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Tertiary Care Referrals for Fractures in Children

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2018
With limited local access to pediatric subspecialty care outside major metropolitan areas, tertiary care hospitals treat many children originally seen at outside facilities for relatively brief but urgent surgical procedures. This referral-based care imposes significant financial and psychological stress on the families.Prospective, survey methodology ...
Jennifer K. Marsh, David J. Murray, Anshuman Sharma, Kavya Narayana Reddy, Alyssa Naes   +4 more
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Neuropalliative care in a tertiary-level hospital

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2023
ObjectivesPalliative care in neurology is a recent specialty to improve the quality of life of patients with severe neurological diseases. This study aims to determine the frequency of neurological inpatients who had indication of palliative care, and evaluate the symptomatology, demographic profile, the need for supportive measures, advance directives
Diego Swerts, Ana Araújo, Polyana Vulcano, Bernard Prado, Caroline Miyake, Rafael Docema, Hye Hwang, Mario Peres   +7 more
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Critical Care in a Tertiary Hospital in Malawi

World Journal of Surgery, 2016
AbstractBackgroundThe provision of critical care services is essential to healthcare systems and increasingly a global health focus, but many hospitals in sub‐Saharan Africa are unable to meet this need. Intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in this region is high, but studies describing the provision of critical care services are scarce.MethodsThis was ...
Meghan Prin, Nyengo Mkandawire, Julia B. Sobol, Sarah Clark, Gregor Pollach, Rohesh J. Fernando, Takondwa Itaye, Felix Namboya   +7 more
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Citrobacter Bacteremia in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003
From January 1998 to December 2001, 176 cases of Citrobacter bacteremia occurred of which repeat isolation was possible in 48 cases. Of 48 isolates, 79.1% were C. diversus and 20.9% C. freundii. Citrobacter bacteremia was polymicrobial in 46.1% cases, and maximum number of cases (54.1%) occurred in the age group less than 10 years.
Naveen Gupta, Uma Choudhary, D. R. Arora, Aparna Yadav   +3 more
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Tertiary trauma care in a rural state

The American Journal of Surgery, 1990
Trauma patients in rural areas usually have no access to regional trauma systems or designated trauma centers. Efforts to provide quality trauma care in small hospitals may seriously overextend local capabilities. The urban trauma center retains an important role in trauma care even when the initial care must be provided at the local level. Twenty-five
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Women's Issues of Migraine in Tertiary Care

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 2004
Objective.—To document the frequency and types of symptoms of migraine in a large group of female migraineurs in tertiary care.Background.—Hormonal changes remain a significant accompaniment in the life cycle of the female migraineur. Little is documented on the relationship of women's issues to other features of migraine or to the lives of patients ...
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Incidence of surgical site infection in postoperative patients at a tertiary care centre in India.

Journal of Wound Care, 2016
OBJECTIVE A prospective observational was carried out to calculate the incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) along with the main risk factors and causative organisms in postoperative patients at a tertiary care setting in Mumbai.
M. Akhter, R. Verma, K. Madhukar, A. Vaishampayan, P. Unadkat   +4 more
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A study on knowledge and practices of antenatal care among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Pune, Maharashtra

, 2016
Background: The maternal health status of Indian women was noted to be lower as compared to other developed countries. Promotion of maternal and child health has been one of the most important components of the Family Welfare Programme of the Government ...
B. Patel, Pranaya Gurmeet, Datttreya Ramkrishna Sinalkar, Kapil Pandya, A. Mahen, Neha Singh   +5 more
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Continuity of Care: The Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner in Tertiary Care

Orthopaedic Nursing, 1993
Since 1965 registered nurses have been educated to perform expanded functions in primary health care. The nurse provider role evolved from a shortage of primary health care providers. "Nurse practitioners" were needed to increase access to health care in urban and rural areas of the country that lacked the necessary number of providers to give quality ...
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Tertiary Care and Primary Prevention

New England Journal of Medicine, 1972
R Rothenberg, Howard L. Bleich
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