Search Results - "MÄkijÄrvi, Markku"

A pilot study of parents’ experiences of reflexology treatment for infants with colic in Finland by Hannula, Leena, Puukka, Pauli, Asunmaa, Marjut, Mäkijärvi, Markku

“…Background Many infants under 4 months suffer from infantile colic. Infants with colic cry a lot, appear to be in pain, and it is difficult to sooth them…”
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Benchmarking outcomes on multiple contextual levels in lean healthcare: a systematic review, development of a conceptual framework, and a research agenda by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Blodgett, Janet C, Juarez, Angelica, Jokela, Ritva, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Reliable benchmarking in Lean healthcare requires widely relevant and applicable domains for outcome metrics and careful attention to contextual levels. These…”
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Validation of the Lean Healthcare Implementation Self-Assessment Instrument (LHISI) in the finnish healthcare context by Reponen, Elina, Jokela, Ritva, Blodgett, Janet C, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Nuutinen, Mikko, Skants, Noora, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Lean management is growing in popularity in the healthcare sector worldwide, yet healthcare organizations are struggling with assessing the maturity of their…”
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The cross-national applicability of lean implementation measures and hospital performance measures: a case study of Finland and the USA by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G, Shortell, Stephen M, Blodgett, Janet C, Jokela, Ritva, MÄkijÄrvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Abstract Background Health-care organizations around the world are striving to achieve transformational performance improvement, often through adopting process…”
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Anticoagulation therapy among patients presenting to the emergency department with symptomatic atrial fibrillation – the FinFib2 study by Penttilä, Tero, Mäkynen, Heikki, Hartikainen, Juha, Lauri, Timo, Lehto, Mika, Lund, Juha, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Raatikainen, Pekka

“…OBJECTIVESAtrial fibrillation (AF) causes numerous visits to emergency departments (EDs). We evaluated the thromboembolic and bleeding risk profile and use of…”
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Fragmented QRS in Prediction of Cardiac Deaths and Heart Failure Hospitalizations after Myocardial Infarction by Korhonen, Petri, Husa, Terhi, Konttila, Teijo, Tierala, Ilkka, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Väänänen, Heikki, Ojanen, Janne, Vehtari, Aki, Toivonen, Lauri

“…Background: Increased QRS fragmentation in visual inspection of 12‐lead ECG has shown association with cardiac events in postmyocardial infarction (MI)…”
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Complex T-wave morphology in body surface potential mapping in prediction of arrhythmic events in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiac dysfunction by Korhonen, Petri, Husa, Terhi, Konttila, Teijo, Tierala, Ilkka, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Väänänen, Heikki, Toivonen, Lauri

“…Aims Heterogeneous ventricular repolarization is associated with sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction (MI). This prospective study investigated…”
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Comparison of QT peak and QT end interval responses to autonomic adaptation in asymptomatic LQT1 mutation carriers by Haapalahti, Petri, Viitasalo, Matti, Perhonen, Merja, Väänänen, Heikki, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Swan, Heikki, Toivonen, Lauri

“…Summary Background:  LQT1 subtype of long QT syndrome is characterized by defective IKs, which is intrinsically stronger in the epicardium than in the…”
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High-Resolution Signal-Averaged Analysis of Atrial Electromagnetic Characteristics in Patients with Paroxysmal Lone Atrial Fibrillation by Jurkko, Raija, Väänänen, Heikki, Mäntynen, Ville, Kuusisto, Jouni, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Toivonen, Lauri

“…Background: Abnormalities in the electromagnetic signal of the atria during sinus rhythm could serve as markers of triggering foci or substrate for atrial…”
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QRS Duration in High-Resolution Methods and Standard ECG in Risk Assessment After First and Recurrent Myocardial Infarctions by KORHONEN, PETRI, HUSA, TERHI, TIERALA, ILKKA, VÄÄNÄNEN, HEIKKI, MÄKIJÄRVI, MARKKU, KATILA, TOIVO, TOIVONEN, LAURI

