Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) that is delivered by face mask or hood increasingly used in patients with COVID-19 who have been admitted to hospital, often on general respiratory wards. Oral intake of food and drink might will continue be poor due disease-associated anorexia, nausea, impairment taste. Full-face CPAP also makes it impossible eat without removal,1Reeves A White H Sosn...

Introduction Patients in psychotic relapse may exhibit violent behavior towards objects, themselves or others. These behaviors, although usually unconscious, are a common reason for hospitalization and source of rejection stigmatization by family society. Objectives The objective this study was to evaluate the presence aggressive relapsed inpatients with schizophrenia F psychiatry department at...

The Central Sydney Area Health Service introduced an Area-wide Smoke Free Environment Policy in May 2000, prohibiting smoking (except in designated areas) and requiring nursing and medical staff to manage nicotine withdrawal in their patients. This study assessed one aspect of the policy implementation process, by following up 68 hospitalised smokers after discharge, who were recruited through ...