Correspondence to Dr Daren K Heyland, Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Angada 4, 76 Stuart St, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 2V7; ...

Background To describe the diagnoses of people who present to the emergency department (ED) with low back pain (LBP), the proportion of people with a lumbar spine condition who arrived by ambulance, ...

Background Pharmacists’ completion of medication reconciliation in the community after hospital discharge is intended to reduce harm due to prescribed or omitted medication and increase healthcare ...

1 National Nursing Research Unit, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK 2 Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, ...

Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.

School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK Correspondence to Dr Andrew Booth, School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of ...

Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK Correspondence to: R Kneebone Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Division of Surgery, Oncology, ...

Background Speaking up is important for patient safety, but healthcare professionals often hesitate to voice their concerns. Direct supervisors have an important role in influencing speaking up.

Background Good outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) depend on a skilled resuscitation team, prompt initiation of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation, and ...

Correspondence to Dr Chuenjid Kongkaew, Centre for Safety and Quality in Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Naresuan University, Muang 65000, Thailand; ...

1 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Antwerp, Belgium 2 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute ...

2 Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 3 Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 4 Department of Psychiatry, ...