Publications by authors named "L C Kearney"
Background: Hydration assessment and management during labour play an important role in maternal and newborn outcomes. Studies indicate that clinical practice is inconsistent, with limited consensus evident in clinical guidelines. Current practices in fluid management across public and private maternity units within Australia and New Zealand remain unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the context, behaviors, strategies, and motivators of pregnant women who consume 5 servings of vegetables daily.
Methods: Positive deviance study involving Australian pregnant women (9 of 529) identified through a validated food frequency questionnaire. Semistructured interviews explored their strategies, behaviors, and motivators.
Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) recommends lung cancer screening (LCS), including shared decision making between clinicians and veteran patients. We sought to characterize 1) veteran conceptualization of lung cancer risk and 2) veteran and clinician accounts of shared decision-making discussions about LCS to assess whether they reflect veteran concerns.
Methods: We conducted qualitative interviews at 6 VA sites, with 48 clinicians and 34 veterans offered LCS in the previous 6 mo.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates coordination issues in lung cancer screening (LCS) between Veterans Affairs (VA) and non-VA healthcare settings.
- Data was gathered through interviews with healthcare providers at six VA medical centers, revealing challenges in managing referrals and tracking patients screened outside of VA.
- The findings highlight that while non-VA options expand access, poor communication and unclear processes can lead to delays in cancer evaluations, signaling a need for improved coordination strategies to ensure quality care for Veterans.
Background: More than 90,000 children and adults in the United States are hospitalized with an asthma exacerbation annually, and between 5% and 34% of these hospitalizations include admission to an ICU. It is unclear how adolescent and young adults with severe asthma exacerbations are triaged in the inpatient setting between PICUs and adult ICUs. Using a large multicenter US cohort, we characterized how hospitals triage adolescents and young adults with asthma exacerbations between PICUs and adult ICUs.
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