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Complaints from emergency department patients largely result from treatment and communication problems
Wiley - Tập 14 Số 1 - Trang 43-49 - 2002
David McD Taylor, Rory Wolfe, Peter Cameron
AbstractObjective: Emergency department patient complaints are often justified and may lead to apology, remedial action or compensation. The aim of the present study was to analyse emergency department patient complaints in order to identify procedures or practices that require change and to make recommendations for intervention strategies aimed at decreasing complaint rates.Methods: We undertook ... hiện toàn bộ
The status of the Glasgow Coma Scale
Wiley - Tập 15 Số 4 - Trang 353-360 - 2003
Belinda J. Gabbe, Peter Cameron, Caroline F. Finch
AbstractThe Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was first introduced in the 1970s to provide a simple and reliable method of recording and monitoring change in the level of consciousness of head injured patients. Since its introduction, the GCS has been widely utilized in the trauma community and its use expanded beyond the original intentions of the score. In the context of traumatic injury, this paper disc... hiện toàn bộ
High‐pressure water injection injury: Emergency presentation and management
Wiley - Tập 14 Số 3 - Trang 324-327 - 2002
Rathan M. Subramaniam, Gary M Clearwater
AbstractPresentations of high‐pressure water blaster injuries to the emergency department are varied. Though these injuries are sometimes described as a ‘benign variant’ of high‐pressure injection injuries, external appearances can be deceptive. These injuries can produce an unexpected pattern of severe internal injury and infectious complications. Such injuries are surgical emergencies and must b... hiện toàn bộ
Comparison of a verbal numeric rating scale with the visual analogue scale for the measurement of acute pain
Wiley - Tập 15 Số 5-6 - Trang 441-446 - 2003
Anna Holdgate, Stephen Edward Asha, Jonathan C. Craig, Jennifer Thompson
AbstractObjectives: To test the agreement between the visual analogue scale (VAS) and a verbal numeric rating scale (VNRS) in measuring acute pain, and measure the minimum clinically significant change in VNRS.Methods: Patients scored their pain by the VAS and the VNRS, then re‐scored their pain every 30 min for up to 2 h. Patients also recorded whether their pain had improved or worsened. Agreeme... hiện toàn bộ
The adversarial court system and the expert medical witness: ‘The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth?’
Wiley - Tập 15 Số 3 - Trang 283-288 - 2003
Matthew W. Ryan
AbstractThis discussion aims to provide the occasional medical expert witness with background knowledge of the adversarial court system and the role of the medical expert witness within it. The parallel evolution of the adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems has been more out of tradition rather than any systematic review of the effectiveness of one system or the other. Both legal systems hav... hiện toàn bộ
Gender issues in youth suicidal behaviour
Wiley - Tập 14 Số 1 - Trang 35-42 - 2002
Annette L. Beautrais
AbstractThere are gender differences in youth suicidal behaviour that are evident in childhood and persist throughout adolescence and young adulthood. In Western countries, young females are twice as likely as males to report suicidal ideation and suicide attempt behaviour. However, despite the fact that females make more suicide attempts, males are three‐ to fourfold more likely to die by suicide... hiện toàn bộ
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