Publications by authors named "Louise A Carter"
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- - The project aimed to enhance anaesthetic practices by promoting low-flow anaesthesia and isoflurane usage to be both environmentally friendly and cost-effective.
- - A questionnaire was distributed to anaesthetic staff to assess their practices, followed by monthly audits on gas flow rates and volatile agent usage to monitor departmental spending.
- - Results indicated an 18% reduction in volatile agent orders and a 25% decrease in costs, all while theatre activity increased, demonstrating the effectiveness of the initiative.
Objectives: Orthodontic appliances are known to cause patients difficulty with eating. Learning more about the issues patients face, while eating with orthodontic appliances in place, will allow us to create more informative and relevant patient information, thereby improving patient compliance and treatment success. This study aims to understand how orthodontic appliances impact on eating in the broader context and to explore adolescent patients' perceptions of eating with orthodontic appliances.
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