Publications by authors named "S M Lowson"
Article Synopsis
- The massive transfusion protocol (MTP) was increasingly activated at a medical center, leading to strain on the transfusion service.
- A multidisciplinary root cause analysis (RCA) identified key areas for improvement: education, stewardship, process improvement, and communication.
- Implementing these improvements decreased MTP activations and blood waste while enhancing communication and resource use in the transfusion service.
Objective: To assess changes in the cost and availability of a standard basket of healthy food items (the Healthy Food Access Basket [HFAB]) in Queensland over time.
Design And Participants: A series of four cross-sectional surveys (in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004) describing the cost and availability of foods in the HFAB over time. In the latest survey, 97 Queensland food stores across the five Australian Bureau of Statistics remoteness categories were compared.
Background: Although some studies have demonstrated lower infectious morbidity in patients receiving supplemental glutamine, there remains no consensus on the utility of such treatment. This study was designed to investigate the effects of supplemental enteral glutamine on the rate and outcomes of infection in critically ill surgical patients.
Methods: All 185 surgical and trauma patients admitted to a single university surgical trauma intensive care unit (STICU) over an approximately three-year period who were to receive enteral nutrition support were assigned sequentially to one of three diets: standard 1-kCal/mL feedings with added protein (Group 1), standard feedings with glutamine 0.