Integrated clinical pathways for lower limb orthopaedic surgeries: An updated systematic review.

Objective: The objective of the study was to comprehensively synthesise the components of integrated clinical pathways (ICPs) and post-operative outcomes of patients undergone total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA & TKA) and hip fracture surgeries.

Background: Previous systematic reviews examined components and effectiveness of ICPs for lower limb joint replacement and hip fracture surgeries.

Design And Methods: An updated systematic review guided by the Whittemore and Knafl (2005) framework.

Risk factors associated with paediatric unplanned hospital readmissions: a systematic review.

Objective: To synthesise evidence on risk factors associated with paediatric unplanned hospital readmissions (UHRs).

Design: Systematic review.

Data Source: CINAHL, EMBASE (Ovid) and MEDLINE from 2000 to 2017.

Diversity and signature of small RNA in different bodily fluids using next generation sequencing.

Background: Small RNAs are critical components in regulating various cellular pathways. These molecules may be tissue-associated or circulating in bodily fluids and have been shown to associate with different tumors. Next generation sequencing (NGS) on small RNAs is a powerful tool for profiling and discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs).

Integrating Health Coaching With a Medical Fitness Program to Treat Chronic Health Conditions.

Unlabelled: Medical fitness and health/wellness coaching (HWC) are emerging health care trends but potential synergistic effects are yet to be studied.

Purpose: To determine the impact of integrating HWC within a community-based medical fitness program for patients with chronic health conditions.

Methods: A before and after clinical trial, examining 3 frequency levels of coaching sessions, with Journey-to-Wellness (J2W) participants (N = 1306) who were predominately female (76%), aged 12 to 87 years (mean ± SD = 53.

The development and testing of a skin tear risk assessment tool.

The aim of the present study is to develop a reliable and valid skin tear risk assessment tool. The six characteristics identified in a previous case control study as constituting the best risk model for skin tear development were used to construct a risk assessment tool. The ability of the tool to predict skin tear development was then tested in a prospective study.

Identification of risk factors associated with the development of skin tears in hospitalised older persons: a case-control study.

To identify the risk factors associated with the development of skin tears in older persons four hundred and fifty three patients (151 cases and 302 controls) were enrolled in a case-control study in a 500-bed metropolitan tertiary hospital in Western Australia between December 2008 and June 2009. Case eligibility was defined by a skin tear on admission, which had occurred in the last 5 days; or, a skin tear developed during hospitalisation. For each case, two controls who did not have a skin tear and had been admitted within 1 day of the case, were also enrolled.

Association between self-report pain ratings of child and parent, child and nurse and parent and nurse dyads: meta-analysis.

Aim: This paper is a report of a meta-analysis to investigate the association between self-report pain ratings for the dyads of child and parent, child and nurse and parent and nurse.

Background: Existing research has shown conflicting results with regard to agreements of self-report pain ratings between the three dyads.

Data Sources: The CINAHL, Medline, Ovid and PsycINFO databases were searched using keyword, such as 'children/adolescents', 'parents/nurses', 'pain assessment', 'pain ratings', 'association' and 'agreement'.

Restricted fetal growth and lung development: a morphometric analysis of pulmonary structure.

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in humans increases the risk of lung disease and impaired function suggesting that adverse intra-uterine conditions can alter lung development. We hypothesized that placental restriction (PR) of fetal growth would alter lung structure in late gestation. PR involved removal of implantation sites in pre-pregnant ewes.