Earlier syndromic surveillance may be effective in preventing the spread of infectious disease. However, there has been no research on for rotavirus. The study aimed to assess relationship between incidence rotavirus infections and number telephone triages associated symptoms pediatric patients under 4 years old Osaka prefecture, Japan. This was a retrospective observational which period 3 Janu...

Technologic and pharmacologic advances have improved school attendance for students with chronic neurological conditions. Supporting the special needs of these students presents challenges for parents, school nurses, school staff, and health care providers. Many school nurses have less confidence in managing some neurological conditions, thus identifying a need for continuing education. Educati...

In June 2003, Taiwan introduced a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) telephone hotline service to provide concerned callers with rapid access to information, advice and appropriate referral where necessary. This paper reports an evaluation of the knowledge, attitude, practices and sources of information relating to SARS among physicians who staffed the SARS fever hotline service. A retros...

 Objective: Triage refers to the evaluation and categorization of patients for better management to deliver services. A good triage system should be able to accurately specify the patients who require urgent care. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of emergency nurses in correct triage using Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage. Methods: In ...

evidence acquisition this systematic review proposes a new triage system for patients exposed to nerve agents. information regarding clinical signs and symptoms of intoxication with nerve agents, primary treatments, and classification of patients were extracted from the literature. all related articles were reviewed. subsequently, specialists from different disciplines were invited to discuss a...

Abstract Background and purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of alternative on-treatment post-treatment radiographer-led review clinics in an attempt protect patients, staff public. Pre-COVID, patient reviews were routinely undertaken face-to-face, by therapeutic radiographers with advanced practice qualifications skills radiotherapy symptom management, triage, referral su...

Background High demand for ambulance care has led to changes in service provision, with calls identified as lower urgency increasingly being dealt by telephone advice. A systematic review evidence of the feasibility advice but found little around dimensions quality e,g, safety This study uses interviews providers explore safety, appropriateness and acceptability Methods Semi-structured were und...