Three patients admitted to the surgical wards of Johannesburg Hospital in whom abdominal tuberculosis was suspected are presented. In every case difficulties were encountered in diagnosis and treatment. Each case presentation is followed by a short commentary on relevant aspects of abdominal tuberculosis.

Abstract Aim Assess compliance of prescription for intravenous maintenance fluids in accordance with NICE Guidelines the acute surgical admissions population. Method Total 158 patients were included. We collected data prospectively admitted between 25/02/21–18/03/21 (first cycle) & 12/09/2021–4/10/2021 (2nd cycle). Maximum 5 daily randomly selected. Data wards after clerking on Day 1 admiss...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Nursing knowledge and skills are required to sustain quality of care and patient safety. The numbers of nurses with Bachelor degrees in Malaysia are very limited. This study aims to predict the impact of nurse level of education on quality of care and patient safety in the medical and surgical wards in Malaysian private hospitals. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional survey ...

BACKGROUND Inadequate pain monitoring and management in hospitalized patients poses a serious clinical problem which has been extensively covered in literature for over 25 years. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the paper was to learn about and compare the existing barriers to effective analgesia controlled by nurses on surgical wards in Polish hospitals. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study was carried...

OBJECTIVE To describe the integration of whiteboards into ward routines in one Queensland health service district (HSD). DESIGN AND SETTING Case study involving placement of whiteboards in three inpatient wards (two medical, one surgical) in a university-affiliated regional teaching hospital and in a day clinic in the same health service district. Data collection methods included 45 hours of ...

BACKGROUND Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance is a key factor in the elaboration of strategies to reduce SSI occurrence and in providing surgeons with appropriate data feedback (risk indicators, clinical prediction rule). AIM To improve the predictive performance of an individual-based SSI risk model by considering a multilevel hierarchical structure. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were ...

AIMS This study aimed to document and compare the nature of clinical pharmacists' interventions made in different practice settings within a children's hospital. METHODS The primary investigator observed and documented all clinical interventions performed by clinical pharmacists for between 35-37 days on each of the five study wards from the three practice settings, namely general medical, ge...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to describe the care practices of nursing staff caring older people with dementia in a surgical ward. METHODS The data were collected from nursing staff (n = 191) working in surgical wards in one district area in Finland during October to November 2015. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed statistically. The instrument co...