[IET -What's the Evaluation of Patients within this New Form of Treatment?] / StäB ­ Wie bewerten Patientinnen und Patienten die neue Behandlungsform?

First descriptive statistics on satisfaction with Inpatient equivalent treatment (IET), gathered on self report, of 100 patients are presented. Data has been collected at two psychiatric hospitals in Südwürttemberg.In general results suggested high satisfaction. Approval rate on making use of this innovative treatment again, was 88 % (SD = 26.1). Differences between the distribution of satisfaction values, differentiated by clinic location or psychiatric main diagnosis, have been shown.Results indicate high acceptance by the persons concerned. After the establishment of IET within the past 3 years, these results are building a methodological basis and origin for a wide-ranging evaluation of satisfaction with this sort of crisis resolution within the "AKtiV-Studie" of the Innovationsfonds 2020-2023.

Evaluation of the i-STAT portable point-of-care analyzer for determination of blood gases and acid-base status in newborn calves.

OBJECTIVE: To validate the i-STAT, a portable hand-held analyzer that allows point-of-care measurement of blood gases, acid-base, lactate, and other blood variables in food animal practice for analysis of blood samples of newborn calves. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: University teaching hospital. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A total of 271 venous blood samples were analyzed for PvO2 , PvCO2 , pH, base excess (BE), HCO3 , venous saturation of oxygen (SvO2 ), and total carbon dioxide (TCO2 ) using an i-STAT and a Rapidlab 248 bench top analyzer that served as the reference method. l-lactate was measured using the i-STAT as well as photometrically. Results from the i-STAT and the reference methods were compared. The analytes BE, HCO3 , and TCO2 showed a constant systematic error across the entire range with 2.3, 1.9, and 2.0 mmol/L lower values, respectively, than the values measured by the reference method. Based on the combined inherent imprecision of the 2 analyzers and after correcting the influences of systematic errors, the PvO2 , HCO3 , and SvO2 were within the acceptable limits in 76% to 91% of the cases. Ninety-five percent of the measurements of PvCO2 and BE were within acceptable limits. CONCLUSIONS: The overall performance of the i-STAT was good except for BE, HCO3 , and TCO2 , thus limiting its usefulness in clinical studies. However this hand-held device allows rapid, reliable, and accurate point-of-care blood analyses and thus can be useful in bovine practice.