Whatever the Government and NHS appetite for reform and change, the emerging care quality crisis at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust is guaranteed to keep patient safety a live public...
Civilian nursing was not high on Nightingale's agenda after her return from the Crimean War, nonetheless the public outpouring of gratitude had resulted in the creation of the Nightingale Fund,...
One of the functions of NHS Resolution is to manage litigation claims brought against the NHS organisations. This position gives it a unique overview of NHS clinical negligence, complaints and patient...
A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the authors' hospital with pneumonia. She had previously experienced a cerebral infarction. Emergency tracheal intubation was performed because her heart rate was...
Fluid shifts happen when the fluid in the body moves between fluid compartments. Physiologically, this occurs by a combination of hydrostatic pressure gradients and osmotic pressure gradients. Osmosis...
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An understanding of the medical terminology associated with nausea and vomiting is important for reliable and effective assessment and management of patients' symptoms (Table 2) (Waugh and Grant,...
Diverticular disease is a condition where diverticula cause symptoms such as altered bowel habit and lower abdominal pain, but without inflammation or infection (Strate and Morris, 2019). See Box 1....
Early outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) services in the UK were developed by a few clinical enthusiasts. These services have become widely recognised and, in turn, have been able to...
A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 26 April and 16 May 2018. The data collection method was a questionnaire that requested information about the use of support garments, defined in the...