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Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
December 2024
Faculté de santé, Université d'Angers, France, Département de médecine aiguë gériatrique, Centre de recherche sur l'autonomie et la longévité, hôpital universitaire d'Angers, France.
Older patients are at risk of falling, making fall prevention a critical component of training for future health professionals. To understand the expectations of health students regarding falls in the elderly, four consecutive focus groups were organized at the Angers hospital. The aim was to assess students' views on the effectiveness of using an educational or serious game to complement their traditional training.
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December 2024
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, GBR.
A significant percentage of patients with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) who progressed to stages 4 and 5 of ROP will require surgical intervention. Scleral buckling surgery is widely employed for the restoration of retinal detachment in advanced cases of ROP. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to review the anatomical and visual outcomes following scleral buckling surgery in ROP of stages 4 and 5.
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January 2025
Nursing Administration and Education Department, College of Nursing, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and engagement of nursing interns regarding fall prevention activities during their internship within hospital settings.
Design: This study used a cross-sectional design.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study.
Natl J Maxillofac Surg
November 2024
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Introduction: In Uttar Pradesh, India, there are many fatal head injuries as a result of road traffic accidents (RTAs). Studying the pattern and distribution of intracranial hemorrhages, a frequent complication of severe head trauma might provide vital information on the efficacy of traffic safety regulations. To improve road safety tactics and lower fatal head injuries in Uttar Pradesh, this study intends to assess the effect of road safety measures on the frequency and distribution of intracranial hemorrhages in fatal head injury patients.
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January 2025
College of Nursing Male, Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objective: To assess the impact of educational intervention on nurse's knowledge related to patient safety after cardiac catheterisation in tertiary care settings.
Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted from October 2022 to May 2023 after approval from the ethics review board of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and comprised staff nurses working in cardiac catheterisation laboratory, cardiac care unit and allied departments of 4 tertiary care hospitals. After baseline assessment, those with knowledge score <70% were enlisted for educational intervention which was done in small groups and lasted about 120 minutes.
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