… built on the work of CalNOC, Donaldson and colleagues 17 engaged acute care hospitals
… In another analysis, Donaldson and colleagues 39 traced daily, unit-level direct care nurse …

Corrosion is a prime concern for active implantable devices. In this paper we review the
principles underlying the concepts of hermetic packages and encapsulation, used to protect …

… The hospital sample (N = 13) was selected based on military affiliation and geographic …
Clarke S, Donaldson NE. Nurse staffing and patient care quality and safety. In: Hughes R, ed…

Although ventilatory failure is the most common cause of death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) and measurement of respiratory muscle strength (RMS) has been shown to have …

… Reasons for incomplete data included mortality (n=32), patients or caregiver unable or
unwilling to complete assessments (n=28), and incorrectly filled out or illegible forms (n=8). …

BackgroundInformal care givers support disabled stroke patients at home but receive little
training for the caregiving role. ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of training care givers in …

… Intravenous N-acetylcysteine is infused at a rate of 150 mg/kg for 24 h until the INR is
below … N Donaldson did the statistical analysis, and J Wendon and D Wyncoll acted as data …

… available for eight patients because they died (n = 3), were lost to … (n = 2), developed serious
comorbidity unrelated to COPD (n = 2), and withdrew because of allocation to usual care (n …

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation prolongs survival in ALS but its effect on quality of
life is unknown. The authors prospectively studied quality of life using the SF-36 …

… Reasons for dropout included new or worsening health problems (n = 29), moving away
from the area (n = 6), and patient choice (n = 12). Reasons for discontinuation were not known …