“…Background: Prolonged QRS duration (QRSd) is associated with increased mortality after myocardial infarction (MI). Only little data exist about its predictive…”
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Influence of medical direction on the management of prehospital myocardial infarction by Väisänen, Olli, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Pietilä, Kari, Silfvast, Tom

“…Prehospital management of myocardial infarction was evaluated in two differently structured Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems in Southern Finland: a…”
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Expert-Identified Practices for Achieving Measurable Performance Improvements With Lean Implementation by Reponen, Elina, Rundall, Thomas G., Shortell, Stephen M., Blodgett, Janet C., Jokela, Ritva, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Torkki, Paulus

“…Despite the rapid spread of Lean management in health care, few organizations have achieved measurable overall performance improvements with Lean. What…”
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Arrhythmias and heart rate variability during and after therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest by Tiainen, Marjaana, Parikka, Hannu J, Mäkijärvi, Markku A, Takkunen, Olli S, Sarna, Seppo J, Roine, Risto O

“…OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of therapeutic hypothermia (HT) of 33°C after cardiac arrest (CA) on cardiac arrhythmias, heart rate variability (HRV), and…”
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Multimodality MR imaging assessment of myocardial viability: combination of first-pass and late contrast enhancement to wall motion dynamics and comparison with FDG PET-initial experience by Lauerma, K, Niemi, P, Hänninen, H, Janatuinen, T, Voipio-Pulkki, L M, Knuuti, J, Toivonen, L, Mäkelä, T, Mäkijärvi, M A, Aronen, H J

“…To combine three magnetic resonance (MR) imaging modalities-dobutamine stress cine, first pass, and late contrast material-enhanced T1-weighted imaging-and to…”
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Transcardiac gradients of N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide in aortic valve stenosis by Kupari, Markku, Turto, Heikki, Lommi, Jyri, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Parikka, Hannu

“…Background Plasma B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP), as well as the N‐terminal part of the prohormone (Nt‐BNP), are frequently elevated in aortic valve stenosis…”
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Prehospital ECG transmission: comparison of advanced mobile phone and facsimile devices in an urban Emergency Medical Service System by Väisänen, Olli, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Silfvast, Tom

“…Objective: To compare the speed and reliability of electrocardiogram (ECG) transmissions from the prehospital setting to a conventional table facsimile device…”
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Electrocardiographic interventricular dispersion of repolarization during autonomic adaptation in LQT1 subtype of long QT syndrome by Haapalahti, Petri, Viitasalo, Matti, Perhonen, Merja, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Väänänen, Heikki, Oikarinen, Lasse, Salorinne, Yrjö, Swan, Heikki, Toivonen, Lauri

“…In LQT1 subtype of inherited long QT syndrome, repolarization abnormalities originating from defective I(Ks) render patients vulnerable to ventricular…”
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Single-lead electrocardiographic variables in the detection of prior myocardial infarction with respect to Q-wave status and infarct age by Vesterinen, Paula, Väänänen, Heikki, Hänninen, Helena, Korhonen, Petri, Tierala, Ilkka, Husa, Terhi, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Toivonen, Lauri

“…Conventionally, the detection of prior myocardial infarction (MI) is based on QRS abnormalities, which may ignore non-Q-wave MI (NQMI). We aimed at finding…”
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Recording locations in multichannel magnetocardiography and body surface potential mapping sensitive for regional exercise-induced myocardial ischemia by Hänninen, H, Takala, P, Mäkijärvi, M, Montonen, J, Korhonen, P, Oikarinen, L, Simelius, K, Nenonen, J, Katila, T, Toivonen, L

“…This study aimed to identify the optimal locations in multichannel magnetocardiography (MCG) and body surface potential mapping (BSPM) to detect…”
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Autonomic modulation of qt intervals in post-myocardial infarction patients with and without ventricular fibrillation by Viitasalo, Matti, Karjalainen, Jouko, Mäkijärvi, Markku, Toivonen, Lauri

“…The autonomic nervous system plays an important role in the genesis of sudden cardiac death. The aim of this study was to evaluate spatial autonomic QT…”
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