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Public Access Defibrillation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Background— The dissemination and use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) beyond traditional emergency medical services (EMS) into the community has not been fully evalu...
Symptom Frequency and Severity in Patients with Metastatic or Locally Recurrent Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study Using the Lung Cancer Symptom Scale in a Community Hospital
Patients with advanced lung cancer suffer frequent and severe symptoms that worsen in the final months of life. The appropriate timing and combination of radiotherapy and chemot...
Comparison of Infective Endocarditis Management and Outcomes in a Community Hospital and its Cardiac Surgery Referral Centre: A Contemporary Population-Based Cohort Study (2018–2024)
<title>Abstract</title> Purpose. Despite advances in diagnosis and management, infective endocarditis (IE) remains a life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate. Most ...
Hospital-onset methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bloodstream infections within tertiary and community hospitals and implications for prevention
ABSTRACT Background: An improved understanding of the epidemiology of hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (HO-MRSA BSI) could inform...