Hospital Testing of the Effectiveness of Co-Designed Educational Materials to Improve Patient and Visitor Knowledge and Confidence in Reporting Patient Deterioration.

Background: Co-designed educational materials could significantly improve the likelihood of patients and visitors (consumers) escalating care through hospital systems. The objective was to investigate patients' and visitors' knowledge and confidence in recognizing and reporting patient deterioration in hospitals before and after exposure to educational materials.

Methods: A multimethod design involved a convenience sample of patients and visitors at a South Australian hospital.

Incomplete circle of Willis as a risk factor for intraoperative ischemic events during carotid endarterectomies performed under regional anesthesia - A prospective case-series.

Background: The role of the willisian collaterals during carotid endarterectomies (CEAs) is a debated issue. The aim of the present work was to test whether an incomplete or non-functional circle of Willis (CoW) is a risk factor for ischemic events during CEA.

Patients And Methods: CEAs were performed under local anesthesia.

Elevated Blood Alcohol Concentration Is Associated with Improved Clinical Outcomes of Intravenous Thrombolysis Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients-A Retrospective Study.

Background: Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) improves acute ischemic stroke (AIS) outcomes, but with limited success. In addition, ethanol potentiates the effect of r-tPA in ischemia models.

Methods: The effect of acute alcohol consumption on IVT outcomes was investigated in a retrospective cohort study.

Earliness and morphotypes of common wheat cultivars of Western and Eastern Siberia.

The global and local climate changes determine the producing of highly-adaptive common (bread) wheat commercial cultivars of a new generation whose optimal earliness matches the climatic features of the territory where the cultivars are farmed. Principal component analysis involving our own and published data has been applied to investigate 98 commercial common wheat cultivars from Western and Eastern Siberia comparing their morphotypes; cultivar zoning time; length of the vegetation period; 1000-grain weight, and inheritance of spring growth habit. It demonstrated that the dominant Vrn gene polymorphism determining the spring growth habit of the Siberian cultivars was minimally polymorphic.

You're Worried, We're Listening: Online Testing of the Effectiveness of Education Materials to Improve Consumer Knowledge and Confidence in Reporting Patient Deterioration.

Objectives: Early identification of patient deterioration in hospital is important to reduce mortality, avoidable morbidity, length of stay, and associated healthcare costs. By closely observing physical and behavioral changes, deteriorating patients are more likely to be identified. Patients and family at the bedside can play an important role in reporting deterioration if made aware of how to do so.

Development and Validation of an Evaluation Tool of Consumers' Knowledge and Confidence to Report Patient Deterioration in Hospitals.

Objectives: Studies have shown that many preventable hospital deaths may be reduced through early reporting of deterioration by patients and their visitors to health professionals. Engagement of patients and families for safer health care was recommended by the World Health Organization. As no validated tool was identified, the objective of the study was to develop and validate a tool to measure the impact of messages contained in self-developed educational materials on consumers' knowledge and confidence to report patient deterioration.

[Surgical complications after kidney transplantation based on the Clavien classification, especially with regard to the types of ureteral anastomoses].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Veseátültetést követően a graft és a beteg túlélésére hatással lehetnek a posztoperatív intervenciót igénylő szövődmények. Fontos szempont a műtéttechnikai eredményesség monitorozása.

The Effect of Chromosome Arm 1BS on the Fertility of Alloplasmic Recombinant Lines in Bread Wheat with the Cytoplasm.

The genetic mechanisms of fertility restoration in alloplasmic bread wheat with the barley cytoplasm are poorly explored. The effect of the 1BS chromosome arm on the fertility of bread wheat with the cytoplasm was studied depending on the incompleteness/completeness of the cytonuclear compatibility. (i) Three self-fertile (SF) lines and one partially fertile (PF) line with an incomplete cytonuclear compatibility and (ii) four self-fertile (SF) lines with a complete cytonuclear compatibility were studied.

Study of Androgenic Plant Families of Alloplasmic Introgression Lines () - and the Use of Sister DH Lines in Breeding.

One of the limitations in obtaining the genetic diversity of doubled haploid (DH) lines via anther culture is the development of families of regenerants, and each family represents a clone. This work examines the results of studying this phenomenon in anther culture of alloplasmic ()- and euplasmic lines with 1RS.1BL and 7DL-7Ai translocations and hybrids between them.

Fentanyl concentration in maternal and umbilical cord plasma following intranasal or subcutaneous administration in labour.

Background: The effect that the route of maternal fentanyl administration has on placental transfer of drug to the neonate is not well studied. Plasma concentration ratios are an indicator of fetal exposure, relative to the mother.

Methods: A cohort study (n=30) was conducted to measure fentanyl concentrations in maternal plasma, and arterial and venous cord blood, among women administered either intranasal or subcutaneous fentanyl for labour pain relief.

Taking the alternative route: Women's experience of intranasal fentanyl, subcutaneous fentanyl or intramuscular pethidine for labour analgesia.

Objective: To compare women's experience of receiving either intranasal fentanyl, subcutaneous fentanyl or intramuscular pethidine for labour analgesia.

Design: A content analysis was undertaken as part of the third phase of a larger randomised controlled trial, using the per-protocol dataset to examine women's experiences of treatment received. Healthy women birthing at term, who received intranasal fentanyl (n=41), subcutaneous fentanyl (n=37) and/or intramuscular pethidine (n=38) for labour analgesia, were contacted at 6 weeks postpartum to complete a phone questionnaire.

