This bulletin covers ambulatory health care, and should be of interest to multidisciplinary staff working in this area. Topics covered can include anaesthesia and analgesia, day surgery, infections, management and service design, minor injuries, outpatient investigations and procedures. The bulletin will be published bi-monthly.
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Contents:
· Anaesthesia & Analgesia
· Day Surgery
· Management
· Minor Injuries
· Outpatient Procedures
· Rehabilitation
· Service Design & Quality Measures
Compiled by:
Shona MacNeilage, Library Manager – North Sector Tel: 0141 211 5161 or 0141 355 1684 Fax 0141 355 1772 email
Anaesthesia & Analgesia
The Efficacy of Aromatherapy in the Treatment of Postdischarge Nausea in Patients Undergoing Outpatient Abdominal Surgery. 2015. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 30(5), pp. 383-388 6p.
BURNETT, H.F., et al, 2015. Cost-effectiveness analysis of clinic-based chloral hydrate sedation versus general anaesthesia for paediatric ophthalmological procedures. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 99(11), pp. 1565-1570.
PALMER, J.B., et al, 2015. Effects of music therapy on anesthesia requirements and anxiety in women undergoing ambulatory breast surgery for cancer diagnosis and treatment: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(28), pp. 3162-3168.
SUDHEESH, K., et al, 2015. Comparative study of two doses of intrathecal dexmedetomidine as adjuvant with low dose hyperbaric bupivacaine in ambulatory perianal surgeries: A prospective randomised controlled study. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 59(10), pp. 648-652.
Day Surgery
Channel-assisted minimally invasive repair of acute Achilles tendon rupture. 2015. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Research, 10, pp. 1-6 6p.
Expectations in the context of gallbladder and hernia surgery: a descriptive report. 2015. Health Expectations, 18(5), pp. 1797-1806 10p.
BERNSTEIN, D.T., et al, 2015. National trends in operative treatment of pediatric fractures in the ambulatory setting. Orthopedics, 38(10), pp. e869-e873.
ELAMIN, G., et al, 2015. Efficacy of a Laparoscopically Delivered Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Technique during Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Trial. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 221(2), pp. 335-344.
MILLER, J.L., et al, 2015. Day Case Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Time to Replicate Same in Developing Countries. World journal of surgery, 39(8), pp. 2102-2103.
PARAMESWARAN, R., et al, 2015. Changing Trends in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Over the Decade: Is Same Day Discharge Feasible in the United Kingdom?: Reply. World journal of surgery, 39(8), pp. 2104-2104.
SIKAND, A., et al, 2015. Office-Based Balloon Sinus Dilation: 1-Year Follow-up of a Prospective, Multicenter Study. The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 124(8), pp. 630-637.
Management
Violence toward chronic pain care providers: A national survey. 2015. Pain Medicine, 16(10), pp. 1882-1896 15p.
KEMERY, S., et al, 2015. Brief Bedside Refresher Training to Practice Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Skills in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Setting. Journal of continuing education in nursing, 46(8), pp. 370-376.
ZEUN, P., et al, 2015. Stubbing it out: tackling smoking in rheumatology clinics. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 54(8), pp. 1528-1530.
Minor Injuries
JACKO, S., 2015. Drawing the Curtain Back on Injured Commercial Bicyclists. American Journal of Public Health, 105(10), pp. 2131-2136 6p.
NARAYAN, N. and GULLIFORD, S.R., 2015. Can Ambulatory Emergency Care have a positive impact on acute services?. Acute Medicine, 14(3), pp. 125-131.
Outpatient Procedures
HALL, N.C., et al, 2015. Intraoperative Use of a Portable Large Field of View Gamma Camera and Handheld Gamma Detection Probe for Radioguided Localization and Prediction of Complete Surgical Resection of Gastrinoma: Proof of Concept. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 221(2), pp. 300-308.
ORTEGA, A., et al, 2015. Comparative Analysis of Inpatient and Outpatient Interspinous Process Device Placement for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, 76(6), pp. 443-450.
Rehabilitation
ALLEN, L., et al, 2014. Community Stroke Rehabilitation Teams: Providing Home-Based Stroke Rehabilitation in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 41(6), pp. 697-703.
BENZ, T., et al, Comparison of patients in three different rehabilitation settings after knee or hip arthroplasty: A natural observational, prospective study.
MEYER, F.A., et al, 2015. Positive affect moderates the effect of negative affect on cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations and all-cause mortality after cardiac rehabilitation. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 22(10), pp. 1247-1253.
XI, F., et al, Long-term effect of respiratory training for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at an outpatient clinic: A randomised controlled trial.
Service Design & Quality Measures
A multidisciplinary approach to reducing spurious hyperkalemia in hospital outpatient clinics. 2015. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(19), pp. 2900-2906 7p.
Benzodiazepine Prescribing in Older Adults in U.S. Ambulatory Clinics and Emergency Departments (2001-10). 2015. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 63(10), pp. 2074-2081 8p.
Lessons Learned From the Trial of a Cardiometabolic Health Nurse. 2015. Perspectives in psychiatric care, 51(4), pp. 268-276 9p.
BAUDENDISTEL, I., et al, 2015. Bridging the gap between patient needs and quality indicators: A qualitative study with chronic heart failure patients. Patient Preference and Adherence, 9, pp. 1397-1405.
BRAHMANIA, M., et al, 2015. Resident trainees do not affect patient satisfaction in an outpatient gastroenterology clinic: A prospective study conducted in a Canadian gastroenterology clinic. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 29(7), pp. 363-368.
KATZ, J., et al, 2015. The toronto general hospital transitional pain service: Development and implementation of a multidisciplinary program to prevent chronic postsurgical pain. Journal of Pain Research, 8, pp. 695-702.
KOTECHA, A., et al, 2015. Experiences with developing and implementing a virtual clinic for glaucoma care in an NHS setting. Clinical Ophthalmology, 9, pp. 1915-1923.
LAI, M.M.Y., et al, 2015. Improving ambulatory patient-centred practice with a patient teaching associate programme. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(8), pp. 883-884.
STEINER, C.A., et al, 2015. Return to Acute Care Following Ambulatory Surgery. JAMA, 314(13), pp. 1397-1399.
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Sources used for this bulletin: CINAHL, Embase, Medline
Ambulatory Care Current Awareness Bulletin October 2015
Shona MacNeilage, Library Manager – North Sector, NHSGGC Library Network