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S Jennings

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Carers of the elderly--knowledge, use of and satisfaction with day care services.

This is a descriptive study of carers of dependent elderly in inner city Dublin, outlining their awareness, use of and satisfaction with day services. A striking finding from this work, consistent with other studies, is the heavy burden of care which is shouldered by informal carers which should be acknowledged by society. The study highlights a) that levels of use of domiciliary care by carers appear to be very low, b) that there is some evidence of targeting of domiciliary services to the more dependent elderly, c) that day centres and clubs are popular and acceptable to a minority of carers, d) that many carers have no informal help, e) where informal help is available, relatives of carers play a very important role in facilitating carers to accept formal domiciliary care. Recommendations include, a) improving the level and range of provision of domiciliary care, b) alerting professionals such as general practitioners and public health nurses to their role as informant and facilitator of formal care to carers, c) formulating a plan to encourage uptake of domiciliary services by carers, d) review of care provided in day centres.

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Capacity and equity in cardiac rehabilitation in the eastern region: good and bad news.

AIM: To document current baseline eligibility for Phase 3 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and the capacity to meet this need in hospitals in the Eastern Regional Health Authority. METHODS: Information on the eligible population and the capacity for CR was collected in all nine hospitals retrospectively (February-March 2001). RESULTS: Forty-seven per cent of eligible patients were invited to participate with only two-thirds attending. Completion rates were very high (89%) in attenders. Age and health board area were significant independent predictors of being invited to CR. Gender was not independent of age. Fifty-three per cent of the need for this service was met by capacity in the region's nine hospitals in 2000 rising to 59% in 2002. CONCLUSIONS: Many eligible patients are not invited to CR. Lack of capacity is a problem. Among the invited, non-participation is a factor. Inequity in age and inter-hospital variation in invitation is noted.

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15 years of service and still going strong. Hospital Wing of Memphis.

Early morning rush hour has barely begun when Wing I is dispatched to an MVC on I-55 in northern Mississippi. A high speed, chain reaction MVC has left one vehicle wrapped around a tree, and a difficult extrication is in progress. EMS crews radio the flight nurses that two motorists are critically injured and request a second aircraft. Wing II lifts off 5 minutes later as MedCom communicators ask how quickly we can do a turnaround flight for a cardiac patient. It promises to be a busy day for Hospital Wing of Memphis.

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Coagulation changes during major surgery and relationship to post-operative deep vein thrombosis.

Nineteen patients undergoing aortic surgery during which 5,000 units of heparin were given intravenously were compared with 39 patients undergoing laparotomy or herniorrhaphy. There was an expected significant reduction in coagulability as measured by thrombelastography in those patients undergoing aortic surgery. Moreover, the early post-operative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) rate was significantly less. This implies that a reduction in coagulability by I.V. heparin during surgery is associated with a lower incidence of early post-operative deep vein thrombosis. Among the laparotomy and hernia group who developed a DVT, coagulability was significantly greater both before and during the operation and on the first post-operative day.

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