Learning needs analysis Part A and B: emergency
... conditions, triaged as category 3, 4, or 5 and allocated to the fast-track area. The physiotherapist is responsible for: allocating their name to appropriate patients from triage/(RITZ); assessing, diagnosing and requesting plain-film imaging where indicated; and comprehensively managing patients ac ...
... conditions, triaged as category 3, 4, or 5 and allocated to the fast-track area. The physiotherapist is responsible for: allocating their name to appropriate patients from triage/(RITZ); assessing, diagnosing and requesting plain-film imaging where indicated; and comprehensively managing patients ac ...
Guidelines for Assessing Systematic Reviews
... which attempts to provide a quantitative synthesis of the literature (rather than, or in addition too, the more common qualitative synthesis.) The guidelines and the checklist next provide questions for five types of systematic reviews that the panel thought are of most salience to rehabilitation de ...
... which attempts to provide a quantitative synthesis of the literature (rather than, or in addition too, the more common qualitative synthesis.) The guidelines and the checklist next provide questions for five types of systematic reviews that the panel thought are of most salience to rehabilitation de ...
Isotonic versus hypotonic solutions for maintenance intravenous
... a substantially lower risk of hyponatraemia (17% versus 34%; RR 0.48; 95% CI 0.38 to 0.60, high quality evidence). It is unclear whether there is an increased risk of hypernatraemia when isotonic fluids are used (4% versus 3%; RR 1.24; 95% CI 0.65 to 2.38, nine studies, 937 participants, low quality ...
... a substantially lower risk of hyponatraemia (17% versus 34%; RR 0.48; 95% CI 0.38 to 0.60, high quality evidence). It is unclear whether there is an increased risk of hypernatraemia when isotonic fluids are used (4% versus 3%; RR 1.24; 95% CI 0.65 to 2.38, nine studies, 937 participants, low quality ...
Preoperative tests - Guy`s and St Thomas` NHS Foundation Trust
... for children (ASA grade 1) and adults (ASA grades 1, 2 and 3). The guideline is aimed mainly at secondary care, but may have relevance to some tests carried out or ordered in primary care. The following guidance is based upon the best available evidence. All of the recommendations are grade D recomm ...
... for children (ASA grade 1) and adults (ASA grades 1, 2 and 3). The guideline is aimed mainly at secondary care, but may have relevance to some tests carried out or ordered in primary care. The following guidance is based upon the best available evidence. All of the recommendations are grade D recomm ...
organization of information for reversible causes of
... More than 200,000 in-hospital cardiac arrests are treated each year in the US with 21% survival rate. According to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, many causes for these arrests could be successfully treated if identified early. Such causes can be generalized as “reversible causes”. Medi ...
... More than 200,000 in-hospital cardiac arrests are treated each year in the US with 21% survival rate. According to American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, many causes for these arrests could be successfully treated if identified early. Such causes can be generalized as “reversible causes”. Medi ...
EN 13 Fractures of the upper extremity
... COMBINED FOREARM FRACTURES Preoperative X-ray II: Essex-Lopresti Injury ...
... COMBINED FOREARM FRACTURES Preoperative X-ray II: Essex-Lopresti Injury ...
Antiemetics for reducing vomiting related to acute gastroenteritis in
... comprehensive electronic database searches and hand searches of relevant journals and abstract books of conferences.The search was re-run and is up to date as on 20 July 2010. Selection criteria Randomized controlled trials comparing antiemetics with placebo or no treatment, in children and adolesce ...
... comprehensive electronic database searches and hand searches of relevant journals and abstract books of conferences.The search was re-run and is up to date as on 20 July 2010. Selection criteria Randomized controlled trials comparing antiemetics with placebo or no treatment, in children and adolesce ...
Learning and assessment plan: screening clinics and ED
... Inflammatory versus non-inflammatory conditions Symptoms emanating from the nervous system More complex musculoskeletal presentations that require a medical opinion When features do not fit a musculoskeletal diagnosis – that is, a possible non-musculoskeletal cause of an apparent musculoskel ...
... Inflammatory versus non-inflammatory conditions Symptoms emanating from the nervous system More complex musculoskeletal presentations that require a medical opinion When features do not fit a musculoskeletal diagnosis – that is, a possible non-musculoskeletal cause of an apparent musculoskel ...
