Management of Arterial Lines and Blood Sampling in Intensive Care

Leslie, Rebecca; Gouldson, S; Habib, N.; Harris, Neil; Murray, Holt; Wells, Victoria; Cook, T. M.

doi:10.1097/01.sa.0000452772.21469.d7

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“…Krejcie and Morgan [108] indicated that a study with a small population in the range of 10-35 will require at least 90-93% of the population to be taken as a sample for the study. According to Kish [119], the minimum sample size for social science research should be taken as 30-200. Gall et al [120] indicated that if the research has a relational survey design, the sample size should not be less than 30 and comparative and experimental studies require more than 50 samples.…”

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Identifying the Factors Impacting Bridge Deterioration in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Al-Rashed,

Abdelfatah,

Yehia

2023

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The deterioration module (DM) is one of the four major modules necessary for any bridge management system (BMS). Environmental conditions, structural systems, bridge configuration, geographic location, and traffic data are some of the major factors that affect the development of deterioration modules. This emphasizes the need for the development of deterioration models that reflect the local conditions. In this article, some of the most important factors that could help in developing deterioration models in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were identified. The research was conducted in three phases; in the first phase, an extensive literature search was conducted to identify factors adopted in different deterioration models, and in phase two, the most relevant factors to the GCC environment were selected and these factors were further reduced based on input from local bridge experts. The result from the second phase is a list of factors identified by the experts. The identified list was utilized in phase three, which was focused on conducting a survey targeting bridge engineers to help identify the final selection and rank the factors according to their importance level. The results indicate that steel reinforcement protection, design load, chloride attack, type of defect, and age are the most important factors impacting bridge deterioration in the GCC. In addition, the time of rehabilitation; average daily truck traffic, ADTT; and average daily traffic, ADT, are the second most important factors. Factors with medium importance level are deck protection, services under the bridge, and inspection gap. The least important set of factors include temperature and wind load.

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Identifying the Factors Impacting Bridge Deterioration in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Al-Rashed,

Abdelfatah,

Yehia

2023

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“…This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan over a 6 month period in 2018/2019. Based on the results of the previous study that was conducted in Jordan, which showed that the prevalence of positive MRSA amongst healthcare staff is around 6% [12], the sample size required for this study was 100 samples [15]. Therefore, a total of 210 nasal swabs were randomly collected from medical students in their basic years (105 samples) and the same number from clinical year students.…”

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Detection of Methicillin Susceptible and Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage and Its Antibiotic Sensitivity among Basic and Clinical Years Medical Students

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Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) and medical students can be asymptomatic carriers in transmitting methicillin resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA). Studying epidemiological and antibiotic susceptibility data is necessary to limit the spread of infections, help with treatment and understand the transmission dynamics of MSSA and MRSA. Our study assessed the rate of MSSA and MRSA nasal carriage and its antibiogram among medical students in basic and clinical years at the University of Jordan. Methods: A total of 210 nasal swabs were randomly collected from participants. MSSA and MRSA were identified by culture, biochemical and other phenotypical analysis methods. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the disc diffusion method. Results: The nasal carriage of MSSA was 6.6% and 11.4% and that of MRSA was 1.9% and 2.8% among basic and clinical years, respectively. There was no significant difference for the nasal carriage of MSSA and MRSA among basic and clinical year students (p value ≥ 0.05). MSSA resistance ranged between 25% and 33% for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline and ciprofloxacin. For MRSA, the highest resistance was to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline (67% to 100%), followed by gentamicin and ciprofloxacin (33% to 67%), in all participants in the study. Conclusion: The difference in the carriage rates of MSSA and MRSA among basic and clinical students was statistically insignificant. The continuous awareness and implementation of infection control procedures and guided patient contact are recommended. The results might also suggest that healthcare workers could be victims in the cycle of MRSA nasal carriage, a theory that needs further study.

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Management of Arterial Lines and Blood Sampling in Intensive Care

Cited by 2 publications

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Identifying the Factors Impacting Bridge Deterioration in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Identifying the Factors Impacting Bridge Deterioration in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Detection of Methicillin Susceptible and Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage and Its Antibiotic Sensitivity among Basic and Clinical Years Medical Students

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