Emergency assessment clinics

A critical look at accident and emergency review clinics.

The reasons for and appropriateness of referral of patients after initial visit to accident & emergency (A&E) follow-up clinics by the A&E doctors were prospectively analysed in 500 patients. Fifteen per cent of patients were judged to have been inappropriately referred. Two main reasons for referral were the need for further treatment and uncertainty about diagnosis and management. The implica...

Emergency assessment of oxygenation

Assessment of prescription profile of pregnant women visiting antenatal clinics

UNLABELLED Managing medical complications in pregnancy is a challenge to clinicians. OBJECTIVES This study profiled some disease and prescription patterns for pregnant women attending antenatal clinics (ANCs) in Nigeria. A risk classification of the medicines was also determined. METHODS Medical case files of 1,200 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics of 3 health facilities in Benin C...

The effectiveness of nurse-led surgical pre-assessment clinics

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Economic analysis of outreach assessment clinics in breast screening programmes.

A model is developed for the economic evaluation of outreach assessment clinics following screening and used to identify the cost-minimizing strategy for assessing women from three island communities in the Scottish Breast Screening Programme (SBSP). There are four options of interest depending on: whether the women are assessed on the mainland or at outreach assessment clinics; and whether all...