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Open AccessPsychiatric Emergencies in the Community: Characteristics and Outcome in Switzerland
Psychiatric emergencies occur frequently in the community setting, e.g. the patient’s home or public places. Little is known about the characteristics and outcome of these situations. This study describes psyc...
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Open AccessAttitudinal variance among patients, next of kin and health care professionals towards the use of containment measures in three psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland
In psychiatric treatment containment measures are used to de-escalate high-risk situations. These measures can be characterized by their immanent amount of coercion. Previous research could show that the attit...
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Noninvasive Monitoring of Dynamic Cerebrovascular Autoregulation and ‘Optimal Blood Pressure’ in Normal Adult Subjects
Cerebrovascular autoregulation can be continuously monitored from slow fluctuations of arterial blood pressure (ABP) and regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the i...
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Length of Involuntary Hospitalization Related to the Referring Physician’s Psychiatric Emergency Experience
Although involuntary commitment (IC) is a serious intervention in psychiatry and must always be regarded as an emergency measure, the knowledge about influencing factors is limited. Aims were to test the hypot...
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Open AccessQuality criteria of involuntary psychiatric admissions - before and after the revision of the civil code in Switzerland
The goal was to investigate the quality in terms of formal and content-based comprehensiveness of the forms for involuntary admission before and after the introduction of the new law (KESR, “Kindes- und Erwach...
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Non-invasive Monitoring of Dynamic Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy and the Finometer Photoplethysmograph
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) enables continuous monitoring of dynamic cerebrovascular autoregulation, but this methodology relies on invasive blood pressure monitoring (iABP). We evaluated the agreement b...
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A Recovery-Oriented Approach for an Acute Psychiatric Ward: Is It Feasible and How Does It Affect Staff Satisfaction?
To evaluate professionals’ attitudes to recovery and coercion, as well their satisfaction with working conditions before and after the implementation of a recovery-oriented ward concept on an admission ward. L...
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Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity and Cerebral Oxygen Regulation After Severe Head Injury
To investigate the relationship between cerebrovascular pressure reactivity and cerebral oxygen regulation after head injury.
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Attitudes of patients with schizophrenia and depression to psychiatric research: a study in seven European countries
Relatively few studies have examined how patients with schizophrenia and depression view psychiatric research and what influences their readiness to participate.
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Different Indices to Assess Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Have Different Dynamic Properties
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Protective effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on experimental brain contusions
Background We evaluated the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) on experimental brain contusions in rats using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Questionable value of decompressive craniectomy after severe aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
To investigate the effects of decompressive craniectomy on outcome after severe aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH).
