Publications by authors named "S H M Stokes"
Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
January 2025
Among the most pressing problems societies face today are economic inequality and the erosion of democratic norms and institutions. In fact the two problems-inequality and democratic erosion-are linked. In a large cross-national statistical study of risk factors for democratic erosion, we establish that economic inequality is one of the strongest predictors of where and when democracy erodes.
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- Medical simulation education has expanded to remote learning, enabling engagement for pediatric clinicians to treat adult patients using advanced techniques like ACLS.
- The curriculum included online training sessions focusing on critical cases such as narcotic overdose and pulmonary embolism, and utilized assessments to measure knowledge retention and comfort levels over time.
- Results showed high participant satisfaction and significant improvements in clinical knowledge related to ACLS and PALS, highlighting the effectiveness of tele-simulation for enhancing medical education.
Background: Family satisfaction with intensive care is a measure of patient experience and patient-centered care. Among the factors that might influence family satisfaction are the timing of patient admittance to the intensive care unit (ICU), the ICU environment, and individual health care providers.
Objective: To evaluate family satisfaction with the ICU and to explore associations between satisfaction and specific characteristics of the ICU stay.
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- Researchers studied how people using methadone for treatment are also using other drugs, like cannabis and cocaine, between 2010 and 2020.
- They found that more patients were testing positive for drugs like benzodiazepines and cocaine over time, but fewer were using opioids.
- A lot of patients combined methadone with other drugs, which can be dangerous, and nearly 30% of them had mixed drug use by 2020.
Background: The ESCALATION system is a novel paediatric Early Warning System that incorporates family involvement and sepsis recognition. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and iteratively refine the ESCALATION system in a variety of hospital settings in preparation for full-service implementation.
Methods: A series of four multi-methods studies using an Implementation Science and co-design approach were conducted.