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ACCCN Workforce Standards for Intensive Care Nursing: Systematic and evidence review, development, and appraisal [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The intensive care nursing workforce plays an essential role in the achievement of positive healthcare outcomes. A growing body of evidence indicates that inadequate nurse staffing and poor skill mix are associated with negative outcomes for ...
Chamberlain, Diane, Fulbrook, Paul, Pollock, Wendy   +2 more
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C1 inhibitor deficiency: 2014 United Kingdom consensus document [PDF]

, 2015
C1 inhibitor deficiency is a rare disorder manifesting with recurrent attacks of disabling and potentially life-threatening angioedema. Here we present an updated 2014 United Kingdom consensus document for the management of C1 inhibitor-deficient ...
Ashworth, F, Bethune, C, Cale, C, Dempster, J, Edgar, D, Gompels, M, Jolles, S, Longhurst, H J, Price, A, Seneviratne, S, Symons, C, Tarzi, M D   +11 more
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Risk assessment for Japanese encephalitis vaccination

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most commonly diagnosed viral encephalitis in Asia. JE is caused by a virus called JE virus (JEV), a member of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes.
Lance Turtle, Carolyn Driver
doaj   +1 more source

Operating theatre nurse specialist competence to ensure patient safety in the operating theatre: A discursive paper

Nursing Open, 2019
To discuss specialist operating theatre nurses’ competence in relation to the general six core competencies and patient safety.
Ann-Christin von Vogelsang, C. Swenne, Birgitta Åkesdotter Gustafsson, Karin Falk Brynhildsen   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig, Sophie Jessop, Jordan R. Hansford, Hien Le, Matthew O'Connor, Peter Gorayski, Andrew Cunningham, Amanda Hutchinson, Victoria Bedford, Eva Bezak, Nayana Parange, Kelly Skelton, Timothy Price, Michala Short   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasound applied to nursing in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS): a scoping review

Infermieristica Journal, 2022
Background: In recent years, ultrasound has represented a new field of application for nursing. Point of Care UltraSound (POCUS) has been defined as an essential skill in the pre-hospital setting.
Enrico Lucenti, Lucrezia Lavelli, Walter De Luca, Maurizio Beretta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Utility of Baseline Echocardiogram in Patients With Standard Risk Precursor B‐Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background A routine baseline echocardiogram is often obtained prior to anthracycline administration in children with cancer. The utility of baseline echocardiogram is unclear in patients with standard risk B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (SR B‐ALL) as their anthracycline cumulative dose is low.
Ziyad Alrajhi, Alice Pozza, Luc Mertens, Adam Paul Yan, Sarah Alexander   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to health services in Western Newfoundland, Canada: Issues, barriers and recommendations emerging from a community-engaged research project [PDF]

, 2014
Research indicates that people living in rural and remote areas of Canada face challenges to accessing health services. This article reports on a community-engaged research project conducted by investigators at Memorial University of Newfoundland in ...
Heath, Sara, Hippe, Janelle, Jesso, Beulah, Maddalena, Victor, McCahon, Marion, Olson, Kim   +5 more
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Disordered but rhythmic—the role of intrinsic protein disorder in eukaryotic circadian timing

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Unstructured domains known as intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are present in nearly every part of the eukaryotic core circadian oscillator. IDRs enable many diverse inter‐ and intramolecular interactions that support clock function. IDR conformations are highly tunable by post‐translational modifications and environmental conditions, which ...
Emery T. Usher, Jacqueline F. Pelham
wiley   +1 more source

Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source