Lived Experiences of Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergone Whipple Procedure: A Qualitative Study.

Objectives: Pancreatic cancer is a devastating illness with significant impacts on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The Whipple procedure, a common surgical intervention for pancreatic cancer, presents numerous challenges for recovery and adaptation. This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the lived experiences of patients' post-Whipple surgery.

Delay in Seeking Medical Treatment Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Background Various Indian registries have documented a delay of more than five hours for acute coronary syndrome patients from onset of symptoms to reaching thrombolysis-enabled centres. We conducted this study to evaluate the factors responsible for pre-hospital delay in acute coronary syndrome patients. Methods This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in consecutive acute coronary syndrome patients who reported to the tertiary care medical centre in North India.

A Methodological Study to Develop a Standard Operational Protocol for Nurses on Central Line Catheter Care of Patients in Selected Intensive Care Units.

Aim: This study aims to develop a standard operational protocol (SOP) for central line catheter care for nurses.

Materials And Methods: A preliminary draft of protocol based on extensive review of the literature was developed. The current practices of the nurses regarding central line catheter care were observed.

Adherence to hand hygiene in high-risk units of a tertiary care hospital in India.

To improve the compliance to hand hygiene in our health care workers, 3 hand hygiene awareness weeks have been conducted over the past one-and-a-half years in our hospital. This observational audit conducted from October 2011 to March 2012 was planned to assess the impact of the above awareness drives. Although overall compliance increased significantly in 7 intensive care units from 23.

Skill development regarding use of metered dose inhaler (MDI) amongst school teachers of northern India.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a booklet based training by a nurse on the development of skills regarding use of metered dose inhaler (MDI) among the teachers of the selected schools of Chandigarh, India.

Methods: The present study was undertaken by randomly selecting government schools of Chandigarh from where 91 school teachers were enrolled. A booklet on asthma management containing information regarding asthma, its triggers, signs and symptoms, treatment, types of inhalers and steps of using MDI with spacer was used for training the subjects.