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Tracheostomy at skilled nursing facilities

Pulmonology, 2020
A.P. Betrosian, D. Tsimouris, L. Kalathaki   +2 more
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The Association of North Dakota Skilled Nursing Facility Characteristics with COVID-19 Outbreak Severity

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023
Context: COVID-19 exerted severe challenges on skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff. A combination of internal and external factors predisposed SNFs to an increased propensity of COVID-19 spread.
Adam Hohman, Mark A. Strand, Savita Sidhu, Rick Jansen, Stephen McDonough   +4 more
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COVID-19 rebound after oral treatment in a nursing home facility: A case series

Infectious Medicine, 2022
Paxlovid (nirmatrevir/ritonavir) is a 2 drug regimen taken together twice daily for 5 days was authorized for emergency use for nonhospitalized patients who are at risk for the progression of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Alex P. Betrosian, Stavros M. Christou, Stavroula Kalathaki   +2 more
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Prevalence Rates and Characteristics of Malnutrition, Frailty, and Other Nutrition and Muscle Mass-Related Conditions Document Potential Quality of Care Gap for Medicare Patients in US Skilled Nursing Facilities

Geriatrics, 2022
Changes to the payment structure of the United States (U.S.) healthcare system are leading to an increased acuity level of patients receiving short-term skilled nursing facility care.
Mary Beth Arensberg, Cory Brunton, Susan Drawert, Brenda Richardson   +3 more
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Physical Activity Behavior of Patients at a Skilled Nursing Facility: Longitudinal Cohort Study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2022
BackgroundOn-body wearable sensors have been used to predict adverse outcomes such as hospitalizations or fall, thereby enabling clinicians to develop better intervention guidelines and personalized models of care to prevent ...
Ramin Ramezani, Wenhao Zhang, Pamela Roberts, John Shen, David Elashoff, Zhuoer Xie, Annette Stanton, Michelle Eslami, Neil S Wenger, Jacqueline Trent, Antonia Petruse, Amelia Weldon, Andy Ascencio, Majid Sarrafzadeh, Arash Naeim   +14 more
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Functional Impairment and Postacute Care Discharge Setting May Be Useful for Stroke Survival Prognostication

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background The aim of this study was to discussions about post‐stroke outcomes related to post‐stroke function and post‐acute care discharge setting.inform patient‐provider.
Mellanie V. Springer, Lesli E. Skolarus, Chunyang Feng, James F. Burke   +3 more
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Estimating COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness for Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare Personnel, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
We estimated real-world vaccine effectiveness among skilled nursing facility healthcare personnel who were regularly tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection in California, USA, during January‒March 2021.
Monise Magro, Andrea Parriott, Tisha Mitsunaga, Erin Epson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Telehealth on Hospitalization of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Telehealth and Medicine Today, 2023
Importance:  This very large claims data analysis documents lower rates of hospitalization among patients receiving telehealth during a skilled nursing facility stay compared to patients who did not receive telehealth.
Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP, Aanchal Mathur, MS, Beata Konczewski, MS   +2 more
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Compulsory notification at skilled nursing facilities [PDF]

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2017
Summary Introduction: Notifiable diseases (NDs) encompass conditions of high clinical severity and/or contagious. Being closed communities, long-term care facilities (LTCF) are places that deserve attention on their own, but one might be left wondering: what is the reality of NDs at Brazilian LTCFs?
Gorzoni, Milton Luiz, Aguado, Márcia Regina Valadares, Pires, Sueli Luciano, Faria, Lilian de Fátima Costa   +3 more
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Candida auris in skilled nursing facilities

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Candida auris is a fungal organism resistant to several classes of antifungals. Since its identification in 2009, it has gained worldwide attention in healthcare for its virulence and resistance to commonly used antifungal therapeutics. Although its origin and mechanisms of transmission are not fully elucidated, it is widely recognized as a high ...
Philip S. Yune, Jared Coe, Mana Rao, Michael Y. Lin   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources