Margaret Coakley

P1.024: From talk to action: Motivational interviewing to improve kidney transplant health literacy.

Margaret Coakley

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Collaborative Development of Perioperative Care for Older People in Wales: From Regional Partnership to National Planned Care Funding

Nia Humphry, Karina James, Margaret Coakley

Abstract Introduction Older patients undergoing planned surgery benefit from Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) via a Perioperative care for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) service. This cost-saving intervention that improves perioperative outcomes is only available in two of six Welsh health boards who …

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Adapting the Preoperative Assessment of Older Patients - the Value of Inter-Disciplinary Working Between Geriatricians and Anaesthetists

YuenKang Tham, Nia Humphry, Margaret Coakley

Abstract Introduction Prior to implementation of a Perioperative care for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) service at our hospital, older patients ≥65 years with a clinical frailty scale score (CFS) ≥5 were referred to anaesthetics following nurse pre-assessment. Integrating a POPS pathway …

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Decision regret and functional recovery after surgery in patients living with frailty

Nia Humphry, Margaret Coakley

Abstract Introduction Patients living with frailty have increased perioperative morbidity and express a four-fold increase in decisional regret following surgery. Effective risk assessment via Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) enables informed, shared decision making to reduce regret and optimise functional recovery. Methods 30 …

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A survey of the workload generated by older surgical patients referred to on-call medical registrars—SNAP-3

Claire J Swarbrick, D Moloney, Tamsin Gregory, Mark MacGregor et autres

Background: Older surgical patients who develop medical problems are commonly referred to medical teams, which can be proactive physician-led teams or through reactive referral to the on-call medical registrar. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of on-call medical registrars who received referrals from surgical …

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Fluid Optimisation in Emergency Laparotomy (FLO-ELA) Trial: study protocol for a multi-centre randomised trial of cardiac output-guided fluid therapy compared to usual care in patients undergoing major emergency gastrointestinal surgery

Mark Edwards, Gordon Forbes, Neil Walker, Dion Morton et autres

INTRODUCTION: Postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing major emergency gastrointestinal surgery are a major burden on healthcare systems. Optimal management of perioperative intravenous fluids may reduce mortality rates and improve outcomes from surgery. Previous small trials of cardiac-output guided haemodynamic therapy …

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National Landscape of Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Deceased Organ Donors in the United States

William A. Werbel, Diane Brown, Oyinkansola Kusemiju, Brianna Doby et autres

BACKGROUND: Organ transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV (HIV D+/R+) presents risks of donor-derived infections. Understanding clinical, immunologic, and virologic characteristics of HIV-positive donors is critical for safety. METHODS: We performed a prospective study of donors …

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Sa1294 Prognostic Significance of Deprivation in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

J.Thornwell Witherspoon, Anna Powell–Chandler, Chris Brown, Alex Karran et autres

Transfusion Triggers in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Comparison of the Thromboelastometry Analyzer, the Thromboelastogram, and Conventional Coagulation Tests

Margaret Coakley, K. Ratna Reddy, Ian Mackie, Susan Mallett

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Bulimic attitudes among Asian and Caucasian schoolgirls

Glenn Waller, Margaret Coakley, Lorna Richards

Abstract Cultural issues appear to play an important role in the eating problems of adolescents. Asian adolescent girls living in the U.K. have unusually high levels of eating psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on bulimic behaviours and attitudes. This study examines these …

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