Background Studies in several countries have estimated the prevalence of diarrhoea in the
community. However, the use of different study designs and varying case definitions has …

This paper describes the recommendations of a national panel on quality improvement in
obstetrics to identify priorities for action among five areas of greatest medico-legal risk. Using …

Background Intraoperative injuries during abdominopelvic surgery can be associated with
substantial patient harm. The objective of this study was to describe abdominopelvic …

Background Never events (NEs) are patient safety incidents that are preventable and so
serious they should never happen. To reduce NEs, several frameworks have been introduced …

Background: Diagnostic errors lead to patient harm; however, most research has been conducted
in nonsurgical disciplines. We sought to characterize diagnostic error in the pre-, intra-, …

BACKGROUND: Diverse needs for quality improvement are recognized in obstetrical care
and prioritizing these needs can be challenging. One solution is to align quality improvement …

We developed a comprehensive set of pragmatic quality improvement indicators for areas of
obstetrical practice associated with increased medical-legal risk. An analysis of two national …

Kyle Barnett is a Ph. D. student in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University
of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the study of popular music across media …

Leaves and stems are ultimately derived from the shoot apical meristem (SAM); leaves arise
from the peripheral zone of the SAM and stem tissue is derived from both the peripheral and …

Oxidative and nitrosative stresses including nitric oxide (NO), superoxide ( ) and peroxynitrite
play key roles in determining the outcome of bacterial infections. In order to survive within …