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Ward Rounds
to right heart failure, and is therefore a sign of impending disaster for many patients with common heart and lung diseases. We have known for a long time that hypoxia constricts lung vessels and causes pulmonary hypertension in acute experiments; this response may be important in disease as well. There are many theories about the mechanism of this hypoxic response, none of them generally accep...
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If you have ever been a hospital in-patient, you will know what it means to look forward to ward rounds and to fear them at the same time. On the one hand, you lie there hoping for the doctors to come round because you will hear news of your progress, and perhaps whether you can go home. On the other hand, you almost certainly know from experience that the encounter with doctors will be brief a...
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Hospitalised patients' needs are complex and the ward environment is demanding of time and resources that must be optimised. Clinical ward rounds in hospitalised patients are fundamental to patient care. Ward rounds in recent years have undergone changes which have contributed to reduced professionalism and opportunities to learn as well as increased distrust of patients of the care they receiv...
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This study explores inpatients' experiences of ward rounds. Eight patients on an acute admissions ward were interviewed using a semi-structured interview. Data was analysed using content analysis. The findings showed satisfaction with the ward-round process, but participants identified issues that could be improved upon, with some expressing feelings of fear and intimidation. A number of partic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000003615