Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a new clinical entity which was first observed in Guangdong, China at the end of 2002. Since then there have been more than 7000 probable cases worldwide and more than 800 deaths. The difficulties of managing patients with this potentially fatal condition have been compounded by a lack of data relating to the condition and its highly infectious nature...

Rapid response teams have been introduced to intervene in the care of patients whose condition deteriorates unexpectedly by bringing clinical experts quickly to the patient's bedside. Evidence supporting the need to overcome failure to deliver optimal care in hospitals is robust; whether rapid response teams demonstrate benefit by improving patient safety and reducing the occurrence of adverse ...

Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a serious complication of a variety of neurologic injuries and is a major challenge in intensive care units. The most common causes of increased ICP are: traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, neoplasms, hydrocephalus, hepatic encephalopathy, CNS venous return impairment, encephalitis, and abscesses. Prompt diagnosis and intensive monitoring and therapy o...

A range of developmental risk factors threatens the psychosocial well-being of children with a chronic health condition (CCHC). Early intervention and prevention programs are emerging as an effective response to improving individual and family coping mechanisms. In particular, efforts to address individual and family coping throughout the important pre-teen transitional ages for CCHC have gaine...

Nowadays, workflowand database technology is crucial for automating business processes. Workflow management systems execute business processes by means of workflows that integrate numerous application systems and data sources. Typically, database management systems store business data that is referenced by business processes. Obviously, the performance of a business process is directly dependen...

2Research Hydrologists and Computer Specialist, respectively, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Arcata, California. Abstract: A simple Monte Carlo simulation evaluated the effect of several fire management strategies on soil slip erosion and wildfires. The current condition was compared to (1) a very intensive fuelbreak system...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation on clinically relevant outcomes in patients with chronic low back pain. DESIGN Systematic literature review of randomised controlled trials. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1964 patients with disabling low back pain for more than three months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Pain, function, employment, quality of life, and g...