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Changes in neural responses during affective and non-affective tasks and improvement of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following trauma-focused psychotherapy
At least one-third posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients do not respond to trauma-focused psychotherapy (TF-psychotherapy), which is the...
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Funnel plots a graphical instrument for the evaluation of population performance and quality of trauma care: a blueprint of implementation
BackgroundUsing patient outcomes to monitor medical centre performance has become an essential part of modern health care. However, classic league...
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Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation
IntroductionQuality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be...
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Electronic field protocols for prehospital care quality improvement in Lithuania: a randomized simulation-based study
BackgroundPrehospital emergency care is complex and influenced by various factors, leading to the need for decision-support tools. Studies suggest...
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Prevention of Perineal Trauma
Intrapartum perineal and pelvic floor trauma can be associated with considerable short and long-term morbidity. Perineal lacerations and episiotomies...
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Quality improvement in the golden hour for premature infants: a sco** review
Background and objectiveEvidence-based research has shown that golden hour quality improvement (QI) measures can improve the quality of care and...
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Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Processes, Interventions, and Structure in Trauma Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
BackgroundTrauma mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains high compared to high-income countries. Quality improvement processes,...
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Quality Improvement in Pediatric Surgery
Quality improvement is the systematic application of well-established methodologies, some borrowed from industry but modified to apply to healthcare...
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Health-related quality of life after severe trauma and available PROMS: an updated review (part I)
IntroductionThroughout the years, a decreasing trend in mortality rate has been demonstrated in patients suffering severe trauma. This increases the...
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Long-term health-related quality of life after trauma with and without traumatic brain injury: a prospective cohort study
To purpose was to assess and compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and risk of depression two years after trauma, between patients with...
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Sleep-Directed Hypnosis Improves Subjective Sleep Quality but not Extinction Memory After Exposure to Analog Trauma
BackgroundEvidence-based treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) aim to promote fear extinction learning. Post-learning sleep,...
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Prehospital time and mortality in pediatric trauma
PurposeThe “Golden Hour” of transportation to a hospital has long been accepted as a central principal of trauma care. However, this has not been...
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Concepts, utilization, and perspectives on the Dutch Nationwide Trauma registry: a position paper
Over the last decades, the Dutch trauma care have seen major improvements. To assess the performance of the Dutch trauma system, in 2007, the Dutch...
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Learning Collaboratives: a Strategy for Quality Improvement and Implementation in Behavioral Health
Learning collaboratives are increasingly used in behavioral health. They generally involve bringing together teams from different organizations and...
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Impact of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement on Tailoring VA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home Model to Women Veterans’ Needs
BackgroundWomen Veterans’ numerical minority, high rates of military sexual trauma, and gender-specific healthcare needs have complicated...
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Development and application of Adverse drug reactions reports QUality Algorithm (AQUA-12) score: a single-centre quality improvement initiative
PurposeTo develop a reliable assessment tool to monitor the quality of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports and evaluate its performance within a...
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Early and consistent safe sleep practices in the neonatal intensive care unit: a sustained regional quality improvement initiative
ObjectiveTo increase compliance with standardized safe sleep recommendations for patients in a cohort of regional level III/IV neonatal intensive...
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An Integrated Data Mining Framework for Organizational Resilience Assessment and Quality Management Optimization in Trauma Centers
Every second counts for patients with life-threatening injuries, and trauma centers deliver timely emergency care to patients with traumatic...
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Influence of psychiatric co-morbidity on health-related quality of life among major trauma patients
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to compare 1-year post-discharge health-related quality of life (HRQL) between trauma patients with and without...
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Symmetry of computerised tomography of the brain in traumatic brain injury: a quality improvement audit
BackgroundNon-contrast Computerised Tomography (NCCT) of brain is the gold standard investigation for diagnosis and management of Traumatic brain...
