... detection and response to issues that represent patient safety risks and hazards Knowledge of Epidemiology of Patient Safety Risks and Hazards Identification of medical errors and causes of patient ... for data standards and other specifications for a national information system Most of the standards it recommends have been adopted by official federal standardsetting bodies, and their official ... Adoption of a new mission and strategic plan designed to improve quality and safety in health care through a combination of scientific research and actions Establishment of ten portfolios of work...
... project officer This work was conducted in RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation A profile of RAND Health, abstracts of its publications, and ordering information can be found at www.rand.org/health ... detection and response to issues that represent patient safety risks and hazards Knowledge of Epidemiology of Patient Safety Risks and Hazards Identification of medical errors and causes of patient ... range of settings and types of providers, with updates made to its standards and goals as issues change and policy and practices evolve We examine its sentinel event data in our evaluation of methods...
... into older adulthood, and as a result the demographics of this disease are shifting The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of assessment, classification, andtreatment approaches for ... headaches and infections.12 The efficacy, tolerability and safety of NTZ was recently looked at in a Cochrane review which demonstrated decreased Sorkin et al risk of exacerbations and progression of ... and cognitive and visual disturbances) likely contributes to a higher frequency of bone fractures In a USA MS registry, 27.2% of responders reported a low bone mass and 15% reported history of...
... patient The selection of content of the brochure and manner of expression of that content may be determined by both the patient’s medical condition and any other personal and cultural characteristics ... requires that an extremely large number of bits and pieces of text be available; Strecher and colleagues found that the creation and management of the large number of text fragments involved became ... attractively laid out and formatted, and possibly run off on pre-printed stationery.2 The creation of a complete system as just described is well beyond the current scope and resources of the HealthDoc...
... very similar in terms of final knee range of motion (ROM) at the final follow-up evaluation, with unilateral and bilateral patients having a range of motion of 1° - 116° and 0° - 114°, respectively ... decrease in simul- Page of taneous 2-team TKA: the percentage of patients requiring transfusion, mean number of transfused units of packed red blood cells, and percentage of patients going to an ... TKA because of inconsistent terminology and variable study design Obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) is a strong predictor of bilateral osteoarthritis of the knee [2] With estimates of some populations...
... concept, and participated in the design and implementation of the study MMA reviewed the manuscript and participated in the study concept and design and interpretation of the findings DC reviewed ... validity of the subscales and reliability of the subscale and composite scores The findings support the use of the OPSAT-Q as a treatment satisfaction measure in clinical studies of bisphosphonate treatment ... literature reviewand information attained from two focus groups The literature reviewand focus groups were conducted to explore the impact of osteoporosis and its treatment on patient perceptions and...
... The CCQ scores of the patients were within the limits of the MCID of the scores of the treating clinician in 62% and the mean score of the reviewing clinicians in 63% The proportion of cases within ... Bland and Altman plots we chose a difference in scores of 0.4 (the MCID), as cut-off point for agreement Over 60% of the 44 patient-reviewer scores differed less than the MCID Of the patients-reviewer ... oxygenation at start of the 6-min walking distance, and the number of pack years; ii) the transcribed and blinded interview; and iii) a blank CCQ Each set of interviews contained 11 randomly assigned...
... article as: Farin and Meder: Personality and the physicianpatient relationship as predictors of quality of life of cardiac patients after rehabilitation Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 ... psychosocial aspects of the HRQOL, while the aspects of the physician-patient relationship are important for all domains of the HRQOL The confirmation of the significance of anger and cynicism is ... intervention, the influence of proactive patient behavior is too weak to influence the treatment process and thus the HRQOL at the end oftreatment The only slight significance of trust in the physician...
... genitourinary problems as a result of pregnancies and aging Her risk of cancer of the breast and reproductive organs is increased She is at risk for osteoporosis andfractures She may still enjoy ... calyces, and collecting tubules Hydatid (of Morgagni) Fallopian tube Uterus Urinary bladder Urethra Vagina Urethral and paraurethral glands (Continued) BENSON & PERNOLL’S HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS AND ... position(s) Goals of successful communication include: discerning issues and concerns from the other’s point of view, identification of key issues and concerns, the determination of what would constitute...
