Publications by authors named "S R Wall"
Article Synopsis
- This study focused on understanding how common diagnostic uncertainty is when critically ill children are admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and what factors contribute to it.
- Researchers reviewed medical records from 882 pediatric patients across four hospitals to assess the presence of diagnostic uncertainty at admission and how it changed by the time of discharge.
- Key findings indicated that 25.9% of patients showed diagnostic uncertainty upon PICU admission, with significant factors being the time of admission, illness severity, atypical symptoms, and discrepancies in diagnoses between different healthcare providers.
Article Synopsis
- Adverse events in healthcare are prevalent and can negatively affect both patients and the healthcare system, particularly highlighted by a lack of South African data.
- The study analyzed ten years of electronic medical records from December 2012 to January 2023, documenting 14,537 adverse events from over 52,000 admissions, which represents an overall rate of 22%.
- The majority of adverse events were related to clinical care, with significant occurrences linked to indwelling devices and iatrogenic injuries, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to reduce these incidents.
Introduction: Chemotherapy toxicity tools are rarely studied in patients with hematologic malignancy (HM). The primary aim of this pilot study was to determine the predictive ability of the Cancer and Aging Research Group (CARG) chemo-toxicity calculator in estimating grade 3-5 toxicity in patients with HM.
Materials And Methods: Patients 60 years and older with HM were prospectively evaluated using the CARG chemo-toxicity calculator.