The Benefits of Risk Assessment Tools for Prostate Cancer

Container yards tend to be located along waterfronts that are exposed to high risk of storm surges. However, risk assessment tools such as vulnerability functions and risk maps for containers have not been sufficiently developed. In addition, damage due to storm surges is expected to increase owing to global warming. This paper aims to assess storm surge impact due to global warming for containers located at three major bays in Japan. First, we developed vulnerability functions for containers against storm surges using an engineering approach. Second, we simulated storm surges at three major bays using the SuWAT model and taking global warming into account. Finally, we developed storm surge risk maps for containers based on current and future situations using the vulnerability function and simulated inundation depth. As a result, we revealed the impact of global warming on storm surge risks for containers quantitatively.

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Are venous thromboembolism risk assessment tools reliable in the stratification of microvascular risk following lower extremity reconstruction?

JPRAS Open ◽

10.1016/j.jpra.2021.04.004 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

L. Geoghegan ◽

J. Super ◽

M. Machin ◽

M. Gimzewska ◽

S. Onida ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Venous Thromboembolism ◽

Lower Extremity ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Risk Assessment Tools ◽

Lower Extremity Reconstruction ◽

Extremity Reconstruction

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Suicide risk assessment in a large public mental health service: do suicide risk classifications identify those at risk?

Australasian Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1039856220984032 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103985622098403

Author(s):

Marianne Wyder ◽

Manaan Kar Ray ◽

Samara Russell ◽

Kieran Kinsella ◽

David Crompton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Assessment ◽

High Risk ◽

Suicide Risk ◽

Public Mental Health ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Suicide Risk Assessment ◽

Public Mental Health Service ◽

Risk Assessment Tools

Introduction: Risk assessment tools are routinely used to identify patients at high risk. There is increasing evidence that these tools may not be sufficiently accurate to determine the risk of suicide of people, particularly those being treated in community mental health settings. Methods: An outcome analysis for case serials of people who died by suicide between January 2014 and December 2016 and had contact with a public mental health service within 31 days prior to their death. Results: Of the 68 people who had contact, 70.5% had a formal risk assessment. Seventy-five per cent were classified as low risk of suicide. None were identified as being at high risk. While individual risk factors were identified, these did not allow to differentiate between patients classified as low or medium. Discussion: Risk categorisation contributes little to patient safety. Given the dynamic nature of suicide risk, a risk assessment should focus on modifiable risk factors and safety planning rather than risk prediction. Conclusion: The prediction value of suicide risk assessment tools is limited. The risk classifications of high, medium or low could become the basis of denying necessary treatment to many and delivering unnecessary treatment to some and should not be used for care allocation.

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