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Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-based Event Recorder Alongside Standard Care Versus Standard Care for Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Palpitations and Pre-syncope: The IPED (Investigation of Palpitations in the ED) study
(2019)Background: Patients with palpitations and pre-syncope commonly present to Emergency Departments (EDs) but underlying rhythm diagnosis is often not possible during the initial presentation. This trial compares the ... -
An audit of ward nurses' knowledge of sepsis
(2007)Many of the patients with sepsis admitted to intensive care and high dependency units develop severe sepsis/septic shock in general hospital wards. If the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's aim of a 25% reduction in mortality ... -
Paramedic decision making: prehospital thrombolysis and beyond
(2010)BACKGROUND: Mortality from acute myocardial infarction is influenced by the speed at which reperfusion therapy is delivered. In the U.K., prehospital thrombolysis (PHT), administered by paramedics, has been developed to ... -
Low concordance with HIV testing guidelines in a retrospective review of intensive care practice
(2013)Records were reviewed (n=1052) for patients admitted to a large general intensive care unit (GICU) and examined for HIV testing criteria published in UK national testing guidelines (UKNG). All actual tests sent from GICU ...