gerontologist, 1989
This paper addresses the question: Are physical restraints related to decreased social behavior among nursing home residents? Data collected from 112 nursing home residents suggest that low social performance puts a resident at risk of being restrained, but more frequently the use of a restraint hampers a resident's performance of social behavior.
S, Folmar, H, Wilson
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