Interruption of therapy during intrahospital transport of nonand#8208;icu patients

Alamanou Despoina

Abstract

Interruption of therapy during intrahospital transport of non‐icu patients

Background: International literature review has shown that intrahospital transports are not always performed safely and are very often accompanied by serious complications. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of interruption of the applied treatment during transport of nonÃÆÃÂ¢ÃâÃ¢âÂ¬ÃâÃÂICU patients.Method and Material: It was an observational study consisted of 40 patients hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Unit, of a large general hospital in Athens, undergoing an intrahospital transport for diagnostic tests. Data collection took place from October 2009 to March 2010, using an appropriately configured recording data form that was created by researches according to international literature, and was completed during each intrahospital transport. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS v. 16.0, employing the statistical methods x2 test and tÃÆÃÂ¢ÃâÃ¢âÂ¬ÃâÃÂ test. The statistical significance level was defined as p

Author(s): Alamanou Despoina

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