... protein families of profilins, polcalcins, and nsLTPs and their clinical relevance for the allergic patient Individual members of panallergen protein families are given in Table and three-dimensional ... cells, profilins play a role in cytokinesis, cytoplasmatic streaming, cell elongation as well as growth of pollen tubes and root hairs [15-17] Besides actin, a plethora of profilin ligands have ... allergenic profilin was described in birch pollen and was designated Bet v [19] Shortly after the identification of Bet v 2, IgE cross-reactive profilins were found in pollen of grasses and weeds...
... understanding of the Page 12 of 19 development of cancer from the analysis of several samples The annotated R code of the program is provided, together with detailed user instructions and examples of ... distance is chosen Generation of the copy number profile of the common precursor of two samples At each step of the algorithm, the profile of the common precursor of the two nodes joined, CP(a ... follows: 1, random selection of the number nab of aberrations to add, between and 15 (in line with the numbers observed in experimental trees); 2, random selection of n ab pairs of ‘up’ and ‘down’...
... Anatomic variations of a recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) may threaten the safety of thyroid surgery and so a complete knowledge of RLN anatomy, including all of its variations, must be mandatory for ... extra-laryngeal bifurcation of the ILN and left SILAB, is an extremely unusual coincidence in one patient The coincidence of a right nonrecurrent nerve and bilateral bifurcation of both right and left nerves ... feature The prevalence of extra-laryngeal branching of the non-recurrent nerve is unknown We present an example of triple anatomic variations of ILNs in the same patient, and also two anatomic...
... Department of Health's response to EPP in its pilot phase, and, as such, the success of the EPP is interpreted primarily in terms of the numbers of courses run and the anticipated numbers of future ... Evaluation of the EPP – Report II: Examination of the implementation of the Expert Patients Programme within the structures and locality contexts of the NHS in England University of Manchester, ... requirement, an average of four courses have been planned with a mean budget of £8,000 They have an average of two active tutors, and Leads dedicate an average of 15% of their working week to...
... basis of the well established observation of immunodeficiency following trauma, blood loss and major surgery, three questions arise What are the mechanisms of immune deactivation? Do we have standardized ... for measurement of immune responsiveness have been reported A problem, however, is standardization of the assays Many of the assays developed thus far not fulfill the criteria of a modern diagnostic ... diagnostic assay As suggested in the review [1], measures of monocyte/macrophage and T-cell function play key roles in diagnosis During the past few years some well standardized assays for detecting...
... importance of early goaldirected resuscitation therapy and the choice of resuscitation fluid; when to consider intravascular monitoring; the use of low-dose corticosteroids and drotrecogin-alpha; and ... assessment of the patient begins with recognition of the signs and symptoms of a serious infection The participants agreed not only that antibiotic treatment should be given within hours of presentation ... radiograph, let us try and put these findings together First of all, this patient presents with an acute illness with fever, chills, a cough that is productive of purulent sputum, and days of watery diarrhea...
... because of concern about a lack of health insurance and the associated cost of care [19] The Rivers study was done in the ED of an urban hospital (Henry Ford) in Detroit (MI, USA) and most of the ... patients can be Page of (page number not for citation purposes) found in a later study of Rivers and colleagues [38], in which patients of both the standard therapy and the EGDT groups of their original ... tissue hypoxia (lactate of greater than or equal to mmol/L and ScvO2 of less than 70%), and (c) resolved global tissue hypoxia (lactate of less than or equal to mmol/L and ScvO2 of greater than or...
... interests Reference Stelfox HT, Ahmed SB, Khandwala F, Zygun D, Shahpori R, Laupland K: The epidemiology of intensive care unit-acquired hyponatremia and hypernatremia in medical–surgical intensive ... hyponatremia and hypernatremia in medical–surgical intensive care units Crit Care 2008, 12:R162 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ...
... Service of Adult Intensive Care and Burns Centre, University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), School of Health ... Randomized comparison of nasojejunal and nasogastric feeding in critically ill patients Crit Care Med 2002, 30:586-590 Treasure T, MacRae D: Minimisation: the platinum standard for trials? Randomisation ... Switzerland (HES-SO), School of Health Professions Geneva, Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Rue des Caroubiers 25, 1227 Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland Page of Competing interests The authors declare...
... FACC, DDU Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash ... Jonathan, Dean and Natalie, their spouses Tamara and Marty and my grandchildren, Jasmin, Olivia and Brodie Thank you all for providing so much joy and happiness to my life Harry G Mond This book ... heart anatomy and physiology Associated with this new field of study, Dr Karpawich has worked closely with the pacing industry in the design and application of more efficient lead and generator...