This paper poses the question of what proliferation urban research centres across world means for studies as a field research, this tells us about (uneven) geographies knowledge production and circulation, who are key institutions researchers involved. In other words: what, where is studies? Building on minor tradition bibliometric in related disciplines, assesses Scopus-registered 2011–2021 pu...

background: the jefferson scale of attitude toward physician-nurse collaboration (jsapnc) has been used to measure the attitude regarding collaboration between nurses and physicians. the aim of this preliminary study was to test the reliability and validity of an arabic version of the questionnaire and adapt it for use in palestine. methods: forward-backward translation of guidelines provided i...

AIMS To compare the International Normalised Ratio (INR) obtained directly with the two types of WHO plain International Reference Preparation for thromboplastin in patients treated with coumarin. METHODS Prothrombin times were performed in parallel at four centres using WHO human plain IRP (BCT/253) and rabbit plain IRP (RBT/79). Sixty patients and 20 normal controls were tested at each cent...

BACKGROUND Patients with chronic intestinal failure are treated primarily with parenteral nutrition, often for many years. If serious complications arise for intravenous nutritional therapy, it is possible to perform intestinal or multi-organ transplantation in selected patients. We have established a collaboration with Professor Michael Olausson at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg...

OBJECTIVES To describe the current set-up, barriers and potential for providing rehabilitation to people with lower limb amputation in skilled nursing centres. DESIGN Survey and interviews. SUBJECTS/PARTICIPANTS Elderly care physicians, physiotherapists. METHODS In 2011, clinicians from 34 skilled nursing centres participated in a semi-structured interview covering rehabilitation and dail...

BACKGROUND Research regarding the decision to adopt and implement technological innovations in radiation oncology is lacking. This is particularly problematic since these technologies are often complex and rapidly evolving, requiring ongoing revisiting of decisions regarding which technologies are the most appropriate to support. Variations in adoption and implementation decisions for new radia...

Ianiro and Gasbarrini suggest that the role of the European Section and Board of Gastroenterology (ESBGH) has been ‘lost in translation’. Data on the timeline and distribution of our recognised training centres are used to suggest that there has been a decline in training centre applications which may be a marker for problems in specialist gastroenterology training across Europe. The initial pr...

. Data are presented from the third combined vascular and peritoneal dialysis access audit. . In 2014, 53 centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (out of 62) returned data on first access from 4,339 incident haemodialysis (HD) patients and 1,090 incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. . Of the 5,429 incident patients, 20.1% started dialysis on PD, 27.8% started with an arteriovenous ...

Biomedical scientific research in the Netherlands has a good reputation worldwide. Quantitatively, the university medical centres (UMCs) deliver about 40 % of the total number of scientific publications of this research. Analysis of the bibliometric output data of the UMCs shows that their research is highly cited. These output-based analyses also indicate the high impact of cardiovascular scie...

BACKGROUND Outcome in patients treated with haemodialysis (HD) is influenced by the delivered dose of dialysis. The UK Renal Association (RA) publishes Clinical Practice Guidelines which include recommendations for dialysis dose. The urea reduction ratio (URR) is a widely used measure of dialysis dose. AIM To determine the extent to which patients received the recommended dose of HD in the UK...