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Quality improvement interventions (QII) are intended to improve the care of patients. Ala-Gln clinical trial Unlike most traditional clinical research, these endeavours emphasize sustainable implementation of scientific evidence rather than establishment of evidence. Our purpose was to conduct a systematic review of QII publications in the field of burn care.

A systematic review was conducted utilising electronic databases (Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library) of all studies relating to 'quality improvement' in burn care published until 31 March 2020. Studies were excluded if no baseline data was reported, or if no intervention was applied and tested. Studies were scored using a novel ten-point evaluation system for QII.

We evaluated 414 studies involving 'quality improvement' in burn care. Only 82 studies contained a QII while 332 studies were categorised as traditional research. Several traditional research studies made claims to be quality improvement interventions, but few met the criteria. Of the 82 QII references, only 20 (24%) were accessible as full text manuscripts, the remainder were published as abstracts only. The mean score was 7.95 for full text studies (range 6-10) and 7.4 for abstract-only studies (range 5.5-9.5).

Despite the importance of quality improvement (QI) in burn care, very few studies have been published that employ true QI methodology, and many QII studies never advance beyond publication as abstracts in conference proceedings. Based on this systematic review, we propose guidelines to improve the quality of QII submissions.

Despite the importance of quality improvement (QI) in burn care, very few studies have been published that employ true QI methodology, and many QII studies never advance beyond publication as abstracts in conference proceedings. Based on this systematic review, we propose guidelines to improve the quality of QII submissions.Efforts have been made to determine new predictors of morbidity and mortality in patients with severe burn injuries. This prospective cohort study aimed to determine the association of serum albumin concentration on admission and renal failure, pulmonary infection, sepsis, and death in patients with burn injuries. We included 141 patients, aged >18 years, who were admitted to our institution between April and August 2018. Among them, 59.1% were male and 83.8% had burns covering 2.2 g/dL (odds ratios [OR] 18.7; 95% confidence interval [CI] 4.9-70.8). Serum albumin ≤2.2 g/dL was also significantly associated with pulmonary infection (OR 13.1, 95%CI 3.8-45.7), renal failure (OR 30.2, 95% CI 7.4-122.3), and sepsis (OR 16.9, 95% CI 4.9-58.3). Serum albumin concentration cut-points and ABSIs were determined to be death predictors using areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs). The AUCs with albumin or ABSI alone were 0.89 (95% CI 0.79-0.98) and 0.92 (95% CI 0.87-0.96), respectively. The AUC including both albumin and ABSI was 0.96 (95% CI 0.90-0.98), indicating that the combination is a better death predictor than either measure alone. We confirmed that burn patients with a serum albumin concentration ≤2.2 g/dL on admission have substantially increased morbidity and mortality.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between ankle plantar flexor muscle (PF) strength and balance and walking speed in healthy adults.

Four databases (Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, CINAHL Plus, and SPORTDiscus) were searched from inception to December 2019. Studies with any design were included if the association between PF strength and balance and walking speed was investigated among healthy adults. Articles were screened for eligibility independently by 2 reviewers. Study characteristics and Pearson r values derived from the association between PF strength and balance and walking speed were extracted. Thirty-four studies were eligible. The main group of interest in the studies was older adults. Pearson r values were transformed to rz values using Fisher z-transformation. Meta-analysis of rz values was conducted and then back-transformed to r.

In older adults, PF maximal isometric strength had a positive weak association with static balance (r=0.20; 95% CI=0.08-0.32), a positive moderate association with dynamic reactive balance (r=0.42; 95% CI=0.32-0.57) and proactive balance (r=0.55; 95% CI=0.18-1.06), and a positive weak association with preferred walking speed (r=0.29; 95% CI=0.19-0.41) and maximum walking speed (r=0.34; 95% CI=0.06-0.63). In younger adults, there was a moderate association between early-phase PF rate of torque development and reactive balance (0.42<r<0.52).

PF strength appears to be moderately associated with dynamic reactive and proactive balance and weakly associated with static balance and walking speed. This finding highlights the potential role of PF strength in dynamic reactive and proactive balance.

This meta-analysis showed that ankle PF strength might be important for challenging dynamic balance tasks.

This meta-analysis showed that ankle PF strength might be important for challenging dynamic balance tasks.

Rating tissue irritability has been recommended to aid decision making in several recent clinical practice guidelines. An explicit method for rating tissue irritability was proposed as part of the Staged Algorithm for Rehabilitation Classification Shoulder Disorders (STAR-Shoulder), but the reliability and validity of this classification are unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and concurrent validity of shoulder tissue irritability ratings as part of a system designed to guide appropriate treatment strategy and intensity.

A clinical measurement, prospective repeated-measures cross-sectional design was used. The 101 consecutive participants with primary complaints of shoulder pain were assessed by pairs of blinded raters (24 raters in total) and rated for tissue irritability. Patients completed 3 patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures reflecting both pain and disability, and these scores were compared with ratings of tissue irritability. Paired ratings of irritability were ant of their examination. This study provides important new information supporting the reliability and validity of the STAR-Shoulder tissue irritability rating system.