FCEs and spells are susceptible to vagaries in the way hospitals organise their care, and in particular their propensity to transfer patients between consultants or to new hospitals. Theoretically, CIPS overcome these limitations and provide a more reliable measure of LOS, however creating these requi...
We are confident that these results are not specific to this particular sample of nurses. Ultimately, longitudinal data sets will be needed to exclude the possibility that low hospital nurse staffing is the consequence, rather than the cause, of poor patient and nurse outcomes. Our findings have...
in particular outside normal hours for consultation of clinics, resulting in a wasteful useofpublic hospitalresources. legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk 雖然 我們明白有部分病人未能確定其急性病狀究竟是否需要緊急還 是非緊急醫療服務,因而選擇到急症室求診,但事實上也有不少 ...
When the proportions of RNs with hospital diplomas and associate degrees as their highest educational credentials were examined separately, the particular type of educational credential for nurses with less than a bachelor's degree was not a factor in patient outcomes. Furthermore, mean years of expe...
The COVID-19 pandemic is currently a severe challenge for healthcare workers, with a considerable impact on their mental health. In order to focus preventive and rehabilitation measures it’s fundamental to identify risk factors of such psychological impairment. We designed an observational longitudinal...
Reduction in PVR is one of the most important components in the management of RVF because of the particular sensitivity of the RV to afterload changes. The pharmacologic agents (Table8) to reduce PVR must be used with caution as they have the potential to cause hypotension. ...
For conservative Muslim families in particular, a woman talking with a male physician about her own or her child’s illness was reported to be a sin. The concerns of mothers and family members about a male medical practitioner impacted on their treatment-seeking for children in important ways,...
(65) are of particular interest. Of eight children studied to date, six had granulocyte responses into the protective range. One had a trilineage response as well (Fig. 9). One patient could not complete the course of treatment due to an allergic response and another failed to respond. We...
Other authors indicated that this feature is specific to the particular species [58–60]. It might predispose the species to cause a certain type of infection. The cytolysin activity expressed by staphylococci influences their viru- lence [61]. In our studies, almost all S. haemolyticus ...
Papers of particular interest, published recently, have been highlighted as: • Of importance •• Of major importance Sgro M, Yudin MH, Lee S, Sankaran K, Tran D, Campbell D. Early-onset neonatal sepsis: it is not only group B streptococcus. Paediatr Child Health. 2011;16(5):269...