Phalangeal BMD measurement as a method for risk evaluation in
... effect of passive smoking. Further epidemiological studies investigating this potential association with more observations and allowing for confounder control are necessary, which will be one of the focuses in present ...
... effect of passive smoking. Further epidemiological studies investigating this potential association with more observations and allowing for confounder control are necessary, which will be one of the focuses in present ...
Acute kidney injury: slide set
... methodology is not appropriate for your audience, or if you have less than an hour available for your presentation, please delete this and the following 4 slides. If limited time is available, you may benefit from using just one of the ‘discussion’ slides. Please delete this note before using the pr ...
... methodology is not appropriate for your audience, or if you have less than an hour available for your presentation, please delete this and the following 4 slides. If limited time is available, you may benefit from using just one of the ‘discussion’ slides. Please delete this note before using the pr ...
Allergic Rhinitis in Children
... Mortality/Morbidity- While allergic rhinitis itself is not life-threatening (unless accompanied by severe asthma or anaphylaxis), morbidity from the condition can be significant. Allergic rhinitis often coexists with other disorders, such as asthma, and may be associated with asthma exacerbations. ...
... Mortality/Morbidity- While allergic rhinitis itself is not life-threatening (unless accompanied by severe asthma or anaphylaxis), morbidity from the condition can be significant. Allergic rhinitis often coexists with other disorders, such as asthma, and may be associated with asthma exacerbations. ...
Endo-PAT2000 - Arterial Health
... Results of a 2009 study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic and Tufts reported that the EndoPAT test is “highly predictive” of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, for people who are considered at low or moderate risk based on their Framingham Risk Score (FRS). The FRS is ...
... Results of a 2009 study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic and Tufts reported that the EndoPAT test is “highly predictive” of a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, for people who are considered at low or moderate risk based on their Framingham Risk Score (FRS). The FRS is ...
Greater first year effectiveness drives favorable cost
... alendronate. Large head-to-head randomized clinical trials comparing fracture outcomes between risedronate and alendronate treatment are not available; as such, costeffectiveness analyses have relied on linking data from clinical trials through placebo arms. However, this method has had two main wea ...
... alendronate. Large head-to-head randomized clinical trials comparing fracture outcomes between risedronate and alendronate treatment are not available; as such, costeffectiveness analyses have relied on linking data from clinical trials through placebo arms. However, this method has had two main wea ...
epidemiological research: terms and concepts
... epidemiology – meaning, of community medicine, community-level (rather than clinical) preventive medicine. For another part, this book is a dictionary of related, meta-epidemiological clinical research, for clinical medicine. Both of these address, mostly, rates of the occurrence of events and state ...
... epidemiology – meaning, of community medicine, community-level (rather than clinical) preventive medicine. For another part, this book is a dictionary of related, meta-epidemiological clinical research, for clinical medicine. Both of these address, mostly, rates of the occurrence of events and state ...
time-dependent confounding in - UFDC Image Array 2
... Accurate estimation of blood pressure (BP) effects on the risk for cardiovascular outcomes has important implications for the treatment of hypertension. The extent to which operationalization of BP affects these risk estimates is unclear. Furthermore, the presence of a time-dependent confounder may ...
... Accurate estimation of blood pressure (BP) effects on the risk for cardiovascular outcomes has important implications for the treatment of hypertension. The extent to which operationalization of BP affects these risk estimates is unclear. Furthermore, the presence of a time-dependent confounder may ...
Objectives:
... clinical grounds but requires laboratory confirmation. The critical test for the diagnosis of chronic adrenal insufficiency is the cosyntropin stimulation test. Synthetic ACTH (cosyntropin) is administered in a 250Ug intravenous bolus, and plasma cortisol levels are measured 45 and 60 minutes afterw ...
... clinical grounds but requires laboratory confirmation. The critical test for the diagnosis of chronic adrenal insufficiency is the cosyntropin stimulation test. Synthetic ACTH (cosyntropin) is administered in a 250Ug intravenous bolus, and plasma cortisol levels are measured 45 and 60 minutes afterw ...
... The exact aetiological diagnosis is difficult to establish when pleural thickening with or without effusion develops during treatment with bromocriptine (or another ergoline) in a patient with prior asbestos exposure [1, 2, 14], except perhaps in the rare circumstance where the pleural lesions devel ...
