Search for dissertations about: "vital signs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the words vital signs.

  2. 1. Documentation of Vital Signs in Electronic Health Records : A Patient Safety Issue

    Author : Jean Stevenson-Ågren; Peter Bath; UK University of Sheffield; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient safety; vital signs; electronic health records; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : Background and aim: Hospitals in the developed world are increasingly adopting digital systems such as electronic health records (EHRs) for all kinds of documentation. This move means that traditional paper case notes and nursing records are often documented in EHRs. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health Care Professionals’ Views of Smart Glasses for Vital Signs Monitoring in Complex Care Environments

    Author : Charlotte Romare; Lisa Skär; Sofia Österberg; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anesthesia Department; Hospital; Human Factors Engineering; Intensive Care Units; Monitoring; Physiologic; Nursing; Smart Glasses; Patient Safety.; Tillämpad hälsoteknik; Applied Health Technology;

    Abstract : Monitoring patient vital signs is one of many important tasks for health care professionals in intensive care units and anaesthesia departments. Patient status can deteriorate in seconds, hence close surveillance is requisite for safe care. However, monitoring vital signs can be challenging in some situations. READ MORE

  5. 3. In-hospital patient safety - prevention of deterioration and unexpected death by systematic and interprofessional use of early warning scoring

    Author : Gitte Bunkenborg; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Patient safety; Adverse event; Vital parameters; Deterioration; Early warning score; Mortality rate; Unexpected death; Clinical intervention; Adherence; Implementation; association;

    Abstract : Abstract In-hospital patient safety is at times hampered, leaving general ward patients at considerable risk of gradual, even life-threatening, deterioration. In many European clinical settings, inappropriate nursing practice of bedside monitoring and management has recently been addressed as impending to in-hospital patient safety. READ MORE

  6. 4. Counting deaths, accounting for lives : Novel applications of standardised verbal autopsy methods for augmented health systems

    Author : Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Verbal autopsy; cause of death; vital registration; health system; surveillance; World Health Organization;

    Abstract : Half of the world’s deaths and their causes are never recorded by virtue of the under-resourced civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems which limits capacity of health systems to respond to population needs. Verbal autopsy (VA) has emerged as a pragmatic approach for determining causes of death using standard interviews including signs, symptoms and circumstances of death, conducted with the bereaved family. READ MORE

  7. 5. Experiences of signs and symptoms among men with advanced prostate cancer

    Author : Ulrika Rönningås; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: In the past decade, thanks to improved treatment options, many men with metastatic prostate cancer now survive longer than they would have before. The PSA value is often followed during the entire disease trajectory as a sign, but in late phases, symptom burden, quality of life (QoL), and/or psycho-social factors are assigned more importance in treatment decisions and evaluations. READ MORE