BACKGROUND Early warning scores (EWS) may aid the prediction of major adverse events in hospitalized patients. Recently, an expanded EWS was introduced in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between this EWS and the occurrence of major adverse clinical events during hospitalization of patients admitted to a general and trauma surgery ward. METHODS This was a ...

M. Rea, Z. Tse, H. Elhawary, M. Lampérth, G. Bydder, and I. Young Radiological Sciences Unit, Imperial College London, London, UK, United Kingdom, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, England, United Kingdom, Brigham Womens Hospital, Boston, United States, Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, Electrical Engineering, Imperial College Lo...

The need to change Japan's current health care system has recently motivated discussions about the introduction of nurse practitioners (NPs). This system might not be familiar to Japanese physicians; however, their roles have been valued greatly in Canada, which introduced programs for NPs in 1960s. We would like to introduce amazing roles that are performed by an NP in one Canadian thoracic su...

Article history: Received: 26 Apr 2013 Accepted: 29 May 2013 Available online: 14 Sep 2013 ZJRMS 2015 Jan; 17(1): 34-36 Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common focal mono-neuropathy of median nerve in carpal tunnel. Prevalence is 2.7-5.8% and is more common in female than male. The most important diagnostic method is electrophysiologic study of median nerve. Materials and Me...

Postoperative delirium (POD) and subsyndromal (SSD) among older patients is a common, serious condition associated with high incidence of negative outcomes. However, there are few accurate methods for the early detection POD SSD in surgical wards. This study aimed to identify risk factors who were scheduled surgery ward. was prospective observational study. Study participants than 65 years, und...

As technology has advanced quickly, more individuals are using smartphones for a variety of functions such as marketing, business, social media, surfing, etc. This also increased the threat information sharing across various sites, which is one major reasons harassment cases and other security threats against women. Surveys reveal that, smartphone usage by women risen upto 5 folds in last 6 yea...