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Participation in medical activities beyond standard consultations by Swiss general practitioners: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Few data exist to support the observation that general practitioners (GPs) occupy many important positions in our communities or to characterize which GPs devote more of their time to such activities.
Julian Jakob   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atypical IgG4‐related disease limited to the sino‐nasal cavity: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Given the overlapping clinical features of sino‐nasal immunoglobulin 4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) to rhinitis or rhinosinusitis, this paper aims to delineate this rare, isolated manifestation significant to physicians for their daily practice and ...
Ahmed Shaikh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alternative Care Sites: An Option in Disasters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the limited surge capacity of the healthcare system is being quickly overwhelmed. