Background: Information on major harms of medical interventions comes primarily from
epidemiologic studies performed after licensing and marketing. Comparison with data from large-…

Background Extensive debate exists in the healthcare community over whether outcomes of
medical care at teaching hospitals and other healthcare units are better or worse than those …

Aims and objectives. To consider the validity and reliability of risk assessment scales for
pressure ulcers. Background. Pressure ulcers are a major problem worldwide. They cause …

OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to evaluate the adequacy of the reporting of safety information
in publications of randomized trials of mental-health-related interventions. METHOD: The …

Little is known about the prevalence of pressure ulcer (PrU) in acute care settings. The aim
of this study is to determine the prevalence rate of PrU in acute care settings and to assess …

Much is written about risk-assessment scales (RASs) for pressure ulcers (PU) and their
properties demonstrating that they are of limited value. Less is known about the reasons for these …

PURPOSE: To assess how frequently systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials
convey large-scale evidence on specific, well-defined adverse events. METHODS: We …

Risk assessment scales are widely used to measure the risk of pressure ulcers in the clinical
area. They have been subject to many validation studies; however these have focused on …

Four CuI and three AgI mixed–ligand complexes containing a heterocyclic pyrimidine-type
thione (pymtH = pyrimidine-2-thione or dmpymtH = 4,6-dimethyl-pyrimidine-2-thione) and …

Aims and objectives To assess nurses' knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and
treatment in Jordan, and the frequency of and factors influencing nurses’ implementation of PU …