International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Written communication about the use of medications in medical records in a Brazilian hospital.
Effective communication regarding the use of medications in hospital environments is a process that contributes to patient safety. Despite its importance, written communication about the medication use process in medical records remains insufficiently investigated. ⋯ Medication-related information in medical records was incomplete and inconsistent in the clinical notes of the three studied professions, especially in pharmacists' documentation. Future studies should focus on investigating the consequences of interprofessional communication in patient care.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Meta AnalysisSerum LDH values in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and their association with maternal and neonatal morbidity: a meta-analysis.
Serum lactate dehydrogenase has been extensively studied in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. However, to date, its clinical usefulness in the field remains unknown. The present meta-analysis has been designed to evaluate differences in serum LDH values among patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and to help determine its diagnostic accuracy as well its predictive accuracy in determining adverse pregnancy outcomes. ⋯ Despite the extensive research in the field of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, there is still lack of evidence concerning the diagnostic performance of serum LDH in clinical practice; hence, research should expand in this direction to evaluate its clinical utility.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
Pretreatment red blood cell distribution width as an efficient predictor of survival in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.
We aimed to determine whether pretreatment red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is an efficient predictor of 30-day mortality in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. ⋯ RDW might be an effective predictor of 30-day mortality in older patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Dec 2021
How to identify the most suitable questionnaires and rating scales for your research and clinical practice?
Selection of the most suitable instrument for a health outcome or exposure assessment is challenging, as there are many different instruments and their versions, most with unknown validity. ⋯ These guidelines facilitate the objective choice of the most suitable instrument in clinical practice by making the search simple, systematic and time-effective.
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The impact of annual flu vaccination on the patients' clinical course with COVID-19 and the outcome were tested. ⋯ Although the benefits of the influenza vaccine for preventing disease and reducing morbidity in influenza patients are well established, no differences in outcomes for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 who received their annual influenza vaccination versus the non-vaccinated cohort were evident. There is a need for future meta-analyses, including randomised controlled studies in which the number of cases is increased to validate these findings.