Effect of Intra-Hospital Safe Transportation Guidelines for Critically Ill Patients on Nurses' Performance and Patients' Clinical Outcomes [PDF]
Background: Intra-hospital transportation is the term for when critically ill patients are moved within a hospital for therapeutic or diagnostic reasons.
Naglaa Mohammed Amein Ghanem +4 more
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Impacts of the "transport subsidy initiative on poor TB patients" in Rural China: a patient-cohort based longitudinal study in rural China. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo describe the financial burden on TB patients for transportation during treatment, and to evaluate the impacts of the "transportation subsidy initiative on poor TB patients" in rural China for improving poor patients' access to TB treatment ...
Qi Zhao, Lixia Wang, Tao Tao, Biao Xu
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Background Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are increasingly being transferred between ICUs due to a shortage of ICU beds, although this practice is potentially harmful. However, in tertiary units, the transfer of patients who are not in need of
Jonatan Oras +2 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Emergency Medical Service Trauma Patient Transportation Patterns Before and After Level 1 Regional Trauma Center Establishment: A Retrospective Single-Center Study [PDF]
Purpose This study examined emergency medical service (EMS) transportation patterns for adult trauma patients before and after establishing a level 1 regional trauma center (RTC) and to evaluate the transportation approach after prehospital severity ...
Hyeong Seok Lee +4 more
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Background There is limited research on individual patient characteristics, alone or in combination, that contribute to the higher levels of mortality in post-transfer patients.
Andrew P. Reimer +2 more
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Durante su estadía, el paciente es sometido a muchos procedimientos que conllevan riesgos, incluyendo la actividad de traslado del paciente. La función del traslado cobra relevancia en cuanto a ocurrencia, si consideramos que se realiza a lo menos en 3 ...
Blanca Ramírez Iturra, Naldy Febré
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Inequalities in travel time, cost, risk as cause of persistent social and health inequalities
Background: inequalities in travel time, travel cost, and travel risk (ITTRC) can consistently affect access to primary care and social services for disadvantaged and marginalized patients.
John C. H. Hu
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Inter-hospital transport of newborns in critical condition: integrative literature review
Study model: integrative review. Objective: to identify organizational behaviors described in the literature about inter-hospital transport of newborns in critical health condition performed by means of ambulance.
Aldiânia C. Balbino +2 more
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Identifying trauma patients with benefit from direct transportation to Level-1 trauma centers
Background Prehospital triage protocols typically try to select patients with Injury Severity Score (ISS) above 15 for direct transportation to a Level-1 trauma center.
Charlie A. Sewalt +5 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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