Niger J Clin Pract
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Magnet hospitals are recognized for quality patient outcomes and nursing excellence. It was aimed to examine the effects of Magnet hospitals on mortality rate. Searches for this review were carried out using the PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL databases without any year limitation. ⋯ By contrast, five descriptive comparative studies and five longitudinal studies determined that mortality rates were lower in Magnet hospitals. Overall, the findings of this systematic review indicated that Magnet hospitals are associated with lower rates of mortality. Considering the organizational consequences of mortality such as quality and cost savings, this systematic review provides significant contributions to hospital executives, as well as the nurse-clinicians, whether or not to obtain magnet status.
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Review Case Reports
An adolescent with ileum herniation through foramen of winslow: A case report and literature review.
Herniation through foramen of Winslow is a relatively rare group of hernias characterized by protrusion of the abdominal contents into the lesser sac. To our knowledge, this is the youngest and the only reported case related to adolescents in the last five years. ⋯ Through the review of the literature, it is clear that herniation through foramen of Winslow (HFW) is a more challenging condition to diagnose preoperatively, which can be achieved with the help of complementary diagnostics especially CT. As a category of diseases with a very low postoperative recurrence rate, clinical experience tells us that only three-trocar laparoscopic surgery can successfully return HFW.
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Respiratory diseases constitute a significant cause of morbidity globally. There is limited information on the epidemiology of respiratory diseases in North Central Nigeria particularly with the changing trend in risk factors. ⋯ Although tuberculosis constituted the most observed single condition, noncommunicable respiratory diseases predominated cumulatively among the new cases seen in the chest clinic of UITH, Ilorin. This raises the need for significant attention in terms of prevention and management of noncommunicable respiratory diseases, which appear to be on the uprising.
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The lung recruitment maneuver (LRM) applied in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may increase the intra-cranial pressure (ICP). ⋯ LRM applied in ARDS causes a short-term increase in ONSD. However, Cdyn increases 10 min after LRM and causes ONSD, thereby leading to a decrease in ICP.
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The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) outbreak has its social, economic, and political effects on wider society, as well as physical and mental health effects on individuals. The psychological and social impacts are more apparent and common on emergency health care workers who have close contact with patients. ⋯ Close contact with patients, working conditions, and the heavy schedule of nightshifts increase psychological and social fear in emergency health care workers. It is important to provide psychosocial support to emergency health care workers during the pandemic period.