Research has highlighted a need to improve the quality of clinical documentation and data within aged care and disability services in Australia to support improved regulatory reporting and ensure quality and safety of services. However, the specific causes of data quality issues within aged care and ...
Provisional data submitted by Primary Care Trusts in England by the 30 April 2009 report that 86.2% of girls aged 12–13 have had their first HPV jab and 82.6% have received their second jab (NHS Immunisation Information, 2009). Coverage in the catch-up cohort (much of which is not in ...
sex, parent educational attainment (high school degree equivalent or less, some college or 2-year degree, 4-year college degree, or advanced degree), child preschool attendance (center-based preschool, home-based child care, or none), household income to needs ratio, and child race and ethnici...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common in older people. An ankle-brachial index (ABI) < 0.9 can be used as an indicator of PAD. Patients with low ABI have increased mortality and a higher risk of serious cardiovascular morbidity. However, because
Digital technologies can play an important role in improving the limited accessibility of healthcare services in rural regions (e.g., via remote assessment). However, whether remote fitness assessments (RFA) of selected physical and cognitive fitness par
All animal studies were carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. The protocol was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of the Salk Institute for Biological Studie...
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health-Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging program (Grant# AG38070). All animal experiments were performed in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Nati...
]. Despite the advancement of surgical techniques and specialized perioperative care, higher mortality rates following liver resection have been documented in elderly patients [121,122,123]. Numerous animal models firmly support that aged livers have a significantly lower reparative capacity following ...