Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Jun 2020
Multidisciplinary quality improvement programme for older patients admitted to a vascular surgery ward.
Older vascular surgical patients are at high risk of hospital-associated complications and prolonged stays. ⋯ Physician-led co-management plus a multidisciplinary improvement programme may reduce LOS and improve functional outcomes in older vascular surgical patients.
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Internal medicine journal · Jun 2020
Complicated skin and soft tissue infections in remote indigenous communities.
The burden and consequences of skin infections for remote living indigenous people are high. While skin infections are recognised as an antecedent to conditions such as acute rheumatic fever in children, data are limited concerning skin infection complications such as cellulitis, abscesses and osteomyelitis in older children and adults. In a 1-year retrospective audit of 439 patients presenting to two remote health clinics, 330/439 (75%) patients presented with a skin infection and 18 (4%) developed a complication.