Publications by authors named "F B Williamson"
Ultrasound transducer disinfection for percutaneous procedures: A review of the evidence supporting guideline recommendations.
Australas J Ultrasound Med
November 2024
Introduction/purpose: There are varying international recommendations regarding the minimum level of disinfection required for ultrasound transducers used in percutaneous procedures. While some guidelines recommend high-level disinfection (HLD), others question the additional benefit this delivers over low-level disinfection (LLD).
Methods: This narrative review identifies current guidelines and evaluates the evidence used to support disinfection recommendations for ultrasound transducers used in percutaneous procedures.
Background: Chest compressions are life-saving in cardiac arrest but concern by layperson of causing unintentional injury to patients who are not in cardiac arrest may limit provision and therefore delay initiation when required.
Aim: To perform a systematic review of the evidence to identify if; among patients not in cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, does provision of chest compressions from a layperson, compared to no use of chest compressions, worsen outcomes.
Method: We searched Medline (Ovid), Web of Science Core Collection (clarivate) and Cinahl (Ebsco).
Background: Pain from rib fractures often requires inpatient management with opioid medication. The need for ongoing opioid prescriptions following hospital discharge is poorly understood. Harms associated with long-term opioid use are generally accepted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Racial disparities exist in clinical outcomes for valvular heart disease (VHD). It is unknown whether clinician segregation contributes to these disparities. Among an adequately insured population, we evaluated the relationship between clinician segregation in a hospital and receipt of care by a cardiologist according to patient race.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic and social justice movements significantly affected the college experience of undergraduate students at a private university, reflecting both positive and negative emotions.
- In surveys conducted in August 2020 and January 2021, students reported experiencing a wide range of emotions in response to both the pandemic and the civil unrest related to systemic racism.
- Notably, students felt more positively about the civil unrest than about COVID-19 in August 2020, but negative emotions regarding the pandemic increased even after vaccines became available in January 2021.