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To assess the effectiveness of the PAST (Pre-hospital Acute Stroke Triage) protocol in reducing pre-hospital and emergency department (ED) delays to patients receiving organised acute stroke care, thereby increasing access to thrombolytic... more
The study aim was to test whether a brief motivational intervention, with or without a booster session, would improve drinking-related outcomes more than standard Emergency Department (ED) treatment. The study population consisted of 539... more
Objective To document the frequency and causes of maternal mortality and severe (near-miss) morbidity in metropolitan La Paz, Bolivia.Design Facility-based cross-sectional study.Setting Four maternity hospitals in La Paz and El Alto,... more
Quality assurance programmes have become an accepted part of health care delivery in hospitals in a number of countries. In addition to their value as management and clerical systems designed to ensure that clinical care is of an... more
To determine the utility of the lateral view of the chest in emergency department patients, records of all patients who had had 2-view chest x-rays ordered in the emergency department were reviewed retrospectively. A study radiologist... more
Abstract. Concerns regarding the safety of nifedipine emerged in 1995 with the report of an increased risk of myocardial infarction associated with adult patients receiving short-acting calcium channel blockers. There have been few case... more
Making decisions to call emergency assistance to patients is an important dimension of nursing practice. Most usually these decision making situations are uncertain and it is expected nurses rely on past clinical experiences. This study,... more
To investigate the knowledge, practices, and attitudes among students at a university in Ghana regarding emergency contraception (EC).An anonymous, self-administered, 39-item questionnaire was sent to 3200 students. The sample size was... more
In summer 2007, in the city of Athens, Greece, extremely high air temperatures were recorded, inducing heat discomfort conditions in the urban environment. Four biometeorological indices were calculated in order to evaluate human thermal... more
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