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Amputations in Sepsis Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Rates and Risk Factors

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By Khalia Ackermann, Nanda Aryal, Johanna Westbrook
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1 Introduction An estimated 48.9 million cases of sepsis (defined as ‘life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated response to infection’) occurred worldwide in 2017 [1, 2]. Sepsis is an expensive condition [3], costing $52.1 billion USD in hospital costs in the United States (US) in 2021 [4]. There were 437 354 sepsis cases in Australian public hospitals between 2013 and 2018 [5], and 137 616 sepsis hospitalisations during 2018–2019, costing $711 million AUD [6].
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Quality in Australian Health Care Study 2: a national imperative for safer care

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By Peter Hibbert, Johanna Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite
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Background: the Quality in Australian Health Care Study and its legacy The original Quality in Australian Health Care Study (QAHCS), published in the Medical Journal of Australia in 1995, remains the most cited article in that journal's history.1 It found that 16.6% of hospital admissions were associated with patient harm (adverse events), with about half felt to be preventable, placing patient safety firmly on the national agenda.1 The Minister for Human Services and Health deemed the...
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Impact of potentially inappropriate psychotropic medicines on falls among older adults in 23 residential aged care facilities in Australia: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

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By Narjis Batool, Magdalena Z Raban, Karla Seaman, Johanna Westbrook
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Impact of potentially inappropriate psychotropic medicines on falls among older adults in 23 residential aged care facilities in Australia: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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