Benefits of electronic charts in intensive care and during a world health pandemic: advantages of the technology age.

Aims And Objectives: This study sets out to describe benefits from the implementation of electronic observation charting in intensive care units (ICU). This was an extension to the existing hospital wide digital health system. We evaluated error reduction, time-savings and the costs associated with conversion from paper to digital records.

Silicon nitride nanobeam enhanced emission from all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals.

Optically active perovskite nanocrystals have shown considerable promise for a myriad of applications, such as single photon source, light-emitting diodes and nanophotonics. Coupling those nanocrystals to photonic micro- and nanostructures will offer additional degrees of freedom to manipulate their optical properties. Herein, we demonstrate the coupling of perovskite nanocrystals to a mechanically robust, poly(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA)-encapsulated silicon nitride nanobeam photonic crystal cavity at room temperature.

Hospital acquired Acute Kidney Injury is associated with increased mortality but not increased readmission rates in a UK acute hospital.

Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has evoked much interest over the past decade and is reported to be associated with high inpatient mortality. Preventable death and increased readmission rates related to AKI have been the focus of considerable interest.

Methods: We studied hospital acquired AKI in all emergency hospital admissions, except transfers from ICU to ICU or patients known to renal services, to ascertain mortality and readmission rates, and trackable modifiable factors for death, using cox regression and Kaplan Meier survival curves.

Acute kidney injury following unselected emergency admission: role of the inflammatory response, medication and co-morbidity.

Background/aims: Acute kidney injury (AKI) following admission to hospital is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and length of stay. Factors that predispose patients to AKI frequently co-exist. The precise description of their representation in unselected admissions could help define mechanistic inter-relationships and optimise risk stratification strategies.