EBN Twitter Journal Club –Session 10

Depression in older people is becoming a major mental health concern. It is associated with functional disability, co-morbid medical conditions and social deprivation. Many studies focus on the treatment of depression, however, there is growing evidence about prevention of depressive episodes in older people through exercise.  The focus of our study this week is one […]

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EBN Twitter Journal Club–Session 9

One often hears the anecdotes  about abuse of nurses from patients, families, co-workers and employers.  A recent study sought to determine the experience of nurses and midwives with aggressive behaviour and bullying. Of the 1495 returned questionnaires over half of the participants (52%) experienced some form of workplace aggression. Thirty-six percent experienced violence mostly from […]

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Sciatica part 3.

In my last blog on the 19th February 13 I described how my diagnosed sciatica led to an MRI and consequently the identification of a substantial prolapsed disc at L5-S1.At the time I was awaiting a surgical appointment with a view to possible lumbar discectomy but I was aware of the controversy surrounding the efficacy […]

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EBN Twitter Club #ebnjc – Session 7

The morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery is commonly a consequence of pulmonary complications.  Improving lung function may reduce postoperative pulmonary complications.  While the benefit of postoperative physical therapy interventions is fairly well documented, there is a paucity of evidence in relation to the impact of preoperative physical therapy on postoperative pulmonary complications and […]

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