Outputs (114)

A qualitative feasibility study to inform Fluids in Shock (FISH) - a pilot randomised controlled trial of fluid bolus therapy in septic shock (2016)
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Objectives & Background There is increasing evidence that fluid overload may be associated with harm in paediatric critical illness. Fluids in Shock (FiSH) is a combined feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) to determine if restric... Read More about A qualitative feasibility study to inform Fluids in Shock (FISH) - a pilot randomised controlled trial of fluid bolus therapy in septic shock.

Emergency department re-attendances and treatment modifications in young children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: A PERUKI study (2016)
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Objectives & Background Data on the rate of antibiotic retreatment in children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are lacking. We conducted a service evaluation of CAP management to review assumptions for a large UK-based trial p... Read More about Emergency department re-attendances and treatment modifications in young children with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia: A PERUKI study.

Developmental and behavioural associations of burns and scalds in children: A prospective population-based study (2016)
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Objective To investigate child developmental and behavioural characteristics and risk of burns and scalds. Design Data on burns in children up to 11 years from 12 966 participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children were link... Read More about Developmental and behavioural associations of burns and scalds in children: A prospective population-based study.

Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers (2016)
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© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. Background: There is inadequate evidence to advise clinicians on the relative merits of swabbing versus tissue sampling of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Objectives: To determine (1) concordance b... Read More about Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers.

Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres (2016)
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© The Authors 2016 . Objective: To ascertain the activities undertaken by children's centres to prevent unintentional injuries in the under-fives and, in particular, the prevention of falls, poisoning and scalds. Design: A questionnaire was posted to... Read More about Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres.

Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors (2016)
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© 2016 Cambridge University Press. Aim To explore the experiences of student and novice health visitors in implementing health visiting policy reform pre-and post-qualification. Background In England, public health nursing has been subject to major p... Read More about Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors.

Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the UK respect, dignity and compassion are the underpinning values which must determine service user care in the National Health Service (NHS). In midwifery education it is unclear how students are being taught these values. We... Read More about Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education.

Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study (2016)
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© 2016, The Author(s). Purpose: To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation... Read More about Psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life after injury: multicentre cohort study.

Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP) (2016)
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© 2017 Taylor & Francis. The implementation of a bachelor degree in Interprofessional Health Care at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has fostered the need to evaluate the impact of this innovative programme. The University of the West of Eng... Read More about Translation and psychometric properties of the German version of the University of the West of England Interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP).

Validated constipation symptom and quality-of-life measures neither reflect patient and clinician concerns nor use words familiar to patients (2016)
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© MA Healthcare Ltd. Patients' self-reported constipation symptoms, preferred terminology and quality of life (QoL) issues were explored through 14 semi-structured and five unstructured interviews. In a modified Delphi study, 11 clinicians rated the... Read More about Validated constipation symptom and quality-of-life measures neither reflect patient and clinician concerns nor use words familiar to patients.