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Publication guidelines for quality improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project

In 2005 we published draft guidelines for reporting studies of quality improvement, as the initial step in a consensus process for development of a more definitive version. The current article contains the revised version, which we refer to as…

Tags: 2009, Backlog, Batalden PB, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), Consensus, Davidoff F, Editorial Policies, Forecasting, Interprofessional Relations, Journal Article, Mooney SE, Ogrinc G, Practice Guidelines As Topic, Publishing/standards, Quality Of Health Care, RDF Project, SQUIRE development group, Stevens D

Advanced illness index: Predictive modeling to stratify elders using self-report data

OBJECTIVES: Develop a prediction model to identify persons who have an increased risk of dying within the next 36 months, in order to focus additional resources and assessment in areas related to advanced care planning. DESIGN: Retrospective study…

Difficult pain

End-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: research review and recommendations

Improving the quality of end-of-life care has become a national health care priority. A necessary step in this process in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) is examining the knowledge, attitudes,and behaviors of pediatric critical care…

Cerebral palsy: what parents and doctors want to know

2003

Tags: 2003, Adolescent, Backlog, Bmj (clinical Research Ed.), Cerebral Palsy/diagnosis/etiology/therapy, Child, Developmental Disabilities/etiology, Forecasting, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Newborn, Parents, Patient Education as Topic, Physician's Role, Preschool, Professional-family Relations, Research/trends, Rosenbaum P

Practice parameter: pharmacological treatment of migraine headache in children and adolescents: report of the American Academy of Neurology Quality Standards Subcommittee and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society

OBJECTIVE: To review evidence on the pharmacologic treatment of the child with migraine headache. METHODS: The authors reviewed, abstracted, and classified relevant literature. Recommendations were based on a four-tiered scheme of evidence…

Neuroanatomy of holoprosencephaly as predictor of function: beyond the face predicting the brain

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in neuroimaging and molecular genetics of holoprosencephaly (HPE), the clinical spectrum of HPE has remained inadequately described. OBJECTIVE: To better characterize the clinical features of HPE and identify specific…

Effects of high dose opioids and sedatives on survival in terminally ill cancer patients

Concerns that high dose opioids and sedatives might shorten patient survival could contribute to insufficient symptom alleviation for terminally ill cancer patients. To examine the effects of opioids and sedatives prescribed in the final 48 hours on…

Reflections on pain

1998

Tags: 1998, Backlog, Forecasting, Guidelines, Humans, Journal Article, Journal Of Clinical Pharmacy And Therapeutics, Kilwein JH, Neoplasms/complications, Pain/drug therapy/prevention & control, Substance-Related Disorders

Laboratory integration and utilization of tandem mass spectrometry in neonatal screening: a model for clinical mass spectrometry in the next millennium

Clinical and neonatal screening methods using a tandem mass spectrometer are clearly a model for modern laboratory testing in the new Millennium. By the year 2000, more than 1 million blood and plasma samples will have been tested in laboratories…

The future of the doctor-payer-patient relationship

Child psychiatric epidemiology: current status and future prospects

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to present selected findings from child psychiatric epidemiology in areas of prevalence and correlates, and discuss issues in interpreting these data and their relevance. METHOD: Selected references were used.…

Tags: 1995, Adolescent, Backlog, Canada/epidemiology, Canadian Journal Of Psychiatry, Causality, Child, Child Behavior Disorders/epidemiology/prevention & control, Cross-sectional Studies, Forecasting, Humans, Incidence, Journal Article, Mental Disorders/epidemiology/prevention & control, Offord DR, Patient Care Team/trends, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data

Hospice care for children: past, present, and future

Of the 100,000 children who die each year in the United States, close to 15,000 children could benefit from hospice/home care services. This article describes the concept of pediatric hospice care, reviews the Martinson study that was conducted in…

Tags: 1993, administration/statistics &, Adolescent, Backlog, Child, Child Health Services/organization &, Forecasting, Health Services Research, Home Care Services/organization &, Hospices/organization &, Humans, Infant, Journal Article, Journal Of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Martinson IM, Mortality, numerical data/trends, Preschool

Weaving for the future: using rulers and roses

2001

Tags: 2001, Administration, Backlog, Biomedical, Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Davies B, Evidence-based Medicine, Forecasting, Humans, Journal Article, Leadership, Models, Nurse's Role, Nursing, Nursing Process, Nursing Research/organization &, Oncologic Nursing/education/organization &, Organizational Objectives, Technology Assessment

Total quality management: the challenge for hospitals in the 1990s

1992

Tags: 1992, Australia, Backlog, Forecasting, Health Care/trends, Hospital Administration/standards/trends, Human, Journal Article, Medical Journal Of Australia, Morton AP, Quality Assurance

Staff Efficiency Trends Among Pediatric Hospices, 2002-2011.

This study provided the first examination of staff efficiency trends among pediatric hospices. Although pediatric staff efficiency demonstrated large variability from 2002 to 2011, the general trend in efficiency from 2003 to 2010. The decline in…

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