Concurrent Session Research Articles

Speed Posters: An Alternative to Traditional Poster and Podium Sessions.

Speed posters were used as an alternative concurrent session option during a national nursing education conference. The session format was received positively by both participants and presenters, and, as a result, recommendations for use were developed by the conference planners. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2016;47(8):344-346.

Concurrent session papers (in program order)

Concurrent session papers (in program order)

Why are fish oil supplements apparently failing to reproduce fish consumption epidemiology in RCT for cardiovascular disease?

Why are fish oil supplements apparently failing to reproduce fish consumption epidemiology in RCT for cardiovascular disease?

The Patient's Experience of Attunement and Responsiveness Scale

Objective: This study sought to test the correlation between the patient's experience of attunement and responsiveness, and treatment outcome. Method: Utilizing a new measure—the Patient's Experience of Attunement and Responsiveness (PEAR) Scale—we asked both patients and therapists to rate their experience of a therapy session immediately after that session. Scores on the PEAR Scale were then correlated with two measures of treatment outcome. We obtained 405 total PEAR Scale administrations from 38 patient–therapist dyads across multiple sessions. Results: Exploratory factor analyses revealed a three-factor structure for the patient version of the scale and a two-factor structure for the therapist version. Patient ratings on the PEAR Scale were significantly correlated with OQ-45 and a 1-item measure of global outcome measured for the concurrent session. Conclusion: These findings suggest attunement during a therapy session may be an important predictor of concurrent session outcome.

Final Destination: Air Travel in the Setting of a Terminal Illness (FR402)

•Understand the physiologic changes associated with air travel and the impact these changes have on advanced illness.•Recognize the practical and medical barriers to air travel for patients with advanced illness.•Review potential procedural issues around air travel with a terminal disease. The world in which we practice medicine is increasingly global, and many patients receiving palliative or hospice care may want to travel by air during the end-stages of their disease. This request to travel may carry with it profound hopes for a meaningful end of life. As specialists in advanced and terminal disease, palliative care providers should have a working knowledge of how to manage the medical and practical complexities of air travel at the end of life. We will begin this concurrent session with two case reports of patients with advanced, terminal disease who express the wish to travel to their home country. We will then provide an overview of the physiologic changes associated with air travel, and the impact these changes can have on a variety of common advanced disease states. We will review current “fit to fly” regulations, as well as how to anticipate and manage symptoms that might occur during an international flight and how to counsel a family and patient for the possibility of death in flight. Finally, we will discuss international medical insurance coverage, and how to determine what (if any) hospice resources may be available in the international setting.

Improving Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure and Family Caregivers: Results from a National Working Group Examining Clinical and Research Priorities for Heart Failure and Palliative Care (TH309)

•Review results from the June 2015 Clinical & Research Priorities for Heart Failure and Palliative Care National Symposium of cardiology and palliative experts (funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, National Palliative Care Research Center, University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), which focused on the barriers to and opportunities for improving palliative care integration among patients with advanced cardiac disease.•Discuss opportunities and strategies for collaboration of palliative care and heart failure within the domains of research, clinical care, and policy change.•Identify two specific implementation projects to improve care for patients with advanced heart failure within each area of research, clinical programs, and policy. Hospital readmission rates, mortality rates, and Medicare costs for patients with heart failure (HF) are high. Patients with HF are burdened by multiple symptoms that increase as the disease progresses. Because HF carries a substantial burden, it is critical to understand how palliative care can contribute to improving the quality of care for this population. Yet, the evidence base demonstrating the benefits of palliative care on outcomes and quality of care in patients with HF is still lacking. Change can only happen with an interdisciplinary, explicit strategic change approach. We conducted a series of telephonic nominal groups followed by a 2-day in-person symposium, which pulled together a group of interdisciplinary, nationally-recognized clinicians, investigators, and policy experts representing HF, geriatrics, and palliative care to address the following 3 questions: 1) What are the greatest challenges and barriers faced in HF regarding the integration of palliative care? 2) What are the state of the science and gaps in knowledge regarding patients with advanced HF and their family caregivers? 3) What are the most successful care models or strategies that are currently making a difference in HF care? The purpose of this concurrent session is to 1) describe the methods we used to develop consensus of strategies for each of these domains and 2) detail symposium results and achievements. The overall goal is to build support for a national agenda to advance the field of palliative care for patients with HF and their family caregivers. Specifically, we will review proposed research, clinical demonstration projects, national guidelines, and policy to develop priorities for implementation and endorsement. We will also describe and solicit additional input to create sustainable working groups that can formulate research, policy, and practice priorities and potential opportunities for collaboration and funding in order to develop a sustainable model for future collaboration.

Parameterized, concurrent session types for asynchronous multi-actor interactions

Session types have been proposed as a means of statically verifying implementations of communication protocols. Although prior work has been successful for some classes of protocols, it does not cope well with parameterized, multi-actor scenarios with inherent asynchrony. For example, the sliding window protocol is not expressible in previously proposed session type notations. This article defines System-A: a novel session type system, as well the associated programming language that together overcome many of the limitations of prior work. With explicit support for asynchrony and concurrency, as well as multiple forms of parameterization, we demonstrate that System-A can be used for the static verification of a large class of asynchronous communication protocols.

