It discusses findings on the complication rates of phlebitis and infiltration between site rotation of peripheral intravenous catheters based on clinical assessment by nurses in a medical-surgical unit and length of time and implications for medical-surgical nursing practice and existing policies for ...
General Nursing Considerations Sources Risk Factors for Peripheral IV Site Complications Each risk factor requires careful consideration and appropriatenursing interventions, such as using the correct catheter size, securing the IV properly, rotating sites regularly, and closely monitoring patients for early ...
clinical reappraisal studies conducted by physicians speak to the reliability and validity of the drug use disorder diagnoses presented herein, some degree of underreporting of illicit drug use and symptoms is likely in all surveys of the general population when self-report assessment instruments are ...
The risk-benefit assessment indicates that administration of ciprofloxacin to pediatric patients is appropriate [see Dosage and Administration (2.2) and Clinical Studies (14.3)]. Plague CIPRO IV is indicated in pediatric patients from birth to 17 years of age, for treatment of plague, including ...
The APACHE IV ICU LOS benchmarks are clinically useful for the assessment and comparison for patient groups across ICUs, but not for predicting ICU LOS for individual patients. Several factors affected individual patients’ ICU stays including patients, structural, and managerial factors. Patient fact...
Developing a trauma-informed EAP assessment: by including trauma-informed questions in assessments, EA professionals can make better referrals and increase the likelihood of treatment success One of these cases developed a DSM IV-TR diagnosis, namely adjustment disorder with depressed mood, subsequent to...
Eaton WWNeufeld KChen LSCai G A comparison of self-report and clinical diagnostic interviews for depression: Diagnostic Interview Schedule and Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-up. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2000;57 (3) 217- 222Article...
Axis V is the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), graded from 0 to 100. The numbers assigned by the clinician are meant to depict current functioning based on the degree to which symptoms interfere with life activities. The following are examples of a DSM diagnosis: Axis I - 296.23 ...
Full details of the assessment are provided in Supplementary File 2. Statistical Analysis A sample size of 250 was chosen for this study based on the primary endpoint of incidence of AEs reported. When the sample size is 250, the 95% two-sided confidence interval (CI) will provide a ...
Using DSM-IV by clinical assessment, delirium was found in 510/768 patients (66%). Strict DSM-5 criteria categorized 158 as delirious including 155 (30%) with DSM-IV delirium, whereas relaxed DSM-5 criteria identified 466 as delirious, including 455 (89%) diagnosed by DSM-IV (P <0.001)...