homes—adverse events in post acute care for medicare beneficiaries

... confidence interval (CI) 3.49 to 10.97, P < 0.001) In multivariate analysis including both predictors and their interaction, the interaction term was not significant (P = 0.874) For an analysis including ... was performed on 247 patients Patients' follow-up was performed at 30, 90 and 180 days following discharge from ED In the 247 remaining patients, follow-up was performed by telephone interviews ... Package for Social Sciences version 12.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Results The characteristics of studied patients are presented in Table The following drugs were administered during...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... observed for instance in the airline business If waiting is necessary, we should avoid waiting at the most expensive slots in the chain, i.e in acute wards for psychiatric treatment[14] The financial ... of 23 patients in an acutethe decision day Number Number of resident days for 11 out of 23 patients in an acute ward before a decision was made for further intramural treatment in a less costly ... study No financial or other conflicts of interest were present References 10 11 The referring doctors outside the acute ward find it increasingly difficult to send patients to acute care, and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... M, Fontaine R, Boissy P: Wearable wireless body area sensor networks for increased telepresence in geriatric telerehabilitation applications IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 2007, ... (staying upright for a given amount of time), Gait (all walking activities performed inside the hospital, on the floor or on a treadmill, using whatever walking aids necessary), Outdoor walking ... transformation are presented in A: 1-Rectified signal, 2-Binary signal and 3-Temporal density In B, the rectified signal is transformed in a binary signal: all samples above 0.015 Volts (dotted line)...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... were not capable of giving informed consent or responding to a questionnaire Diabetic status and additional baseline demographic and clinical characteristics were determined at the time of enrollment ... 16%, for diabetics and non-diabetics) For in- hospital procedures received at baseline, there were several clinically significant differences in the use of revascularization procedures within the ... except for continuous variables for which the inter-quartile ranges are given in parentheses (PCS) and the mental health composite score (MCS) at year showed that, after adjustment for baseline...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... event For gastrointestinal adverse events, we included an overall measure of gastrointestinal tolerability as well as individual gastrointestinal adverse events of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, ... fewer adverse events overall, treatmentrelated adverse events, combined and individual gastrointestinal adverse events, with the exception of diarrhoea, but including gastrointestinal tolerability, ... scored for quality using a three-item, 1- to 5-point scale [12], and at least two points, one each for randomisation and double blinding, were required for inclusion Trials were scored for validity...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... information also varied, with few studies using diaries or questionnaires to obtain information in a systematic way Even in acute pain studies, the method of adverse event ascertainment can influence ... Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain:: Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain Eur J Pain 2003, 7:381-386 The Pain Society: Recommendations for the appropriate ... the information on opioids was in patients receiving codeine or tramadol, alone or in combination with paracetamol The great variety of opioid drugs used, with different doses, different dosing...

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Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... adverse events (SAE), one as a moderate adverse event (MoAE) and three as minor adverse events (MiAE) Interestingly, of the nine SAE, eight were single case reports and one was a case series involving ... evidence regarding possible adverse events for pediatric patients receiving Ped MT, particularly spinal manipulation, is continually reviewed For the purpose of this report, the age range for pediatrics ... Adverse Events (SAE) The results of the Vohra et al [15] comprehensive literature search covering a 58 year period, involving eight major databases and including all language reports, resulted in nine...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... variety of oral codeinecontaining agents, including acetaminophen plus codeine and proprietary combinations of ∗ ∗ acetaminophen, codeine, and doxylamine (Mersyndol® ) or buclizine (Migraleve® ) ... therapy for patients with status migrainosus (Grade C) • Lidocaine— Intranasal Findings: Limited studies reported lidocaine superior to placebo in relieving acute migraine headache at 15 minutes ... ergotamine-containing compounds, and ergostine-containing compounds were inconsistent and difficult to interpret This is in part because many of these trials are older and used different dosing...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20

