10 results match your criteria: "Hospital de Alta Resolución Sierra de Segura[Affiliation]"

The benefits of the sedation provided by propofol in digestive endoscopy, either by an endoscopist or an anesthetist, are now undeniable. One of these benefits is a shorter recovery time after endoscopy. Assessment scales are currently available that allow a more efficient discharge from endoscopy units.

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[Mortality and medical care of patients hospitalized during weekends].

Rev Calid Asist

July 2018

Hospital de Montilla, Agencia Sanitaria Alto Guadalquivir, Montilla, Córdoba, España.

Background And Objectives: It has been shown that patients admitted to hospital during the weekends tend to have less favourable outcomes, including higher mortality rates, compared with those admitted during weekdays. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of on the health outcomes of patients admitted during the weekend.

Material And Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted on all patients admitted to Montilla Hospital (Córdoba).

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Objectives: In recent years, various scientific societies and healthcare organisations have created recommendations aimed at decreasing the use of healthcare interventions that have shown no efficacy or effectiveness. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of an intervention on 12 do-not-do recommendations regarding the laboratory in 7 hospital centres.

Methods: Before-after study conducted in 7 hospital centres of Cordoba and Jaen during 2015 and 2016.

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Background: Barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) by nursing professionals include a lack of knowledge, inadequate skills in searching for and appraising evidence, and consulting research articles. However, few studies have addressed the effectiveness of educational interventions to improve their competence.

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief basic online and face-to-face educational intervention to promote EBP attitudes, knowledge and skills, and practice in clinical care nurses.

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Background/aim: Tumor M2-pyruvate kinase (M2-PK) is up-regulated in proliferating tissues. It has been shown that tumor M2-PK is detectable and quantifiable in the stool and plasma of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). Tumor M2-PK has been extensively studied in gastrointestinal tumors but its role in other cancer types has not yet been deeply evaluated.

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Objective: To know the expectations and user experiences of older Roma women with health services in primary care (PC).

Design: Phenomenological qualitative study. Using focus groups (4-9 women/group) and semistructured interviews.

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Objective: To determine the attitudes of physicians and registered nurses in the Andalusian Public Health System towards preventive and health promotion (PHP) interventions in the context of Primary Health Care and the relationship with occupational variables and self-reported competence in PHP.

Design: Multicenter, observational, descriptive study.

Location: Primary Health Care (PHC), Andalusia, Spain.

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Aims: To study the reliability (inter-observer agreement and internal consistency) of the Spanish version of the Nursing Outcome "Knowledge: Health Resources" and determine the differences in reliability when used by nurses in two settings: community care and hospital care.

Method: Reliability study. 12 experienced nurses were paired (community and hospital) to use this nursing outcome questionnaire to assess health service users.

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