OBJECTIVES To quantify the risk glaucoma patients are at, having their eye treatment omitted on admission to non-ophthalmic wards at a tertiary referral centre. DESIGN A criterion audit surveying all adult inpatients on 13 wards at a tertiary referral centre on two separate dates to reduce convenient sample bias. SETTING A tertiary referral centre in the West Midlands of England. PARTICIP...

BACKGROUND Readmissions after hospital discharge are common and costly, but prediction models are poor at identifying patients at high risk of readmission. We evaluated the impact of frailty on readmission or death within 30 days after discharge from general internal medicine wards. METHODS We prospectively enrolled patients discharged from 7 medical wards at 2 teaching hospitals in Edmonton....

Dementia is associated with increased health care resource utilisation and greater co-morbidity burden. Due to the psychophysiological and social demands of dementia, specific approaches to care, communication, environment and clinical treatment are needed. Timely diagnosis can greatly improve quality of life. Dementia is often not coded in hospitals as it is not considered the primary reason f...

IntroductionAbstractBackground: AKI is a common complication in hospitalized patients. Several risk score models have been designed for ICU Our aim was to establish prediction general wards.MethodsAll patients from 1/7/ 2019 31/12/2019 who developed were included. We used our prospective cohort develop and validate this model of wards patients.ResultsA 15 points, based on clinical laboratory da...

BACKGROUND Acute psychiatric wards have been the focus of widespread dissatisfaction. Residential alternatives have attracted much interest, but little research, over the past 50 years. AIMS Our aims were to identify all in-patient and residential alternatives to standard acute psychiatric wards in England, to develop a typology of such services and to describe their distribution and clinical...

introduction. the clinical education is one of the most perspectives of nursing education. fifty percent of the time spent in nursing school is for education in clinical field. clinical education is “heart” instruction in nursing profession. methods. from each clinical group of students, twenty percent were randomly selected, then the students were asked randomly (one day per week) to record th...

Introduction. The clinical education is one of the most perspectives of nursing education. Fifty percent of the time spent in nursing school is for education in clinical field. Clinical education is “heart” instruction in nursing profession. Methods. From each clinical group of students, twenty percent were randomly selected, then the students were asked randomly (one day per week) to record t...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to promote quality end-of-life (EOL) care for nursing home residents, through the establishment of advance care plan (ACP) and introduction of a new care pathway. This pathway bypassed the emergency room (ER) and acute medical wards by facilitating direct clinical admission to an extended-care facility. DESIGN An audit on a new clinical initiative that entailed the...

BACKGROUND Evolution is the natural process that is not limited merely to the biological world but to the social world as well. The standards of living and the expectations change with time. This study was done to generate data that can help doctors and hospital administration to identify and solve problems. METHODS It was a cross-sectional study conducted at a major tertiary care hospital of...