The influence of intrapartum opioid use on breastfeeding experience at 6 weeks post partum: A secondary analysis.

Objective: To examine breastfeeding experiences up to 6 weeks postpartum for mothers administered intranasal fentanyl, subcutaneous fentanyl or intramuscular pethidine for intrapartum analgesia.

Design: A secondary analysis was undertaken using the per-protocol dataset to examine the third phase of a larger randomised controlled trial. This phase of the study examined breastfeeding intention and experience from the first hour of birth to 6 weeks postpartum.

[Prevalence of VRN1 Locus Alleles among Spring Common Wheat Cultivars Cultivated in Western Siberia].

With the use of allele-specific primers developed for the VRN1 loci, the allelic diversity of the VRN-A1, VRN-B1, and VRN-D1 genes was studied in 148 spring common wheat cultivars cultivated under the conditions of Western Siberia. It was demonstrated that modern Western Siberian cultivars have the VRN-A1a allele, which is widely distributed in the world (alone or in combination with the VRN-B1a and VRN-B1c alleles). It was established that the main contribution in acceleration of the.

The relative contributions of function, perceived psychological burden and partner support to cognitive distress in bladder cancer.

Objective: Bladder cancer is a genitourinary disease of increasing incidence. Despite improvements in treatment, outcomes remain equivocal with high recurrence rates. It is associated with poor psychosocial outcomes due to reduced functioning of the genitourinary system.

A comparison of fentanyl with pethidine for pain relief during childbirth: a randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of fentanyl administered via the subcutaneous (s.c.) or intranasal (i.

Job satisfaction of overseas-qualified nurses working in Australian hospitals.

Aims: The aims of this study were to explore factors associated with the job satisfaction of overseas-qualified nurses working in public hospitals in South Australia and to compare whether factors associated with job satisfaction of overseas nurses from English-speaking backgrounds differed from those from non-English-speaking backgrounds.

Background: Overseas-qualified nurses have become an essential part of the nursing workforce in Australia. Although this nurse population has different expectations and values in relation to their jobs when compared with local nurses, studies on job satisfaction among overseas nurses are scarce.

E-learning & information communication technology (ICT) in nursing education: A review of the literature.

Objectives: To examine primary research articles published between January 2001 and December 2012 that focused on the issues for students and educators involved with E-learning in preregistration nursing programs. The literature was systematically reviewed, critically appraised and thematically analyzed.

Background: E-learning is arguably the most significant change to occur in nursing education since the move from hospital training to the tertiary sector.

[Development and study of spring bread wheat variety Pamyati Maystrenko with introgression of genetic material from synthetic hexaploid Triticum timopheevii zhuk. x Aegilops tauschii Coss].

Synthetic hexaploids are bridges for transferring new genes that determine resistance to stress factors from wild-type species to bread wheat. In the present work, the method of developing the spring bread wheat variety Pamyati Maystrenko and the results of its study are described. This variety was obtained using one of the immune lines produced earlier via the hybridization of the spring bread wheat variety Saratovskaya 29 with the synthetic hexaploid T.

Subcutaneous administration of fentanyl in childbirth: an observational study on the clinical effectiveness of fentanyl for mother and neonate.

Objective: to explore the maternal and neonatal effects of fentanyl administered subcutaneously to women during labour.

Design: two methods were used: (1) A retrospective audit of the birth register and maternal and neonatal records for the period from January 2000 to December 2007. (2) A pilot study was also conducted on a convenience sample of women between July 2008 and October 2008.

[Characteristics of common wheat cultivars of West Siberia carrying the wheat-rye 1RS.1BL translocation].

Using genomic in situ hybridization, among the common wheat cultivars produced in West Siberia (Siberian Research Institute of Agriculture, Omsk) with the involvement of the winter wheat cultivar Kavkaz carrying the wheat-rye 1RS.1BL translocation we identified three cultivars with this translocation: Omskaya 29, Omskaya 37, and Omskaya 38. The protein and crude gluten contents in the grain of these cultivars are equal to or exceed the levels observed in cultivars without the wheat-rye translocation.

Undergraduate nursing student's attitudes towards caring for people with HIV/AIDS.

The aim of this quantitative study was to determine the attitudes of Australian nursing students towards caring for people with HIV/AIDS. This research study was conducted among second year undergraduate nursing students at a university in South Australia, during August 2007. The survey tool consisted of six demographic questions and the AIDS Attitude Scale.

Termination of pregnancy and the over 30s: what are trends in contraception use 1996-2006?

There is a shift in fertility patterns with more women commencing childbearing over 30 years of age. Little is known about trends in contraception use by women in this age group seeking a termination of pregnancy. This research presents a trend analysis to determine if there were significant changes in trends in contraception use pre- and post-termination of pregnancy for women over 30 years of age from 1996 to 2006 in South Australia.

Nursing assessment of obstructive sleep apnea in hospitalised adults: a review of risk factors and screening tools.

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects approximately 2-4% of the general population and may be more prevalent in obese adults. However, sleep apnea remains consistently under-diagnosed in the general population as well as in hospital wards. Nurse awareness of OSA during routine monitoring could allow specific observations of hospitalised adults to identify those at high risk and ensure appropriate referral.