Identifying low-risk in patients with worsening heart failure with short hospital stay: A comparison of risk scores in predicting 30-day risk events.

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalization worldwide, with high mortality rates and significant economic burden. To address the issue outpatient strategies (day-care diuretics) to avoid unplanned ED visits and reduce HF hospitalizations. However, the identification of low risk patients worsening heart failure (WHF) who could benefit from outpatient treatment remains poorly documented.

How families prepare their children for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia: Family and clinical predictors of non-compliance with a 'serious game'.

Objective: To explore family and clinical factors for usage of an online serious game designed to prepare children with ECC for dental treatment under general anaesthesia.

Design: Observational study. Secondary data of 60 children, aged 5-to-7, randomised to the intervention group in a phase-III randomised controlled trial [NIHR Portfolio 10006, ISRCTN: 18265148] testing the efficacy of the serious game http://www.