J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs
September 2024
Peripheral artery disease is a complex health condition. It is associated with atherosclerotic occlusive lesions in the arteries limiting normal blood flow, mostly involving the lower extremities, leading to chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). Chronic unrelenting ischemic leg pain can be debilitating and distressing, contributing to poor health-related quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Health information systems with applications in patient care planning and decision support depend on high-quality data. A postacute care hospital in Ontario, Canada, conducted data quality assessment and focus group interviews to guide the development of a cross-disciplinary training programme to reimplement the Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 comprehensive health assessment into the hospital's clinical workflows.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Esp Anestesiol Reanim
January 2005
Objective: To draw pediatrician's attention to the risks of the use of designer drugs among adolescents and to review the problem.
Material And Methods: We report the case of a 15-year-old girl admitted for seizures, who rapidly developed acute liver failure and died. Clinical and pathological details are reviewed.