Hannah C. Dowell
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View article: How To Hospital: barriers to developing a patient ‘Hospital Survival Guide’ to support information transfer during ward-rounds on the patient journey from admission to hospital to discharge
How To Hospital: barriers to developing a patient ‘Hospital Survival Guide’ to support information transfer during ward-rounds on the patient journey from admission to hospital to discharge Open
Clinicians can enable patients to actively participate in their care but communication with patients is often poor and highly variable. The aim of this study was to explore patients’ understanding of their current illness while in hospital…
View article: SP3.1.7 Performance of ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholecystitis and prediction of the “difficult cholecystectomy”
SP3.1.7 Performance of ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholecystitis and prediction of the “difficult cholecystectomy” Open
Aims Ultrasound has long been the radiological investigation of choice for right upper quadrant pain for the detection of gallstones and cholecystitis. However, previously reported sensitivity, specificity and other diagnostic metrics have…
View article: 107 Improving Frailty Screening and Accuracy in the Emergency Department (Ed) of A Busy District General Hospital
107 Improving Frailty Screening and Accuracy in the Emergency Department (Ed) of A Busy District General Hospital Open
Background Over 20,000 75+ years attendances annually in ED with frailty screening in introduced in ED in 2016. Early recognition of frailty is recommended. Accurate estimation of frailty level is important as it contributes to clinical pa…