Exclusion criteria for VTE prophylaxis included coagulopathy ... as required based on individual patients' needs. All descriptive statistics were used as appropriate for nominal and ordinal ...

Our final sample included 32,104 patients who received prophylaxis at 333 hospitals ... small differences in comorbidities and individual VTE risk factors between the 2 groups.

Nurses who treated the young Mexican girl killed ... occurring almost daily. While some patients can travel commercially through hospital partnerships with airlines, more critical cases require ...

Nurse practitioners have a background in nursing and take a patient-focused approach, while physician assistants study general medicine and work interdependently with a physician. Nurse ...

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Objective To investigate whether the daily workload per nurse (Oulu Patient Classification (OPCq)/nurse) as measured by the RAFAELA system correlates with different types of patient safety incidents ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – A nurse working at a Springfield assisted living and rehabilitation facility is accused of taking medication meant for patients, according to Lane County Circuit Court documents.

Objectives To investigate medical and surgical patients' perceived willingness to participate in different safety-related behaviours and the potential impact of doctors'/nurses' encouragement on ...

VTE events with and without VTE prophylaxis during NACT. Characteristics No VTE Prophylaxis N=184 (63.4%) VTE Prophylaxis N=106 (36.5%) p-value ...

RA takes a toll on mental health, with some estimates that up to 22% of RA patients have depression. In one study, more than 50% of RA patients who reached remission sustained it for at least two ...