Objective: To identify the scientific production related to nursing which intervention (or protocol) more effective nursing for highly complex client diagnosed with aspiration risk. Method: Computerize...
Objective To evaluate the effect of nutritional risk screening and interventions on postoperative nutritional status in patients with esophageal cancer. Methods A total of 113 esophageal cancer patients with mild or moderate nutritional risk rated by patient-generated subjective global assessment(PG-SGA) ...
Healthcare-associated infection will be defined as "infections resulting from medical care or treatment in hospital (in- or out-patient), nursing homes, or even the patient's own home", as defined by the Health Protection Agency 59. All infective complications will be considered, including UTI...
Oral care can reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonia in the older residents of nursing homes32, and that of cardiovascular diseases in the Scottish general population with a mean age of 50.0 years43. Patients undergoing hemodialysis are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease and infectious ...
However, to date, no study has developed risk prediction models for the frequent emergency house calls. Therefore, we developed and validated a risk score that includes comorbidities and medical interventions in home healthcare to predict frequent emergency house calls among older people who receive ...
This study will evaluate the feasibility of using a set of written signs, designed to caution against the risk of falls, dehydration, and pulmonary aspiration, and will enable the proposal of tailored interventions to manage these events in nursing homes. Methods/Design: All patients from Campus ...
To assess if silent aspiration is a risk factor for respiratory infection in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Method From February 2006 to June 2006, 19 PD patients with diurnal sialorrhea were evaluated by swallow videofluoroscopy (VF). Two patients moved away and contact with them was...
Patients in the lansoprazole group were more likely to be older, reside in a long-term care home, admitted during 2020, given a higher modified Laboratory-Based Acute Physiology Score, admitted to the ICU, admitted for aspiration or COVID-19, and receiving medications associated with...
Proper nursing care with continuous observation and, if necessary, gastric tube placement can help reduce the risk of aspiration [24]. Our study also showed that the tumor located in anterior or lateral of the brainstem increased the risk of POP. A study of 259 patients with petroclival ...
In the last decade, CDI, the most common of healthcare-associated infections [60], has become increasingly prevalent and severe [61–71]. Currently, it often (up to 75% of cases) occurs in the community or nursing homes (approximately in one-quarter of all CDI) [65,72,73], is not ...