A mixed-methods systematic review protocol to examine the use of physical restraint with critically ill adults and strategies for minimizing their use

Abstract Background Critically ill patients frequently experience severe agitation placing them at risk of harm.Physical restraint is common in intensive care units (ICUs) for clinician concerns about safety.However, physical restraint may not prevent medical device removal and has been associated with negative physical and psychological consequenc

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Variations in dung beetles assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) within two rain forest habitats in French Guiana

The structure of dung beetle communities inhabiting tropical forests are known to be sensitive to many kinds of environmental changes such as microclimate related to vegetation structure.I examined Scarabaeinae assemblages in two sites of undisturbed high forest and two sites of low forest forming a transitional zone with the open habitat of an ins

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