Background Silver‐containing treatments are popular and used in wound treatments to
combat a broad spectrum of pathogens, but evidence of their effectiveness in preventing …

Background Topical silver treatments and silver dressings are increasingly used for the local
treatment of contaminated or infected wounds, however, there is a lack of clarity regarding …

Background Conflicting evidence exists on the effectiveness of routinely measured vital
signs on the early detection of increased probability of adverse events. Purpose To assess …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 822–829© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The objective was to compare the …

Objectives To compare waiting time, treatment time, length of stay (LOS), patient satisfaction
and distribution of waiting times over levels of urgency before and after the implementation …

Objective To determine whether refraining from nasogastric intubation (NGI) in patients after
abdominal surgery will result in the same therapeutic effectiveness as using NGI. Data …

Background On surgical wards, body temperature is routinely measured, but there is no
proof that this is useful for detecting postoperative infection. The aim of this study was to …

Aim To find out whether a successful multifaceted implementation approach of a local
evidence‐based guideline on postoperative body temperature measurements (BTM) was …

Abstract Objective and Setting After successful implementation, adherence to hospital
guidelines should be sustained. Long-term adherence to two hospital guidelines was …

Abstract Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is the most frequently used pharmacological
intervention for smoking cessation. Research on the effect of NRT showed serious …