The experiences of orthopaedic and trauma nurses who have cared for adults with a learning disability

BackgroundThere is no published empirical research about the experiences of orthopaedic and trauma nurses who have cared for people with a learning disability. However, adults with a learning disability sustain more injuries, falls and accidents than the general population. Because of their increased health needs, there has been a corresponding increase in their numbers attending general/acute hospitals. The 6 Cs is a contemporary framework and has been used to gauge how orthopaedic and trauma nurses rate the Care, Communication, Competence, Commitment, Courage and Compassion for patients with a learning disability in orthopaedic and trauma hospital settings compared to patients without a learning disability. AimThe aim of the study was to explore the experiences of orthopaedic and trauma nurses who have cared for people with a learning disability. DesignThe study is based on a descriptive survey design and used a questionnaire to elicit data from participants. MethodsA convenience sample of Registered Nurses completed a questionnaire. The study was explained to delegates attending a concurrent session on the topic of acute hospital care for people with a learning disability at a conference and the questionnaire was left on a table for participants to take if they wished. Questionnaires were returned anonymously. FindingsOf the participants who had completed the questionnaire 100% (n = 13) had cared for a patient with a learning disability. Using the 6 Cs as a framework suggested that care, communication and competence of nurses were worse for people with a learning disability than for people without a learning disability. Three main themes emerged regarding areas of good practices: (1) promoting a positive partnership with patients and carers; (2) modifying care and interventions; (3) supporting the healthcare team. ConclusionThere was evidence of good practices within orthopaedic and trauma settings such as the active involvement of family or a paid carer who is known to thepatient and the modification of care and interventions along with specialist advice and support from the Acute Liaison Learning Disability Nurse. There were areas of concern such as the lack of use of Hospital Passports and the inconsistent implementation of reasonable and achievable adjustments. It is unknown if the care for patients with a learning disability is adequate. However, the themes that have emerged accord with the key domains in ‘A competency framework for orthopaedic and trauma practitioners’ (Royal College of Nursing 2012a, 2012b) and therefore could be considered for inclusion in future orthopaedic and trauma competencies to enable sharing of best practices.

ANNUAL BALI INTERNATIONAL COMBINED CLINICAL MEETING

Background: This valuable collaboration between Adelaide and Bali was first convened by Prof. I G. Surya, the late Prof. Made Kornia and Associate Prof. John Svigos in May 2011 at Sanglah General Hospital, Bali-Indonesia. This is a three day clinical meeting consisting of a daily Plenary Session for formal presentations running along with a Concurrent Session predominantly for “hands on” and interactive teaching. The meeting has a multidisciplinary focus which is in tune with contemporary Maternal Fetal Medicine practice and consists of obstetricians, midwives, neonatologists and obstetric anaesthetists from both cities sharing their respective experiences. From an initial modest meeting with 80 registrants this has now grown to over 300 registrants in 2015. A fourth day was trialed in 2014 in which a Field Day was incorporated into the program and enabled the overseas participants to gain some first hand experience in the workings of an orphanage (Anak Anak Bali Kids), a midwife obstetric unit (Bumi Sehat) and a level two hospital (Sanjiwani Hospital, Gianyar). Further Field Days are anticipated at future meetings. The Visiting Faculty from Australia are predominantly from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital with input from The Lyell McEwin Hospital both in Adelaide, The Royal North Shore Hospital and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth. The broader strategic aspects of the collaboration have seen the rotation of three MFM Trainees from the Trigonum (Denpasar, Surabaya and Malang) through Adelaide for two months in 2011 and 2012 as part of their MFM training. Unfortunately AusAID funding has not been forthcoming for further rotations to occur but in 2016 a multidisciplinary group from Sanglah General Hospital will be making a one week visit to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital as a forerunner to further visits. Meantime the collaborations with the Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya and the Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang are being further strengthened with members of the Visiting Faculty also visiting the MFM units at these hospitals prior to the BICCM. The Convenors for the 2016 BICCM meeting in May will be Dr. Ryan Mulyana assisted by Dr Jaya Kusuma, Feto Maternal Division, Sanglah General Hospital and Dr Rosalie Grivell assisted by Associate Prof John Svigos, MFM Service, Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Concurrent session papers (in program order)

Concurrent session papers (in program order)

Concurrent Session 6: Late Breaking Abstracts

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 100-101 Abstracts Concurrent Session 6: Late Breaking Abstracts First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12513Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 100-101 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 6: Kidney

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 97-98 Abstracts Concurrent Session 6: Kidney First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12511Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 97-98 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 4: Kidney

Concurrent Session 4: Kidney

Concurrent Session 6: Liver

Concurrent Session 6: Liver

Concurrent Session 3: Psychosocial

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 82-84 Abstracts Concurrent Session 3: Psychosocial First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12501Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 82-84 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 3: Kidney

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 84-85 Abstracts Concurrent Session 3: Kidney First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12502Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 84-85 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 1: Basic Science

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 73-74 Abstracts Concurrent Session 1: Basic Science First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12494Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 73-74 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 1: Kidney/Immunosuppression

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 69-70 Abstracts Concurrent Session 1: Kidney/Immunosuppression First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12492Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 69-70 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 2: Heart

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 78-79 Abstracts Concurrent Session 2: Heart First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12498Citations: 1Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article.Citing Literature Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 78-79 RelatedInformation

Concurrent Session 5: Kidney/Immunosuppression

Pediatric TransplantationVolume 19, Issue S1 p. 90-92 Abstracts Concurrent Session 5: Kidney/Immunosuppression First published: 21 April 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12507Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume19, IssueS1Special Issue: IPTA 8th Congress on Pediatric TransplantationMay 2015Pages 90-92 RelatedInformation