There are many disorders/diseases that lead to changes in acid base balance. These conditions are not rare or uncommon in clinical practice, but everyday occurrences on the ward or in critical care. Conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (bronchitis or emphasaemia), diabetic ketoacidosis, renal disease or failure, any type of shock (sepsis, anaphylaxis, neurogenic, car...

Balance Sheets—Tools for Translating Evidence into Practice Integrated care delivery systems have two inherent advantages over other health care organizations. First, we integrate the financing of care with care delivery. Second, our integrated care delivery systems position us to be able to collaboratively recommend and carry out changes in practice more effectively than other delivery systems...

OBJECTIVE To identify psychometrically robust and clinically feasible measurement tools of balance activity in people with neurological conditions to recommend for use in clinical practice. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PEDro and AMED. REVIEW METHODS Independent reviewers selected and extracted data from articles that assessed the reliability, validity, sensitivity to change and cli...

conclusions these results suggest that treadmill training and yoga practice improved ambulatory function, fatigue and mood status in the individuals with mild to moderate ms. patients and methods thirty-one ms patients, all female with mean of age of 36.75 years and expanded disability status scale scores (edss) of 1.0 to 4.0 were recruited. subjects were randomly assigned to one of the three g...

Control of balance is complex and involves maintaining postures, facilitating movement, and recovering equilibrium. Balance control consists of controlling the body center of mass over its limits of stability. Clinical balance assessment can help to assess fall risk and/or determine the underlying reasons for balance disorders. Most functional balance assessment scales assess fall risk and the ...

We review research (our own and others’) on communities of practice. Crucial dimensions of analysis include the balance between virtual and physical interactions, and the roles of people within the communities of practice.