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J Saville

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PubMed1997

A collaborative international nursing informatics research project: predicting ARDS risk in critically ill patients.

An international nursing informatics research collaboration between Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA and Allgemeine Krankenhaus Hospital in Vienna, Austria used data mining techniques called Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) to explore the relationship between clinical data variables and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in critically ill patients. Results of the study and logistics of international research collaboration will be presented at NI '97. The conceptual model, data mining methodology, and objectives for the collaboration are described here.

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PubMed1997

Data extraction and archiving for nursing research using a bedside clinical information system.

Institution wide use of an intensive care bedside information system creates the opportunity to make available vast amounts of clinical data to support research and quality improvement activities. Acting on this opportunity has required the development of several innovative approaches to transform this raw data into usable information. The process described herein uses commercially available software and hardware tools to extract on a daily basis, process and archive data for 7 intensive care units. Once this procedure is complete, attention is turned to using individual and combinations of data elements to build a higher level of information that more directly relates to the kinds of inquiries that help to address questions of outcome, and care quality.

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A conservative management protocol for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder.

OBJECTIVE: This paper presents a management protocol for calcific tendinitis and describes its effective application in 2 cases of calcific tendinitis of the supraspinatus tendon in middle-aged women. CLINICAL FEATURES: Two patients presented to a chiropractic clinic with previously diagnosed calcific tendinitis of the supraspinatus tendon. Both patients complained of chronic pain and tenderness in the shoulder region and had a limited range of shoulder motion as a result of the pain. Radiographs demonstrated calcific deposits in the region of the supraspinatus tendon. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOMES: Both patients were admitted to a treatment protocol involving approximately 20 sessions of phonophoresis (driving of medication into tissue by ultrasound) with Movelat cream followed by cross-friction massage to the supraspinatus tendon and range of motion exercises. A second set of radiographs was requested. The calcific deposits, clearly seen on the previous radiographs, were no longer visible, and symptoms were resolved. At 4-month follow up, both patients continued to be symptom-free. CONCLUSION: The result of these studies indicates that the management of calcific tendinitis falls within the scope of chiropractic practice and supports the use of a trial period of conservative management in cases of calcific tendinitis before consideration of surgical treatment.

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