Introduction: Recent studies suggest that liaison nurse intervention might be effective to solve the gap between intensive care unit and wards, but little studies are known about the effect of this intervention. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of liaison nurse service on patient outcomes after discharging from intensive care unit. Methods: In this single blinded randomized c...

Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, S = k[X0, X1, X2, X3, X4] and P = Proj(S). By a curve we always mean a closed one-dimensional subscheme of P which is locally Cohen-Macaulay and equidimensional. The main purpose of this paper is to show that arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curves C ⊂ P lying on a “general” arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay surface X ⊂ P with degree matri...

Volume , .  : April  Devorah Nazarian, MD Jim Richmann, RN, BS, MA(c), CEN (ENA Representative 2006-2007) Scott M. Silvers, MD Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH Robert L. Wears, MD, MS (Methodologist) Molly E. W. Thiessen, MD (EMRA Representative 2007) Stephen J. Wolf, MD Cherri D. Hobgood, MD (Board Liaison 2004-2006) Rhonda R. Whitson, RHIA, Staff Liaison, Clinical Policies Committee and Subc...

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have, in recent years, been recognized as the cause of the largemajority of major floods in rivers all along the U.S. West Coast and as the source of 30%–50% of all precipitation in the same region. The present study surveys the frequencywith whichARs have played a critical role as a common cause of the end of droughts on the West Coast. This question was based on the o...

Distortions are often seen in the angular distribution of echo-power from VHF wind-profiling radars, suggesting that thin stable layers, within the air flow, are distorted and tilted from horizontal. In vertical shear of the horizontal wind, the distribution of the layer tilt angles becomes skewed. A case study using six days of VHF radar data and synoptic charts above western Europe indicates ...

recognition of psychosomatic disorders. Liaison psychiatry demands a different set of specialised skills to those required in general adult psychiatry. The liaison psychiatrist must be adept at assessing relevant physical findings in addition to mental state, at engaging individuals with somatic presentations of psychiatric illness and at managing those with psychiatric and physical comorbidity...

Chief Inspector Cottam told us about the scheme; he had been in at its inception nine years ago under Sir Charles Martin. At this time research showed that 40 per cent of all children appearing before the Liverpool Juvenile Courts had previous police records. This fact and the heavy increase in juvenile crime generally, finally decided the police to start an experiment which was to be a system ...

Code Title Contact Info Description CLP-CE-01 Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders Inquiries: Dr. Woodside, (416) 340-4445 Supervisor(s): Drs. B. Woodside, P. Colton, K. Sutandar Place: Toronto General Hospital Time: Flexible No. of Residents: 2 This elective would provide exposure for residents to the assessment and management of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa and their fa...

Thymidine kinase 1 (TK), which is involved in the synthesis of DNA precursors, is only expressed in S-G2 cells. Serum TK levels correlate to the proliferative activity of tumor disease. Determinations of TK levels have so far relied on radio enzyme assay (REA) and experimental ELISA methods, which have limited the clinical use of this biomarker, although recent studies in dogs with malignant ly...