Introduction: Since its creation in the 18th century, bedpan has remained more or less the same. Its unique material composition varies from one model to another, but its shape remains relatively similar. The environment is one of the four pillars of the nursing paradigm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg
June 2023
Introduction: Orbital floor fractures (OFF) are common facial trauma injuries, and there are no official guidelines for their medical and surgical management. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the management of OFF in France.
Materials And Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to 144 surgeons at the 88 French centers involved in the management of OFF (2019 data from the National Health Insurance Body).
Introduction: MEOPA (equimolar mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide) is used for its analgesic and anxiolytic properties in order to obtain conscious sedation of the patient when performing painful care. It is subject to an enhanced pharmacovigilance and addictovigilance monitoring. In this context, it is important to dispose of hospital utilization data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe French National Authority for Health has made serious adverse event disclosure one of its priority areas of work. The objective of the study was to explore clinicians' perceived practices of disclosing such events. Between June and July 2012, a structured questionnaire was emailed to all clinicians and residents working at the Nantes Teaching Hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Indicators describing results of care are widely explored in term of patient satisfaction (PS). Among factors explaining PS, human resources indicators have been studied in terms of burnout or job satisfaction among healthcare professionals. No research work has set out to explore the effect of absenteeism on PS scores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGeriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
March 2011
Objective: Inappropriate prescribing in elderly is considered as common (40% of subjects from community from the 3CStudy in France had a inappropriate prescription, using Beer's criteria), and can lead to severe issues. Few studies have assessed inappropriate prescribing for elderly inpatients in acute care, with multiple tools. Our study was designed to assess outcome prescriptions concordance of elderly inpatients, for potentially inappropriate medication use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To develop and validate a list of objective criteria to assess the appropriateness of hospital days for patients admitted to rehabilitation centres and sub-acute care units.
Design: Sixteen appropriateness criteria were defined by a multidisciplinary panel of 33 experts using a formalized consensus method. A single ticked criterion classifies the hospital day as appropriate.