All Outputs (3)

A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls (2010)
Journal Article
Conroy, S., Kendrick, D., Harwood, R., Gladman, J., Coupland, C., Sach, T., Drummond, A., Youde, J., Edmans, J., & Masud, T. (2010). A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls. Age and Ageing, 39(6), 704–710. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq096

Objective:

To determine the clinical effectiveness of a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, for community-dwelling older people at high risk of future falls identified through a screening process.

Design:

Mult... Read More about A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial (2010)
Journal Article
Beavan, J., Paul Conroy, S., Harwood, R., Gladman, J. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Sach, T., Bowling, T., Sunman, W., & Gaynor, C. (2010). Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 39(5), 624-630. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq088

Background: nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is commonly used after stroke, but its effectiveness is limited by frequent dislodgement.

Objective: the objective of the study was to evaluate looped NGT feeding in acute stroke patients with dysphagia.... Read More about Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial.

A foundation doctor's guide to clerking the confused older patient (2010)
Journal Article
Winstanley, L., Glew, S., & Harwood, R. (2010). A foundation doctor's guide to clerking the confused older patient. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 75(Sup5), Article M79. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2010.71.sup5.47934

Confusion is a common cause of acute admissions, encompassing dementia, delirium and depression (Bostwick, 2000). Because of this diagnostic challenge, acute confusion is often misdiagnosed and undertreated; one study found this to be the case in 94%... Read More about A foundation doctor's guide to clerking the confused older patient.