encyclopedia of medical anthropology

Tài liệu Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology docx

Tài liệu Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology docx

... Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Elois Ann Berlin, Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia James R. Bindon, Department of Anthropology, ... THE E NCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY This reference work can be used by a variety of people for a variety of purposes. It can be used both to gain a general understanding of medical anthropology ... Kansas Barbara W. Lex, Former Professor of Anthropology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Leslie Sue Lieberman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central Florida, Orlando,...

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 Báo cáo y học: "The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study"

Báo cáo y học: "The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study"

... of 27 medical emergencies per 1 000 inhabitants per year [7]. However, the definition of an emergency was wider in this study than the classification of a red response based on the Index of Medical ... Nor- wegian Index of Medical Emergencies (Index) [1] to classify the medical problem into one of three different levels of response; green, yellow and red, the latter indi- cating immediate need of help ... There is a lack of epidemiological knowledge on medical emergencies outside hospitals in Norway. The aim of the present study was to obtain representative data on the epidemiology of medical emergencies classified...

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Báo cáo y học: "The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement"

Báo cáo y học: "The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement"

... events are considered preventable. Detection of these events requires investments of time and money. A report in a recent issue of Critical Care used the medical emergency team activation as a trigger ... resulted primarily from medical care. Studies that have used direct observation or more active forms of surveillance have yielded higher rates of adverse events [4,5]. All of these detection methods require ... methods require substantial investments of time and money. Moreover, especially in the case of chart review, missing information often limits the ability of reviewers to identify adverse events...

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Báo cáo y học: " Introduction of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre study"

Báo cáo y học: " Introduction of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre study"

... 1 Flow diagram of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) status of 172 hospitals in Australian and New Zealand with intensive care unitsFlow diagram of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) status of 172 hospitals ... [7]. Figure 3 Uptake of Medical Emergency Team (MET) services into various cate-gories of hospitals in Australia and New Zealand for which the MET sta-tus is knownUptake of Medical Emergency Team ... 'rapid response team'. The date of these publications was then related to the timing of com- mencement of MET services. Assessment of the effect of MET service commencement on adverse...

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Báo cáo y học: "Demonstrating the benefit of medical emergency teams (MET) proves more difficult than anticipated"

Báo cáo y học: "Demonstrating the benefit of medical emergency teams (MET) proves more difficult than anticipated"

... effect of a medical emergency team. Med J Aust 2000, 173:236-240. 4. Buist MD, Moore GE, Bernard SA, Waxman BP, Anderson JN, Nguyen TV: Effects of a medical emergency team on reduction of incidence ... patients early in the course of their illness is preferable to waiting until more serious signs and symptoms have developed. Certainly, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where the ... before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team. Med J Aust 2003, 179:283-287. 3. Bristow PJ, Hillman KM, Chey T, Daffurn K, Jacques TC, Norman SL, Bishop GF, Simmons EG: Rates of in- hospital...

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