The aim of this audit is to ascertain the regularity of metabolic health checks, CVD risk assessment and adequate lipid modification therapy among patients on antipsychotic medication in 3 rehabilitation wards in county Durham and Darlington. According to audit standards (based on NICE guidelines-...
VA/DoD clinical practice guideline for assessment and management of patients at risk for suicide. In: Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, editors. Washington (DC); 2013. p. 190. https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/srb/VADODCP_SuicideRisk_Full.pdf. Accessed 15 ...
The RMM guidelines do not address the legal challenge encapsulated in judgment inMontgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board[2015] [87]. The medical professional must take reasonable care to ensure that the patient is aware of any material risks involved in any recommended treatment—but also any suitable...
This model incorporates the assessment of family history of BC, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, male BC, and pancreatic cancer with the following individual traits: sex specification; age at cancer diagnosis or age at death of all family members; genetic factors (BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, CHEK2...
Digital contact-tracing applications (DCTAs) can help control the spread of epidemics, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. But people in Western societies fail to install DCTAs. Understanding the low use rate is key for policy makers who suppo
Suicide Risk Assessment Model Drs. Wortzel, Matarazzo, and Homaifar began a short series on suicide risk assessment in the July, 2013, issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice (Vol.19, No.4; "A Model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient"). They refer to a survey ...
(the basis of many screening guidelines, such as NICE, UKHSA, ECDC) [7,9]. This variation and assessment of risk for each disease depending on individual differences (sex, age, country of origin, duration of residence, etc.) creates a practical and clinical challenge for clinicians, particul...
Suicide Risk Assessment Model Drs. Wortzel, Matarazzo, and Homaifar began a short series on suicide risk assessment in the July, 2013, issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice (Vol.19, No.4; "A Model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient"). They refer to a survey ...
assessment models of suicide death and attempt, respectively. The AUC was 0.967 and 0.942 for the sample used to verify the established assessment models of suicide death and attempt, respectively.Conclusions:Compared with some other assessment tools, the models for suicide death and attempt in the...
2 Currently, risk assessment guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recommend lipid-lowering treatment for individuals with 10-year absolute risk of atherosclerotic CVD greater than 7.5% based on pooled cohort equations.3...