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Does immediate reading of mammograms have a different call back rate than batch read screenings?

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Stewart, Kate A, et al. “The effect of immediate reading of screening mammograms on medical care utilization and costs after false-positive mammograms.” Health services research 42.4 (2007):1464-1482.
Case-control study of women with false-positives v. normal mammograms. Included an analysis of rates of each for type of reading.

Ghate SV, et al. Comparison of recall and cancer detection rates for immediate versus batch interpretation of screening mammograms. Radiology. 2005 Apr;235(1):31-5.
Retrospective analysis of false positives and false negatives for mammograms. Does not identify how patients were assigned to immediate or batch reading group.

Burnside, Elizabeth S, et al. “The use of batch reading to improve the performance of screening mammography.” AJR, American journal of roentgenology 185.3 (2005):790-796.
This before-and-after study examined the effect on quality by uninterrupted time for batch reading versus the previous method which was nonbatch but not conducted while the patient waited.

Searched PubMed and AHRQ. Keywords: batch, mammograms, false positives, recall, call back

Updated 4/18/2014 AA

What does the literature say regarding postoperative care for uterine embolization patients?

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Patient care issues surrounding the uterine artery embolization procedure for the treatment of uterine fibroids. Images. 1999 vol:18 iss:3 pg:4

“Uterine artery embolization.” AORN journal 73.4 (2001):790-2, 794-8.

Uterine artery embolization in the management of vaginal bleeding from cervical pregnancy: a case series. Journal of reproductive medicine 2005 vol:50 iss:11 pg:844

Baakdah, Hanadi, and TogasTulandi. “Uterine fibroid embolization.” Clinical obstetrics and gynecology 48.2 (2005):361-368.

Siskin, Gary P, et al. “III. Uterine fibroid embolization: pain management.” Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology 5.1 (2002):35-43.

Searched CINAHL & PubMed. Keywords: postoperative care and uterine embolization

What does research say about nurse fatigue and maximum consecutive hours worked?

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“An interventional approach for patient and nurse safety: a fatigue countermeasures feasibility study.” Nursing research 59.4 (2010):250.

Are extended work hours worth the risk? American Nurse Today 2013 vol:8 iss:5 pg:8

Tabone S. Data suggest nurse fatigue threatens patient safety: is prescribing the nurse’s work hours the only answer? Texas Nursing, 2004 Feb; 78 (2): 4-7.

Data suggest nurse fatigue threatens patient safety: is prescribing the nurse’s work hours the only answer?… From Nursing that Works, A publication of the Center for American Nurses, Edition #5, May 2004. Colorado nurse 2004 vol:104 iss:4 pg:22

Barker, Linsey M.; Nussbaum, Maury A. Fatigue, performance and the work environment: a survey of registered nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing , 2011 Jun; 67 (6): 1370-82

“Infants at risk: when nurse fatigue jeopardizes quality care.” Advances in neonatal care 6.3 (2006):120.

Streak, Judith Fatigue in the Perioperative Environment: Effects on Worker Performance and Best Practice Management Principles. 2013

Continuous renal replacement therapy

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Roeder, Vickey R. “Putting the ‘C’ back into continuous renal replacement therapy.” Nephrology nursing journal 40.6 (2013): 509-516.

Palevsky, Paul M, et al. “KDOQI US commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury.” American journal of kidney diseases 61.5 (2013):649-672.

Galvagno Jr., Samuel M, et al. “Practical considerations for the dosing and adjustment of continuous renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit.” Journal of critical care 28.6 (2013):1019-1026.

Uchino, V, et al. “Validity of low-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy*.” Critical care medicine 41.11 (2013):2584-2591.

Rahman, Muhammad Aziz. Renal dialysis: modalities. Evidence summaries. 2013. In: Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database.

Diagnosis and management of adults with chronic kidney disease. Southfield (MI): Michigan Quality Improvement Consortium; 2013 May. 1 p.

Honore, Patrick, et al. “Nutritional and metabolic alterations during continuous renal replacement therapy.” Blood purification 35.4 (2013):279-284.

Maursetter, Laura, C E Kight, J Mennig, and R M Hofmann. “Review of the mechanism and nutrition recommendations for patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy.” Nutrition in clinical practice 26.4 (2011):382-390.

“Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).” The Internet journal of anesthesiology 21.1 (2009).

Databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Joanna Briggs, Guideline.gov

Reviewed and updated 4/9/2014 ldt

Nursing protocols on managing neurogenic bladder and bowel.

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Coggrave, Maureen, C Norton, and J D Cody. “Management of faecal incontinence and constipation in adults with central neurological diseases.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1 (2014):CD002115.

Jamison, Jim, S Maguire, and J McCann. Catheter policies for management of long term voiding problems in adults with neurogenic bladder disorders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 11 (2013):CD004375.

Bowman, Rebecca. Bowel irrigation: clinician information. Evidence summaries. 2017. In: Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) EBP Database.

Jayasekara, Rasika. Neurogenic bladder disorder (adult): catheter policies. Evidence summaries. 2016. In: JBI.

de Kort, L M O, et al. “The management of adolescents with neurogenic urinary tract and bowel dysfunction.” Neurourology and urodynamics 31.7 (2012):1170-1174.

Adams, Jillian, et al. “Strategies to promote intermittent self-catheterization in adults with neurogenic bladders: a comprehensive systematic review.” Systematic reviews. JBI Libr Syst Rev. 2011;9(34):1392-1446.

National Clinical Guideline Centre. “Urinary incontinence in neurological disease. Management of lower urinary tract dysfunction in neurological disease.” London, UK: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); 2012. 40 p.

Databases: PubMed, Joanna Briggs, Guideline.gov Keywords: neurogenic bowel, neurogenic bladder, nurse/nursing

Reviewed and updated 4/9/2014 ldt

Updated links 10/16/2017 ldt