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Publikováno v:
Emergency medicine Australasia : EMAReferences. 34(6)
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether blood culture contamination (BCC) rates could be decreased in the ED by an educational programme. METHODS: Educational intervention focusing on a 1-min venepuncture cleaning time and providing a larger chlorhexidine al
Autor:
Angela L. Chiew, Elia Vecellio, Katherine Z Isoardi, Nicholas A. Buckley, William Siu, Sonia Cheng, Betty S. Chan
Publikováno v:
Br J Clin Pharmacol
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the impact on practice of applying the Extracorporeal Treatments in Poisoning (EXTRIP) Workgroup criteria to lithium toxicity. METHOD: We retrospectively examined the medical records of patients from three ho
Publikováno v:
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 54:282-287
Background: Lithium remains the gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder. However, it has a very narrow therapeutic index (0.6–0.8 mmol/L). It has been suggested that high environmental temperature can lead to dehydration, elevated plasma lithi
Autor:
Elia Vecellio, Robert Lindeman, Gorkem Sezgin, Johanna I. Westbrook, Ling Li, Andrew Georgiou, Roger Wilson
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. 4:143-151
Introduction Repeat laboratory testing is often necessary in hospitals. However, frequent blood draws can be harmful to older patients. The objective of this study was to identify the most frequently ordered laboratory tests and repeat testing rates
Autor:
Angela L. Chiew, Betty S. Chan, Elia Vecellio, Jennifer Robinson, Harry Egan, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Michael A. Downes
Publikováno v:
Clinical Toxicology. 57:703-711
Background: Repeated supratherapeutic ingestion (RSTI) of paracetamol can result in acute liver injury. Management guidelines vary worldwide and in Australia, acetylcysteine treatment is recommende...
Autor:
William Siu, Katherine Z Isoardi, Betty S. Chan, Boaz Shulruf, Elia Vecellio, Sonia Cheng, Angela L. Chiew, Nicholas A. Buckley
Publikováno v:
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.). 58(11)
Objectives: Severe lithium toxicity is commonly observed in older people. We aimed to determine the extent to which age is associated with increased severity of chronic lithium poisoning and of whi...
Autor:
Euan James McCaughey, Elia Vecellio, Rebecca Lake, Ling Li, Leslie Burnett, Douglas Chesher, Stephen Braye, Mark Mackay, Stephanie Gay, Tony Badrick, Johanna Westbrook, Andrew Georgiou
Publikováno v:
Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. 54:59-72
Hemolysis is a leading cause of pre-analytical laboratory errors. The identification of contributing factors is an important step towards the development of effective practices to reduce and prevent hemolysis. We performed a review of PUBMED, Embase,
Autor:
Gorkem Sezgin, Euan J. McCaughey, Andrew Georgiou, Roger Wilson, Ling Li, Robert Lindeman, Elia Vecellio, Johanna I. Westbrook
Publikováno v:
The journal of applied laboratory medicine. 4(3)
Background: Laboratory providers are challenged with the need to deliver improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of laboratory services. Initiatives have been set to reduce the inappropriate use of tests; however, empirical evidence about th
Autor:
Nasir, Wabe, Ling, Li, Gorkem, Sezgin, Maria, Dahm, Elia, Vecellio, Robert, Lindeman, Johanna, Westbrook, Andrew, Georgiou
Publikováno v:
Studies in health technology and informatics. 252
Pending laboratory test results at discharge can have major adverse health outcomes. The availability of test results at discharge may depend on whether the tests were ordered electronically or by using a paper-based system. The aim of this study was
Publikováno v:
Health Information Management Journal. 44:7-12
Objective: Manual data-entry of handwritten laboratory test requests into electronic information systems has implications for data accuracy. This study sought to identify the types and number of errors occurring for handwritten serology test requests