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Comparative Study
Passing the buck: clinical handovers at a tertiary hospital.
To survey house officers and nurses regarding timing, structure and content of clinical handover and compare these results. Secondary aims included the development of an 'on-call' sheet and the development of guidelines for handovers from the results collated. ⋯ In this study, we identified that health professionals perceive that clinical problems can be attributed to poor clinical handover. The majority of respondents in the study felt that an effective handover system should include a set location for handover, a standardised 'on-call' sheet and training related to handovers.
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East Afr J Public Health · Jun 2013
Use of the Automated Disaster and Emergency Planning Tool in developing district level public health emergency operating procedures in three East African countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa is vulnerable to several natural and man-made disasters. We used the CDC Automated Disaster and Emergency Planning Tool (ADEPT) to develop all-hazards disaster management plans at district level in three eastern African countries. ⋯ The ADEPT can be used relatively easily, quickly and inexpensively at the sub-national levels to develop emergency operating procedures to improve disaster management. Although the ADEPT enables district disaster response teams to generate their disaster response plans, the use of the ADEPT may be hampered by lack of computer skills and knowledge of MS computer programme by district personnel in resource limited settings.
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Case Reports
[Cheiro-oral syndrome due to a cortical infarction in the precentral gyrus: a case report].
We report a 65-year-old woman with sudden onset of paresthesia on the left side of the lip and left thumb. Neurological examinations did not demonstrate any disturbance of higher brain function or motor function except for subjective thermohyperesthesia of the left thumb. Brain MRI demonstrated a small high intensity lesion on T2-weighted images (T2 WI) and diffusion-weighted images (DWI) in the right anterior precentral gyrus. ⋯ Not only lesions of the postcentral gyrus as a primary sensory cortex but also those of the precentral gyrus or opercula causing COS were described in previous reports, indicating that the hand and mouth sensory areas may be widely distributed. Cortical mapping studied by electrical stimulation through subdural grid electrodes also supports this finding. Further examination of the relation between neurological symptoms and localization on MR images such as DWI is needed to clarify the distribution of the sensory cortex.
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Nihon Geka Gakkai zasshi · May 2013
[Guidelines on live demonstrations of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: pros and cons].
Guidelines on live demonstrations of cardiothoracic surgery were established in Japan following a single incident of an inappropriately performed live demonstration of an open repair of a thoracic aneurysm. Although the guidelines have contributed to ensuring patient safety and privacy, live demonstrations of surgical procedures in Japan have nearly been eliminated due to their strict regulations. However, since the guidelines only apply to surgeons who belong to surgical societies, live demonstrations performed by interventionalists are still performed without following the guidelines. ⋯ At Jikei University, we have held seven live demonstration symposiums with 5,700 participants, of whom 90% provided positive feedback on the value of the live demonstrations. In addition, a survey showed that the morbidity and mortality rates of the 122 live demonstrations performed during this period did not differ from those of similar procedures performed conventionally at our institution, indicating that live demonstration surgery can be performed without compromising safety. If performed by experienced surgeons obeying the guideline, live demonstration surgery is an effective, safe educational tool.
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Neutropenia is a major adverse event often associated with chemotherapy administration. Neutropenia-related complications often lead to increased use of costly health care including inpatient and outpatient services. Monitoring and treatment of neutropenia thus place an economic burden on the health care system. ⋯ Neutropenia is a major adverse event that places patients at an increased risk of infection and subsequent morbidity and mortality. For elderly patients undergoing first-line chemotherapy for NSCLC, neutropenia, particularly febrile neutropenia, is associated with substantially higher total all-cause health care costs.