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Long-term efficacy and safety of carotid artery stenting versus endarterectomy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

PLoS ONE, 2017
Background Many recent trials have investigated the long-term efficacy and safety of endarterectomy versus stenting in treating patients with carotid artery stenosis.
Yang Li, Jingjing Yang, Suhui Zhu, Biao Xu, Lian Wang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association of a State‐Wide Alternative Payment Model for Rural Hospitals With Bypass for Elective Surgeries

Health Services Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to measure the changes in rural hospital bypass for 11 common elective surgeries following the implementation of the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM), a global budget payment model. Study Setting and Design We leveraged a natural experiment arising from the phase‐in of PHARM in Pennsylvania.
Donald S. Bourne, Zhaojun Sun, Bruce L. Jacobs, Coleman Drake, Jeremy M. Kahn, Eric T. Roberts, Lindsay M. Sabik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Syncope is transient loss of consciousness, and in presyncope, patients experience same prodromal symptoms without losing consciousness. While studies have extensively reported the risk of serious outcome among emergency department (ED) syncope, the outcome for patients with presyncope and their management are not well studied.
Hadi Mirfazaelian, Ian Stiell, Rasoul Masoomi, Khazar Garjani, Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary endarterectomy: the potentially curative treatment for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

European Respiratory Review, 2015
Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) is the treatment of choice to relieve pulmonary artery obstruction in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
D. Jenkins
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of coronavirus severity and vaccination numbers on postsurgical mortality for elective surgical procedures in the VA population

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose This study investigated whether previous COVID severity and vaccination affected subsequent elective postsurgical mortality and readmission rates at 30, 90 and 365 days. Methods 21 855 veterans were divided into two cohorts, a no‐COVID (NC) cohort of 19 338 patients and a previous COVID cohort of 2547 patients.
Henyah W. Dardir, Ahmed Adham R. Elsayed, William P. Newman, Marilyn G. Klug, Marc D. Basson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carotid artery stenting compared with endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis (International Carotid Stenting Study): a randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis.

Health Technology Assessment, 2016
BACKGROUND Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for the treatment of carotid stenosis, but safety and long-term efficacy were uncertain.
R. Featherstone, J. Dobson, J. Ederle, D. Doig, L. Bonati, Stephen Morris, N. Patel, Martin M. Brown   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on longitudinal trends of surgical mortality and inpatient quality of care in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Previous studies have shown the COVID‐19 pandemic was associated with reductions in volume across a spectrum of non‐SARS‐CoV‐2 hospitalizations. In the present study, we examine the impact of the pandemic on patient safety and quality of care. Design This is a retrospective population‐based study of discharge abstracts. Methods We applied
Steven Habbous, Maggie Ford, Stacey Bar‐Ziv, Terri Donovan, Erik Hellsten   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Clinical Trial Results on the Temporal Trends of Carotid Endarterectomy and Stenting From 2002 to 2014

Stroke, 2016
Background and Purpose— Randomized trials provide conflicting data for the efficacy of carotid-artery stenting compared with endarterectomy. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of conflicting clinical trial publications on the utilization
M. Hussain, M. Mamdani, J. Tu, G. Saposnik, Zeyad Khoushhal, B. Aljabri, Subdoh Verma, M. Al-Omran   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient Experiences of Receiving Stroke Discharge Information in Accordance With Preferences

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine survivors' experiences of discharge information including risk communication after hospitalisation for a stroke and the characteristics associated with receiving information in accordance with their preferences. Background With advances in acute stroke care and an ageing population, the number of survivors of stroke is ...
Kristy Fakes, Amy Waller, Mariko Carey, Erin Forbes, Michael Pollack, Matthew Clapham, Robert Sanson‐Fisher   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group.

New England Journal of Medicine, 1993
BACKGROUND The efficacy of carotid endarterectomy in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis has not been confirmed in randomized clinical trials, despite the widespread use of operative intervention in such patients.
R. Hobson, D. Weiss, W. S. Fields, J. Goldstone, W. Moore, J. Towne, C. Wright   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source