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Intensive Care Unit Bed Availability and Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients With Sudden Clinical Deterioration [Original Investigation]
Background Intensive care unit (ICU) beds, a scarce resource, may require prioritization of admissions when demand exceeds supply. We evaluated the effect of ICU bed availability on processes and outcomes of care for hospitalized patients with sudden clinical deterioration.
Impact of Pharmacists in Achieving Therapy Goals, Medication Adherence, and Patient Satisfaction in Patients with Psychiatric Illnesses in an Outpatient Setting
Poor medication adherence and failure to achieve therapeutic goals have been associated with re-hospitalization of patients with psychiatric illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Pharmacists providing psychiatric care in an outpatient setting have the potential to improve therapy and outcomes by monitoring patients’ progress by using various rating scales, improving medication adherence, and preventing adverse events and hospitalization. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of pharmacist-managed psychiatric clinic in achieving therapy goals, medication adherence, and satisfaction in patients in an outpatient setting.
The Alcohol Clinical Trials Initiative (ACTIVE): Purpose and Goals for Assessing Important and Salient Issues for Medications Development in Alcohol Use Disorders
The Alcohol Clinical Trials Initiative (ACTIVE): Purpose and Goals for Assessing Important and Salient Issues for Medications Development in Alcohol Use Disorders
Neuropsychopharmacology 37,
402 (January 2012). doi:10.1038/npp.2011.182
Authors: Raymond F Anton, Raye Z Litten, Daniel E Falk, Joseph M Palumbo, Raymond T Bartus, Rebecca L Robinson, Henry R Kranzler, Thomas R Kosten, Roger E Meyer, Charles P O'Brien, Karl Mann
& Didier Meulien
Randomized controlled trial of peer-led recovery education using Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and Support (BRIDGES)
Publication year: 2011Source: Schizophrenia Research, Available online 29 November 2011Judith A. Cook, Pamela Steigman, Sue Pickett, Sita Diehl, Anthony Fox, ...
Long-term impact of the life goals group therapy program for bipolar patients
Publication year: 2011Source: Journal of Affective Disorders, Available online 5 October 2011Jean-Michel Aubry, Aude Charmillot, Nancy Aillon, Patrick Bourgeois, Stefan Mertel, ...
[Articles] Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis
SummaryBackgroundWith 4 years until 2015, it is essential to monitor progress towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. Although estimates of maternal and child mortality were published in 2010, an update of estimates is timely in view of additional data sources that have become available and new methods developed. Our aim was to update previous estimates of maternal and child mortality using better data and more robust methods to provide the best available evidence for tracking progress on MDGs 4 and 5.
Happiness depends on who you know and your goals, study of college students suggests
A new study involving extroverted college students and their less socially inclined peers found that less-outgoing happy people relied less on partying and drinking to be happy and more on connections with family and friends. In a companion study, the more goal-oriented students also were happier.