A Randomized Trial of Early Discharge and Nurse Specialist Transitional Follow-Up Care of High-Risk Childbearing Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH YORK ◽  
LINDA P. BROWN ◽  
PHILIP SAMUELS ◽  
STEVEN A. FINKLER ◽  
BARBARA JACOBSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
Nurse Specialist ◽  
Follow Up Care ◽  
Childbearing Women

scholarly journals High Risk Infants Follow-Up: A Case Study in Iran

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Heidarzadeh ◽  
Behzad Jodeiry ◽  
Mohammad Baqer Hosseini ◽  
Kayvan Mirnia ◽  
Forouzan Akrami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Clinical Evaluation ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Control Group ◽  
High Risk Infant ◽  
Maternity Hospitals ◽  
Follow Up Care ◽  
High Risk Infants

Background. A follow-up program for high risk infants was initiated in Alzahra Maternity Hospital in Tabriz city, Iran, in 2013. The aim of this paper is to give a brief report of the program.Material and Methods. Two groups of high risk neonates were studied. The first group comprising 509 infants received services in Alzahra Maternity Hospital implemented by the follow-up program. This included a full package for family to look after high risk infant and periodic clinical evaluation at two and four weeks after birth and then two, three, four, five, and six months later again. The second group including 131 infants in Taleqani Maternity Hospital received routine services after birth with no specific follow-up care.Results. Some anthropometric indices showed a significant improvement in the intervention hospital compared to control group. These included the following: head circumference at first and second months; weight in the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth months; and height in sixth month only. Clinical evaluation of infants showed an improvement for some of the medical conditions.Conclusion. Follow-up care program for a minimum of six months after discharge from maternity hospitals may help to avoid adverse and life threatening consequences in high risk infants.

Procedure guideline for iodine-131 whole-body scintigraphy for differentiated thyroid cancer (version 3)

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (05) ◽  
pp. 206-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dressler ◽  
W. Eschner ◽  
F. Grünwald ◽  
M. Lassmann ◽  
B. Leisner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Cancer ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Thyroglobulin Antibodies ◽  
Follow Up Care

SummaryVersion 3 of the procedure guideline for 131I whole-body scintigraphy (WBS) is the counterpart to the procedure guideline for radioiodine therapy (version 3) and specify the interdisciplinary guideline for thyroid cancer of the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft concerning the nuclear medicine part. 131I WBS 3–6 months after 131I ablation remains a standard procedure in an endemic area for thyroid nodules and the high frequency of subtotal surgical procedures. Follow-up without 131I WBS is only justified if the following preconditions are fulfilled: low-risk group pT1–2, pN0 M0 with histopathologically confirmed pN0, 131I uptake <2%, 131I WBS during ablation without any suspicious lesion, stimulated thyroglobulin (Tg)-level 3–6 months after ablation <2 ng/mL, and absence of anti-thyroglobulin- antibodies with normal recovery-testing. If patients from the low-risk group show normal 131I WBS 3–6 months after ablation and stimulated Tg is of <2 ng/mL, there will be no need for additional routine 131I WBS. If patients from the high-risk group show normal 131I WBS and stimulated Tg-level of <2 ng/mL 3–6 months after ablation, the follow- up care should include repeated stimulated Tgmeasurements. If the Tg-level remains below 2 ng/mL, an additional 131I WBS will be not necessary. The recommended intervals for stimulated Tg-testing are adapted to the prior intervals for 131I WBS-testing in the high-risk group. Increased anti-thyroglobulin-antibodies or incomplete recovery-testing make an individual strategy of follow- up care necessary, which include 131I WBS.

scholarly journals Results of a Health Education Message Intervention on HPV Knowledge and Receipt of Follow-up Care among Latinas Infected with High-risk Human Papillomavirus

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1440-1455
Author(s):  
Maureen Sanderson ◽  
Dineo Khabele ◽  
Claudine L. Brown ◽  
Khalil Harbi ◽  
Leah R. Alexander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Hpv Knowledge ◽  
Follow Up Care
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