Background: Avoidance of admission through provision of hospital care at home is a scheme
whereby health care professionals provide active treatment in the patient's home for a …

Rationale: Hyperglycaemia predicts a poor outcome in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.
Whether this is true for respiratory failure necessitating non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is not …

BACKGROUND--The activity of the renin-angiotensin system in asthma has not been studied
previously and the effect of angiotensin II (AII) on bronchomotor tone in vivo is unknown. …

An ethnographic (participant observation) study was undertaken of the socio-technical
processes involved in the implementation, within a randomized controlled trial, of a home …

Objectives Although non‐invasive ventilation ( NIV ) can benefit survival and quality of life, it
is rejected by a substantial proportion of people with motor neurone disease ( MND ). The …

Introduction Evidence is emerging that telehealth provides timely and cost-effective support
for individuals with motor neurone disease (MND). However, little is known about the …

Background Admission avoidance hospital at home is a service that provides active treatment
by health care professionals in the patient’s home for a condition that otherwise would …

Platelet-activating factor (PAF), proposed as an important inflammatory mediator in asthma,
reproduces several of the features of asthma, such as microvascular leakage, mucus …

METHODS Patients Eight asthmatic patients (three male) were studied (mean ą standard
deviation, SO: age 45.6 ą 8.2 yr; FE~ 1.72 ą 0.91 L, 56.4 ą 15.4% of predicted; table 1). All were …

Background: Applying guidelines is a universal challenge that is often not met. Intelligent
software systems that facilitate real-time management during a clinical interaction may offer a …