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Incidents of sudden death during restraint of agitated individuals in Sweden between 1992 and 2024

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Restraint‐related sudden deaths in agitated individuals raise complex questions at the intersection of medicine and law. Hyperactive delirium with extreme agitation as well as positional asphyxia due to restraint have been proposed to account for these deaths. However, the exact physiological mechanisms responsible and to what extent restraint
Alexander Tyr, Erik Lindeman, Fredrik Tamsen, Ingemar Thiblin, Brita Zilg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention. [PDF]

, 2019
"Expected practice" is a recently described method to alter clinical behavior. We implemented an expected practice around short-course antibiotic therapy, which was associated with decreased antibiotic utilization for multiple bacterial infections. Thus,
Masuda, Eriko, Minejima, Emi, Spellberg, Brad, Yadav, Kabir   +3 more
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Evidence of internal structure validity of the nursing outcome “Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult (0412)” for critically ill COVID‐19 patients

International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the evidence of internal structure validity of the nursing outcome (NO) “Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult (0412)” of the NOs classification for critically ill COVID‐19 patients. Methods A methodological study focused on internal structural validation, part of a multicenter study, was carried out in the ...
Aline Batista Maurício, Viviane Martins da Silva, Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante, Larissa Giardini Bruni, Sue Ann Moorhead, Elizabeth Swanson, Karen Dunn Lopez, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de Barros   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients [PDF]

, 2006
Presents case studies of healthcare organizations, clinical teams, and learning collaborations to illustrate successful innovations for improving patient safety nationwide.
David Blumenthal, Douglas McCarthy
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

, 2010
The area of the alveolar epithelium of the lung is approximately 70 m(2). This area is constantly in contact with the ambient air and is therefore vulnerable to contamination with airborne microbes and particles of respirable size. Due to the configuration of the respiratory tract, airborne particles having diameters in the range of 0.5-2.0 μ can reach
openaire   +1 more source

Compartmentalized cytokine production during mechanical ventilation and ventilator-associated pneumonia [PDF]

, 2002
Julian Millo, MJ Schultz, Weverling Gj, Tom van der Poll, CS Garrard   +4 more
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Exposures in Indoor Air Affecting Health

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indoor air quality (IAQ) is influenced by a wide range of chemical, biological and physical agents that can negatively impact physical, immunological and mental health. Adverse health effects depend on the type and concentration of pollutants, duration of exposure, and individual susceptibility.
Maria Hartiala, Varpu Elenius, Alicia Aguado Pesquera, Silas Androulakis, Isabella Annesi‐Maesano, Artur Badyda, Sicco Brandsma, Ioanna Chatziprodromidou, Goran Gajski, Judith Garcia‐Aymerich, Chiara Giorio, Timo Hugg, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Sarah Koch, Pim E. G. Leonards, Angeliki Matrali, Lisa Melymuk, Natalie Mueller, Adam Muszyński, Jet Opbroek, Inês Paciência, Spyros N. Pandis, Sofya Pozdniakova, Aino K. Rantala, Sandra Rodríguez Sufuentes, Linda Schenk, Eva Sugeng, Adrià Sunyer‐Caldú, Apostolos Vantarakis, Alexander Zherebker, Ernesto Alfaro‐Moreno, Pernilla Bohlin Nizzetto, José Fermoso Dominguez, Stylianos Karatzas, Francesco Mureddu, Heidi Salonen, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Tuomas Jartti, the IDEAL Consortium   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peri‐operative rehabilitation in patients undergoing elective cardiac valve surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Patients with valvular heart disease are at high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications, which contribute to morbidity and mortality. However, few studies have focused specifically on peri‐operative rehabilitation in this patient population.
Yuting Liu, Fengyao Liu, Mingyu Xu, Haofeng Zhou, Haochen Wang, Yuanhui Liu, Xuyu He, Huanlei Huang, Tucheng Sun, Xuhua Jian, Jimei Chen, Min Wu, Yijia Sun, Peihua Cao, Jiyan Chen, Lan Guo, Huan Ma   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilator – associated pneumonia in intensive care units And physician - nurse relationship role

Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2016
Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is one of important factors of morbidity and mortality in critical care units, associated with hospitalization day s and increased cost of treatment.
Asgar Mobasher Amini, Baghaie Lakeh, Asgari, kazemnejad Leili   +3 more
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in evere traumatic brain injury [PDF]

, 2006
David A. Zygun, Danny J. Zuege, Paul Boiteau, Kevin B. Laupland, Elizabeth A. Henderson, John B. Kortbeek, Christopher J. Doig   +6 more
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