Sökning: "Acuity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 129 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Acuity.

  1. 1. Obstetric Emergency Triage - A new mindset in obstetric emergency care in Sweden

    Författare :Linnéa Lindroos; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Acuity; Delphi method; Emergency medicine; Experiences; Implementation; Obstetrics; Patient safety; Quality improvement; Qualitative research; Reliability; Triage; Validity; Working conditions;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction Obstetric emergency triage, facilitating prioritization according to urgency of obstetric patients seeking emergency care, is a relatively new form of triage. Adaptations to physiological changes during pregnancy and pregnancy specific conditions enable assessment of the patient, fetus, and labor status, essential to achieve equality in emergency care for the obstetric patient. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Amblyopia and subnormal visual acuity. Studies of prevalence, assessment and outcome

    Författare :Josefin Ohlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Amblyopia; Visual Acuity; Eye Diseases; Epidemiology; Child; Adolescence; Depth Perception; Vision Screening; Treatment Outcome;

    Sammanfattning : Aims. The aims of this thesis were threefold. Firstly, we wanted to establish the distribution of visual acuity (VA) and the prevalence of amblyopia and other ocular disorders in two population-based samples of 12-13-year-old children, one that had been vision-screened at preschool age and the other that had not. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bird Vision: Spatial acuity and colour discrimination in bright and dim light

    Författare :Olle Lind; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal vision; Visual ecology; Colour vision; Spatial acuity; Spatial contrast sensitivity; Dim light; Visual modelling; Behavioural experiments; Birds; Psittaciformes;

    Sammanfattning : Birds use vision to guide navigation, foraging and mate choice, and studies of the limitations in bird visual perception are most helpful for the understanding of bird ecology. Here, I present four studies of bird vision in bright and dim light. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Retinopathy and Visual Acuity in People with Diabetes Mellitus and Hard-to-Heal Diabetic Foot Ulceration

    Författare :Anders Sellman; Lund Oftalmologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Diabetic retinopathy; Diabetic foot ulcers; Mortality; Visual acuity;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Registered nurse-led emergency department triage : organisation, allocation of acuity ratings and triage decision making

    Författare :Katarina Göransson; Anna Ehrenberg; Margareta Ehnfors; Gun Nordström; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Accuracy; Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale; concordance; decision making; emergency department; patient scenarios; registered nurses; survey; think aloud; triage; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Sammanfattning : Successful triage is the basis for sound emergency department (ED) care, whereas unsuccessful triage could result in adverse outcomes. ED triage is a rather unexplored area in the Swedish health care system. This thesis contributes to our understanding of this complex nursing task. LÄS MER