... blockers [%] 70 Statins [%] 50 ACE Inhibitors [%] 35 Calcium Channel Blockers [%] 24 Genetic analyses Polymorphisms in genes coding for factors involved in lipid metabolism: apolipoprotein E (APOE) [4,8], ... and interpretation of data; SE, ABF and PL have been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and all authors have read and given final ... (prothrombin (F2)) were chosen Details of the polymorphisms are summarized in this additional file Abbreviations: A: Arginin; C: Cytosin; G: Guanin; T: Thymin; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL:...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... for the development of other clinical risk conditions Screening for ALI/ARDS diagnosis was continued for days unless another clinical insult developed, in which case follow-up was continued for ... knowledge in two ways First, our finding that most patients entering the ICU so on the day of developing their clinical insult is new, and it underscores the potential need for rapid intervention in ... lung injury Frequency histograms are shown for the timing of intensive care unit (ICU) admission relative to development of clinical risk condition (a), and diagnosis of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... specialising in nutritional research in developing countries, helped initiate the programme and provided technical support to the LDHMT for implementation and staff training RUTF was manufactured in ... Nurses were trained to diagnose SAM in children under years of age, by measuring mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and examining children for bilateral pedal pitting oedema SAM was defined as MUAC ... health services In future Valid International's emphasis will change from ongoing technical support to training health ministry trainers, which could be less costly Thus costing of longer term...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... including exchange of pertinent information” [45] Nonprescribing chiropractic clinicians in the US may be customarily taught that “no advice regarding taking or withdrawing from, or increasing ... voluntary reporting of adverse events noted spontaneously in the course of clinical care, not events that occur during clinical trials under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application The Form FDA ... improving the integration and coordination of care for patients with suspected adverse drug reactions in the community Prescribing clinicians, nonprescribing clinicians, and informed others such...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... Nursing time was determined by calculating the cost of additional nursing staff assigned to perform RRT or from the cost of changing ICU nurse staffing as a result of performing CRRT Nursing ... of accurately identifying costs of individual patients in intensive care: the initial results Intensive Care Med 1997, 23:645-650 14 Hoyt DB: CRRT in the area of cost containment: is it justified? ... cost domain The error bars represent the range between the maximum cost of each domain for CRRT and the minimum cost for IRRT and the maximum cost of each domain for IRRT and minimum cost for CRRT...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... realms in which these proficiencies lie are organizing the ambulatory care encounter, using interpersonal skills, gathering information through physical examination and other means, obtaining and ... need for training in diversity and cross-cultural medicine Curricula addressing culturally diverse populations are well defined in nursing and psychiatry, but have only recently been introduced in ... starting point for individualizing their nursing care Resources in Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals 34 11 1999 Nash, Kimberleigh A Cultural Competence – A Guide for...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... pain with inflammation, erythema, or joint swelling, but not interfering with function Moderate pain with inflammation, erythema, or joint swelling interfering with function, but not interfering ... clothing Disabling — Myositis (inflammation/damage of muscle) Myositis Mild pain, not interfering with function Pain interfering with function, but not interfering with ADL Pain interfering with ... reaction/hypersensitivity (including drug fever) ALSO CONSIDER: Cytokine release syndrome /acute infusion reaction Allergic rhinitis (including sneezing, nasal stuffiness, postnasal drip) Rhinitis Mild, intervention...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... disadvantage for Black Women and Women of Colour in need of health care by intervening in the following sectors: Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), Community Support Services (CSS), Community Care ... promotion materials in alternate formats (including Braille, audio, large print), and no communication access for hearing impaired individuals; and services that are deficient in respecting privacy and ... such services The information gathered about where women were making contact prior to receiving health care services was valuable for identifying potential points for facilitating access, but also...

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Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... Nurses Training Accra Korle-Bu Midwifery Training Accra 37 Midwifery Training Accra Hohoe Midwifery Training Volta Region Koforidua Midwifery Training Eastern Region Atibie Midwifery Training Eastern ... policies governing abortion care in Ghana The findings clearly show that personal beliefs greatly influence the teaching of abortion care in midwifery training schools Efforts should therefore be made ... 73% indicated that their training did not include information about MVA instruments Seventy-three percent said their training did not include medication abortion The tutors indicated that pain...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... MULTIMER binding (median -0.049%) in the condition WITH DUMP (green data points) which represents a 4.1-fold median reduction of the background staining in this subgroup of experiments Interestingly, ... MULTIMER experiments in human clinical trials, and is likely to be crucial for harmonization of the gating strategy in multi-institutional analyses We further investigated whether binding of pp65 and ... analysis and interpretation and finally, the lab environment in which the corresponding T cell experiments were performed The sample Four healthy donors provided written informed consent for this...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20