“The Longest Way Round Is The Shortest Way Home”: An Overhaul of Surgical Ward Rounds [PDF]
AbstractBackgroundWard rounds, a keystone of hospital surgical practice, have recently been under the spotlight. Poor‐quality ward rounds can lead to a greater number of adverse events, thereby cascading to an increased financial strain on our already burdened healthcare systems.
Kunal Shetty +6 more
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Advancing Medical Students’ Non-technical Skills in a Group-Based Setting
Aim of the study: Introduction of non-technical skill (NTS) modules in undergraduate medical curricula is essential to prevent errors that occur due to inadequate communication and malfunctioning teams. We primarily aimed to observe medical students’ NTS
Marios Nicolaides +6 more
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WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma [PDF]
The severity of liver injuries has been universally classified according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grading scale. In determining the optimal treatment strategy, however, the haemodynamic status and associated injuries ...
Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. +18 more
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From mourning to scientific legacy: commemorating Lister in London and Scotland [PDF]
This paper examines the changing methods, underlying motives, clienteles and controversy surrounding posthumous commemorations of Lord Lister in Britain.
Dupree, Margueri
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Primary Ewing Sarcoma/Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Stomach
Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor (ES/PNET) is a tumor of small round cells arising in skeletal tissues. These tumors rarely arise in the stomach.
Safi Khuri +4 more
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Critical care provision after colorectal cancer surgery [PDF]
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 2nd largest cause of cancer related mortality in the UK with 40 000 new patients being diagnosed each year. Complications of CRC surgery can occur in the perioperative period that leads to the requirement of ...
Dale, C.D. +6 more
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Background/Objectives: Surgical ward rounds are central to trainee education but are often associated with stress, cognitive overload, and inconsistent learning.
Ishith Seth +5 more
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Constructing Ontology-Based Cancer Treatment Decision Support System with Case-Based Reasoning [PDF]
Decision support is a probabilistic and quantitative method designed for modeling problems in situations with ambiguity. Computer technology can be employed to provide clinical decision support and treatment recommendations.
Colloc, Joël +4 more
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Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek +196 more
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Extended scope of nursing practice: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained nurses and pre-registration house officers in pre-operative assessment in elective general surgery [PDF]
Aim/ Principal Research Question:1) To determine whether pre-operative assessment carried out by an appropriately trained nurse (ATN) is equivalent in quality to that carried out by a pre-registration house officer (PRHO).2) To assess whether pre ...
Alhameed, H. +15 more
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