reduce errors Kathryn Went University of Dundee Queen Mother Building Dundee DD1 4HN +44 (0)1382 388084 [email protected] ABSTRACT Prescribing in intensive care is a complex process involving a number of disciplines working in a highly stressful clinical environment. Within the National Health Service this process is generally written down manually. Errors are made each year as a con...

stimuli was not significantly different between TRN and SED hearts (P > 0.05 unpaired t-test n = 9-10). We suggest that despite the occurrence of both cardiac hypertrophy and electrical remodelling in response to voluntary exercise, these changes do not pre-dispose the exercise trained heart to arrhythmias. Our findings are consistent with the overall beneficial effect of mild exercise on the h...

By using its Structural Funds to deliver a coherent programme of assistance based on logical principles, the European Union has taken a leading role in strengthening the capacity of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to deliver effective regional development strategies. This paper demonstrates how this has enabled the region to modify its policies, plans and programmes to satisfy the growing em...

BACKGROUND The National Service Framework for coronary heart disease recommends rapid-access chest pain clinics (RACPCs) for cardiological assessment of new-onset chest pain within 2 weeks of referral. AIM To measure the extent to which an RACPC successfully substituted for an out-patient cardiology clinic (OPCC) at a general hospital, in assessing new-onset chest pain referrals. METHODS Pr...

sand fly fever (sf) is an arthropod-borne viral disease, also known as “phlebotomus fever”, ‘’mosquito fever’’, three-day fever or “papatacci fever”. it is transmitted by phlebotomus papatasi , starts with acute onset of high fever, and lasts for three days. we present first cases in a different district of turkey with the clinical findings of fever, myalgia-arthralgia, headache, gastrointestin...

a 6.5 yr old girl was admitted with a category of clinical signs and symptoms including recurrent gross hematuria, ab-dominal pain, and fever. after different examinations including genetic analysis, the disease was diagnosed as familial mediterranean fever (fmf). it is suggested to consider fmf as a rare cause of recurrent gross hematuria, which is re-sponsive to colchicine treatment.