Publications by authors named "P K Isaacs"
Article Synopsis
- Meals on Wheels (MoWs) is a service in England that delivers meals to older people who can’t cook for themselves.
- A study talked to 18 people who work for MoWs during the COVID-19 lockdown to find out more about their experiences and the challenges they faced.
- The workers noted that MoWs helps clients feel less lonely and more independent, but also faced issues like funding cuts and needing more time to spend with the people they serve.
Background: Palliative care remains suboptimal in end-stage liver disease.
Aim: To inform a definitive study, we assessed palliative long-term abdominal drains in end-stage liver disease to determine recruitment, attrition, safety/potential effectiveness, questionnaires/interview uptake/completion and make a preliminary cost comparison.
Methods: A 12-week feasibility nonblinded randomised controlled trial comparing large-volume paracentesis vs long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites due to end-stage liver disease with fortnightly home visits for clinical/questionnaire-based assessments.
Background: The family flaviviridae and alphaviridae contain a diverse group of pathogens that cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diagnosis of the virus responsible for disease is essential to ensure patients receive appropriate clinical management. Very few real-time RT-PCR based assays are able to detect the presence of all members of these families using a single primer and probe set.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Kamishibai Card (K-Card) process is a storytelling methodology designed to help identify barriers and remove or redesign them.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the K-Card process for central venous line (CVL) maintenance bundle compliance in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Methods: A retrospective evaluation of the implementation of the K-Card process was performed using a pretest and posttest design.