Systematic review of the prevalence of medication errors resulting in hospitalization and death of nursing home residents

N Ferrah, JJ Lovell, JE Ibrahim - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Medication errors (ME s) result in preventable harm to nursing home (NH) residents and
pose a significant financial burden. Institutionalized older people are particularly vulnerable …

Resident-to-resident physical aggression leading to injury in nursing homes: a systematic review

N Ferrah, BJ Murphy, JE Ibrahim, LC Bugeja… - Age and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) is an understudied form of elder abuse
in nursing homes. Objective: the purpose of this systematic review was to examine the …

Mortality in nursing homes following emergency evacuation: a systematic review

M Willoughby, C Kipsaina, N Ferrah, S Blau… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the risk associated with mortality among nursing home residents
within 6 months following an evacuation because of man-made or natural disasters. Design …

The forest or the trees: preference for global over local image processing is reversed by prior experience in honeybees

A Avargues-Weber, AG Dyer… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Traditional models of insect vision have assumed that insects are only capable of low-level
analysis of local cues and are incapable of global, holistic perception. However, recent …

[HTML][HTML] The utility of medico-legal databases for public health research: a systematic review of peer-reviewed publications using the National Coronial Information …

L Bugeja, JE Ibrahim, N Ferrah, B Murphy… - Health research policy …, 2016 - Springer
Background Medico-legal death investigations are a recognised data source for public
health endeavours and its accessibility has increased following the development of …

Death following recent admission into nursing home from community living: a systematic review into the transition process

N Ferrah, JE Ibrahim, C Kipsaina… - Journal of aging and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study examines the impact of the transition process on the mortality of elderly
individuals following their first admission to nursing home from the community at 1, 3, and 6 …

Trends in the nature and management of serious abdominal trauma

N Ferrah, P Cameron, B Gabbe… - World journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background There have been recommendations for increased non‐operative management
(NOM) of abdominal trauma in adults. To assess the impact of this trend and changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative descriptive study exploring clinicians' perspectives of the management of older trauma care in rural Australia

N Ferrah, C Parker, J Ibrahim, B Gabbe… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background For older trauma patients who sustain trauma in rural areas, the risk of adverse
outcomes associated with advancing age, is compounded by the challenges encountered in …

Older trauma patients with isolated chest injuries have low rates of complications

N Ferrah, B Beck, J Ibrahim, B Gabbe, MS McLellan… - Injury, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The number of older adults hospitalised for injury is growing rapidly. The
population-adjusted incidence of isolated thoracic injuries in older adults is also growing …

A review of coronial investigations into medication-related deaths in residential aged care

N Jokanovic, N Ferrah, JJ Lovell, C Weller… - Research in Social and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Residential aged care is a complex and challenging clinical setting where
medication errors continue to occur despite efforts to improve medication safety. No studies …