An exploration into the value of protective factors in violence risk
... to suggest specific treatment targets, developing flexible strategies to manage risk factors (DoH, 2007a). The ‘need principle’ states the most effective interventions and management plans are those which focus on the dynamic risk factors (Andrews & Bonta, 2006). Dynamic risk factors are features of ...
... to suggest specific treatment targets, developing flexible strategies to manage risk factors (DoH, 2007a). The ‘need principle’ states the most effective interventions and management plans are those which focus on the dynamic risk factors (Andrews & Bonta, 2006). Dynamic risk factors are features of ...
Correlation between retinal nerve fiber layer thickness
... not statistically significant. No relationship was found between CCT and nasal RNFL thickness. As the inferior RNFL thickness is the area that usually affected in glaucoma. This finding in the study might be the interesting information for further investigation to evaluate the possible mechanism of ...
... not statistically significant. No relationship was found between CCT and nasal RNFL thickness. As the inferior RNFL thickness is the area that usually affected in glaucoma. This finding in the study might be the interesting information for further investigation to evaluate the possible mechanism of ...
Prevention and Control of Occupational Infections in Health Care
... Health Program” outlines the foundations of an effective OH program with particular focus on prevention, health promotion, and reduction of health hazards in health care settings. Major attention is given to the assessment of infectious disease hazards. Section B. “Recommendations for Diseases of Si ...
... Health Program” outlines the foundations of an effective OH program with particular focus on prevention, health promotion, and reduction of health hazards in health care settings. Major attention is given to the assessment of infectious disease hazards. Section B. “Recommendations for Diseases of Si ...
Pituitary Apoplexy After Thyrotropin
... show a small hemorrhage or infarction. MRI is superior to CT in these aspects.14 Randeva et al reported that MRI correctly demonstrated 88% of pituitary tumors with hemorrhage, but it was only 21% for CT.13 One limitation of MRI scans is their inability to detect fresh bleeding, so they are performe ...
... show a small hemorrhage or infarction. MRI is superior to CT in these aspects.14 Randeva et al reported that MRI correctly demonstrated 88% of pituitary tumors with hemorrhage, but it was only 21% for CT.13 One limitation of MRI scans is their inability to detect fresh bleeding, so they are performe ...
Circulation - MD/PHD Program
... independently associated with both death and transplantation equally. In contrast, increased LV end-diastolic dimension z score was associated only with transplantation, whereas lower height-for-age z score was associated only with death. For neuromuscular disease (n⫽139), lower LV fractional shorte ...
... independently associated with both death and transplantation equally. In contrast, increased LV end-diastolic dimension z score was associated only with transplantation, whereas lower height-for-age z score was associated only with death. For neuromuscular disease (n⫽139), lower LV fractional shorte ...
Respiratory tract infections: Full guideline - Apendices (Draft)
... 1. The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of delayed antibiotic prescribing and/or no prescribing as strategies for managing RTIs and how they should be delivered Topic 2: Identifying patients with RTIs who are likely to be at risk of developing complications 2. What are the clinical symptoms, sig ...
... 1. The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of delayed antibiotic prescribing and/or no prescribing as strategies for managing RTIs and how they should be delivered Topic 2: Identifying patients with RTIs who are likely to be at risk of developing complications 2. What are the clinical symptoms, sig ...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN
... fingerprint examiners, has declared in an official report that an enclosure should be counted as a single point rather than as two separate bifurcations. Robert Olsen, Friction Ridge Characteristics and Points of Identity: An Unresolved Dichotomy of Terms, 41 J. of Forensic Identification 195 (1991) ...
... fingerprint examiners, has declared in an official report that an enclosure should be counted as a single point rather than as two separate bifurcations. Robert Olsen, Friction Ridge Characteristics and Points of Identity: An Unresolved Dichotomy of Terms, 41 J. of Forensic Identification 195 (1991) ...
Allergic Rhinitis in Children
... Mortality/Morbidity- While allergic rhinitis itself is not lifethreatening (unless accompanied by severe asthma or anaphylaxis), morbidity from the condition can be significant. Allergic rhinitis often coexists with other disorders, such as asthma, and may be associated with asthma exacerbations. ...
... Mortality/Morbidity- While allergic rhinitis itself is not lifethreatening (unless accompanied by severe asthma or anaphylaxis), morbidity from the condition can be significant. Allergic rhinitis often coexists with other disorders, such as asthma, and may be associated with asthma exacerbations. ...