Abstract Introduction: Wilms' tumour is the most common childhood renal malignancy, with 5–10% of cases presenting bilaterally 1. However, there currently no consensus between centres on optimal management bilateral tumours. This an international multi-centre case series comparing and outcomes tumours low-income (LIC) high-income (HIC). Methods: Patients were identified from...

In an era of increased emphasis on medication safety practice, a gap exists in the translation of research to clinical practice for administering intravenous continuous infusion medications. An educational initiative was designed for medical-surgical nurses in a tertiary care center to standardize operational procedures in a clinical model focusing on evidence-based practice.

The outcomes of educational systems continue to lag far behind expectations at all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Meanwhile, the sheer amount of educational research published in refereed journals has expanded enormously. There is an obvious disconnect between the educational research papers published in professional journals or presented at academic conferences and any form of benef...

OBJECTIVES Ireland has the highest rate of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolated from blood of nosocomial patients in Europe, which rose from 33% (110/330) in 2007 to 45% (178/392) in 2012. No other European country had a VREfm rate from blood cultures of >25%. Our aim was to elucidate the reasons for this significantly higher rate in Ireland. METHODS The epidemiology and...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has challenged health systems and healthcare workers worldwide. Access to personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential mitigate the risk of excess mortality in providers. In Malawi, cost PPE represents an additional drain on available resources. event repeated waves disease over several years, development sustainable essential. We describe development, early implemen...

BACKGROUND Recent time trends and educational gradients characterizing out-of-hospital coronary deaths (OHCD) are poorly described. METHODS AND RESULTS We identified all deaths from coronary heart disease occurring outside the hospital in Norway during 1995 to 2009. Time trends were explored using Poisson regression analysis with year as the independent, continuous variable. Information on th...

An urgent need exists to identify innovative and evidence-based educational methods to help oncology nurses provide safe and high-quality patient care. One promising solution is the dedicated education unit (DEU) educational model, which partners nursing faculty and skilled nursing clinicians to facilitate the clinical experience of undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students. This article des...

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and geopolitical cooperation among eight member nations namely Sri Lanka that are primarily located in South Asia continent (1). There is an urgent need to formulate a common oral health policy feasible for SAARC nations. The oral health policy for SAARC nations should rely on the preventive, interceptive and rehabilita...

This paper reports evidence that an individual meeting with a study counselor at high school significantly improves the quality of choice of tertiary educational field, as self-assessed 18 months after graduation from college. To address endogeneity, we explore the variation in study counseling practices between schools as an instrumental variable (IV). Following careful scrutiny of the validit...

BACKGROUND To explore the current models of practice in centres delivering specialist care for children with disorders of sex development (DSD), an international survey of 124 clinicians, identified through DSDnet and the I-DSD Registry, was performed in the last quarter of 2014. RESULTS A total of 78 (63 %) clinicians, in 75 centres, from 38 countries responded to the survey. A formal nation...