BIGG

Resultados: 7

Development of palliative care clinical practice guidelines and referral care pathways for primary care practitioners in Pakistan

BMC palliat. care; 23 (1), 2024
Despite a large burden of life-limitingillness, there exists a dearth of services of palliative care in Pakistan. International guidelines have questionable applicability in Pakistan due to the socioeconomic differences. We generated a protocol describing the process of developing comprehensive palliativ...

Oral Health: supporting adults who require assistance second edition

BPGs promote consistency and excellence in clinical care, administrative policies, procedures and education, with the aim of achieving optimal health outcomes for people, communities and the health system as a whole. This BPG replaces the RNAO BPG Oral Health: Nursing Assessment and Intervention, which w...

Guía de práctica clínica enfermera sobre hemocultivos

El hemocultivo es un método diagnóstico para la detección de bacterias y otros microorganismos en sangre. Es una de las pruebas más eficientes para el diagnóstico de las bacteriemias. La extracción de hemocultivos está recomendada cuando existe infección o sospecha de infección en pacientes de t...

Personal protective equipment for use in a filovirus disease outbreak: rapid advice guideline

Filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg) are highly contagious pathogens, which cause severe and often fatal illness in humans. Health workers are at increased risk of infection with these viruses because of their close and prolonged contact with severely ill patients with a high viral load. The risk of transmiss...

Managing meningitis epidemics in Africa A quick reference guide for health authorities and health-care workers

Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the meninges (brain membrane). It can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated. It provides a concise overview of the World Health Organization (WHO) strategy to detect and respond to meningitis ...

Transforming and scaling up health professionals’ education and training: World Health Organization guidelines 2013

The World Health Report 2006 ‘Working Together for Health’ pointed to an estimated 57 countries globally that have a critical shortage equivalent to a global deficit of 2.4 million doctors, nurses and midwives which by implication suggests millions of people worldwide who do not receive the essential...