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Vaccine breakthrough infections with SARS-CoV-2: Why older adults need booster vaccinations

open access: yesPublic Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: COVID-19 vaccinations are highly efficacious in preventing severe illness that can lead to hospitalizations and death, but incidents of vaccine breakthrough (VBT) infections persist.
Maria I. Ventura   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Risk Management Knowledge among Nurses in Medical Training Hospital of Ilam [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Risk management is one of the most important concepts of clinical administration in health care system. It includes different interventions planned and performed to improve and provide safety of services for the clients.
Hamid Taghinejad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Of Soldiers and Their Ghosts: Are We Ready for a Review of PTSD Evidence?

open access: yesBioMed, 2023
Psychosocial trauma has accompanied mankind since time immemorial and has been sufficiently portrayed in art and literature to suggest that posttraumatic stress disorder may be as old as combat itself.
Adonis Sfera   +5 more
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Perioperative mortality in children in a tertiary teaching hospital in Nigeria: a prospective study

open access: yesWorld Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2021
Background Perioperative mortality is one of the tools that can help to assess the adequacy of healthcare delivery in a nation. This audit was conducted to determine the 24-hour, 7-day and 30-day perioperative mortality rates and the predictors of ...
Ademola Olusegun Talabi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

State of malnutrition in hospitals of Ecuador

open access: yesNutrición Hospitalaria, 2014
Rationale: Hospital malnutrition is a global health problem affecting 30-50% of hospitalized patients. There are no estimates of the size of this problem in Ecuadorian hospitals.
Sylvia Gallegos Espinosa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Costs of treatment of children affected by severe malaria in reference hospitals of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014
Introduction: Malaria remains a real problem of public health. Its hospital care generates important expenditures for affected households. The present study aimed to estimate direct and indirect costs of severe child malaria in reference hospitals in ...
Félicien Ilunga-Ilunga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diurnal rhythm of blood pressure among Nigerians with hypertension using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is the most common cardiac disease in Nigeria. There are very limited studies in Nigeria on the use of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (24-h ABPM) for evaluation of hypertensive patients.
Ifeoluwa Amjo   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uterine artery Doppler velocimetry in hypertensive disorder of pregnancy in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Ultrasonography, 2017
Aim of the study: To evaluate the value of uterine artery Doppler indices and waveform pattern in predicting fetuses at risk for intrauterine growth restriction in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Materials and methods: This was a prospective cross-
Ibukun A. Abidoye   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sonographic detection of inferior subluxation in post-stroke hemiplegic shoulders

open access: yesJournal of Ultrasonography, 2017
Aim of the study: To evaluate the usefulness of ultrasonographic acromion-greater tuberosity distance measurement and Shoulder ratio in detecting post-stroke inferior shoulder subluxation. Material and methods: Forty-five hemiplegic stroke patients and
Bukunmi M. Idowu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adoption rates of electronic health records in Turkish Hospitals and the relation with hospital sizes

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Nation-wide adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in hospitals has become a Turkish policy priority in recognition of their benefits in maintaining the overall quality of clinical care.
Ilker Kose   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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