Publications by authors named "W J Pollock"
The usefulness of a 28-item Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28) in critically ill obstetric patients to detect multiorgan dysfunction: A prospective cohort study.
Aust Crit Care
November 2024
Background: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the 28-item Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS-28) in detecting multiorgan dysfunction (MOD) among critically ill obstetric patients and compared its predictive potential to other severity models, such as Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) and Mortality Probability Model II (MPM II).
Methods: A prospective multicentre cohort study was conducted including obstetric patients, pregnant and up to 42 days postpartum, admitted to the intensive care units of two referral hospitals in Colombia. A total of 93 patients were recruited between March 2016 and February 2017 and from September 2019 to November 2019.
Objective: This article aims to examine the impact of nursing workforce skill-mix (percentage of critical care registered nurses [CCRN]) in the intensive care unit (ICU) during a patient's stay.
Design: Registry linked cohort study of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database and the Critical Health Resources Information System using real-time nursing workforce data.
Settings: Fifteen public and 5 private hospital ICUs in Victoria, Australia.
Social determinants and exposure to intimate partner violence in women with severe acute maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit: a systematic review.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- This study examines the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) and social determinants of health on maternal health outcomes, particularly in women experiencing severe acute maternal morbidity in the ICU.
- A systematic review process was conducted, analyzing a significant number of studies (156 out of 52,866) published between 2000 and 2021 that focused on IPV and social determinants affecting severely ill pregnant individuals.
- Findings reveal that women who faced IPV before or during pregnancy are approximately four times more likely to require ICU care for severe maternal health issues.
Practice readiness continues to be a challenge in healthcare. This was especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. This focused descriptive-correlational study examined nurses' perceived preparedness for practice during the pandemic.
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