Medical Dialogues

Simplified Motility Metric Cuts Assessment Time While Maintaining Diagnostic Accuracy: Study

Accelerated Individual Assessments: Scientists highlighted a remarkable 3.8-fold decrease in the median calculation time per ...
IEEE

Validation and Application of a Computational Model for Wrist and Hand Movements Using Surface Markers

Abstract: A kinematic model is presented based on surface marker placement generating wrist, metacarpal arch, fingers and thumb movements. Standard calculations are used throughout the model and then ...
BMJ

Clinical assessment of pelvic floor and abdominal muscles 3 months post partum: an inter-rater reliability study

Objectives Evaluation of the inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment methods for pelvic floor muscles and diastasis recti abdominis post partum. Design A multicentre inter-rater reliability ...
BMJ

A study of up to 12 years of follow-up of Friedreich ataxia utilising four measurement tools

Objective To explore the progression of Friedreich ataxia by analysing the change in scores of four clinical measures (the Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale (FARS), the International Cooperative Ataxia ...
qualitysafety.bmj

Assessing adverse events among home care clients in three Canadian provinces using chart review

7 Institut de recherche en santé publique, University of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada Correspondence to Dr Régis Blais, Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal, PO Box 6128, ...
The Lancet

Effectiveness of oral care for the prevention of non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAPPEN): a multicentre, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial in Australia

lSchool of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW, Australia mSchool of Nursing, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, University of Wollongong, ...
qualitysafety.bmj

Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience

1 Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2 Radiofrequency Identification Applications Laboratory, ...
BMJ

Ultrasonographic assessment of osteophytes in 127 patients with hand osteoarthritis: exploring reliability and associations with MRI, radiographs and clinical joint findings

Correspondence to Alexander Mathiessen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, PO Box 23, Vinderen, Oslo 0319, Norway; alexander_mathiessen{at}hotmail.com Objective To investigate the ...
BMJ

Incidence of sudden cardiac death in the young: a systematic review

Objective To summarise studies describing incidence of sudden cardiac death in a general population of young individuals to inform screening policy. Design Systematic review. Data sources Database ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Research and Results

McLaughlin KH, Friedman M, Hoyer EH, Kudchadkar S, Flanagan E, Klein L, Daley K, Lavezza A, Schechter N, Young DL;; JH-AMP Group;; The Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Promotion Program: A ...
BMJ

Attention! A good bedside test for delirium?

7 Cognitive Impairment Research Group, Centre for Interventions in Infection, Inflammation & Immunity (4i), Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland Correspondence to ...
SciELO

The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) and how to select an outcome measurement instrument

Background: COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) is an initiative of an international multidisciplinary team of researchers who aim to improve the ...