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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"acute setting"”.
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Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules for Acute Foot and Ankle Injuries
… rules (CDRs) for the emergency department setting. However, these CDRs have not been validated as an acute clinical evaluation tool. Currently, there are no sport-specific CDRs relating to acute ankle injuries. Objective: The objectives of this study were: to test the validity of the OARs …
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Occupational needs of chronic orthopedic trauma patients
… address the patient's immediate needs in the acute orthopedic setting, stabilizing the patient's medical status and addressing life-threatening issues in the event of trauma. Additionally, early ambulation and activity are prescribed in the orthopedic setting to combat common symptomology of …
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Discharge Outcomes : An Evaluation of a Functional Index of Physical Assistance
… to the patient on the day of discharge from an acute setting and the setting to which the patient is discharged. There were 102 subjects (58 female, 44 male) included in the study and their ages ranged from 20 to 91 years (mean age=61.6 years). The following data were collected on all subjects: …
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A descriptive epidemiological review of hospital admissions for UTI from long term care facilities and a systematic review of strategies to reduce the risk of catheter associated UTI in long term care facilities in order to reduce these admissions.
… of such catheter associated UTI (CA-UTI) in the acute setting. However, there has been less work done in long term care facilities (LCTF), a setting where UTI incidence is already high and urinary catheter use is increasing. LTCF have a number of issues that increase the difficulty in applying …
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Non-invasive diagnostic methods of intracranial arteries
… (97%) for detection of ruptured aneurysms in the acute setting of SAH and arterial attenuation is correlated to the sensitivity.
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Impact of A Primary Care-Based Organ Donation Practice Initiative On Individual Willingness to Donate
… to organ donation involved the timing and setting related to requesting donation. Health professional reticence emerged as an important barrier when requesting donation occurred in an acute (hospital) end of life context.</p> <p>Overcoming these barriers through educational initiatives …
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Examination of discharge settings and readmission rates following hospitalization for total knee arthroplasty
… have also impacted the availability of post-acute care following TKA. Medicare’s 75% rule effectively limits the number of patients with unilateral TKA discharged to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The other two common post-acute settings include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) …
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The characterization of the anterograde and retrograde consequences of traumatic axonal injury in a mouse model of diffuse brain injury
… recovery, not neuronal cell death in the acute setting. Due to technical limitations, our understanding of the long-term fate of this neuronal population and the mechanisms responsible for permitting neuronal survival, recovery and axon regeneration following injury are unknown. The …
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Caries Management by Risk Assessment: Best Practice for Long-Term Care Residents
… as means of building healthier lives in the post-acute setting, CAMRBA guidelines were selected for their demonstrable ability to statistically reduce both caries and their associated risk factors. While dental caries remains one of the most underreported chronic conditions in the U.S., we know …
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The incidence, management and outcomes of stage IIIB cervical cancer in a low- and middle-income setting
… stage IIIB cervical cancer in a middle-income setting. It further aims to evaluate these differences in women with pelvic sidewall (PSW) involvement alone versus PSW with unilateral and bilateral hydronephrosis. Objectives: Determine the overall survival and disease-free survival of patients …
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Assessment of myocardial viability using magnetic resonance imaging
Myocardial infarction (MI) following an acute coronary occlusion is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. During revascularization, microemboli may complicate treatment and affect cardiac function. The long-term effects of microembolization are not fully elucidated. Following an MI it is …
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Job satisfaction: What are the factors influencing satisfaction for physical health occupational therapists working in rural New Zealand?
… facilitating discharge, ensuring be flow in an acute setting, and reducing further intervention in the community (Di Monaco et al., 2008). This is particularly important given that rural dwelling individuals tend to remain at home for longer, are more geographically isolated than their city …
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Registered nurses’ experiences of working with trainee nursing associates in acute hospital settings: a generic qualitative study
Launching new roles in healthcare settings can be controversial; potentially threatening the status of existing professionals. The introduction of the Trainee/Nursing Associate (TNA/NA) role occurred in response to a governmental mandate to bridge the gap between unregulated generic healthcare …
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Novel Approaches to the Emergency Management of Hyperkalaemia
… and specifically enough to be of use in the acute setting but also which is safe and well-tolerated by patients. This thesis investigates the epidemiology and management of hyperkalaemia and explores clinical outcomes associated with hyperkalaemia with a view to enhancing the design of …
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A prospective study exploring the experience of rehabilitation health professionals in implementing the 5 A`s strategy in addressing risk factors for non-communicable diseases
… behaviour change, and 2) impact of the clinical setting which compared the range of clinical settings RHPs practice in and the contact time available to implement the 5A's. Discussion and Conclusion MI and the 5A's can be considered a feasible approach to addressing health risk behaviours related …
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A comparison of palliative care needs and palliative care services for community based patients with cancer and non-cancer illnesses in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area
… care teams, the voluntary sector and the acute setting. Joint working and multi-agency working groups and managed clinical networks could contribute to this. Services: Finite resources have led to service remodelling and redesign in both voluntary and statutory sectors. There were …
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The competencies required by hospital doctors to care for older adults
… in geriatric medicine- particularly in the acute setting. This is a heterogenous population with varying and complex needs. This research programme set out to describe the generalist competencies required by hospital doctors to care for older adults and explore how simulation-based education …
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Improving the short-term management of patients with dementia admitted to hospital.
… Approximately 25% of older in-patients in acute settings have dementia (Timmons et al., 2015). Patients with dementia are known to have poor health outcomes during acute hospital stays (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2019). They also have negative experiences because of the focus of …
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Between trauma and grief in psychosocial crisis intervention and beyond. An integrative biopsychosocial framework model of traumatic loss
… losses. We defied the challenges of this complex acute setting and collected data immediately after the loss as well as six months later.<br /><br /> **_Objectives and methods_**: The dissertation is based on six articles that are presented in a narrative synthesis of the current state of …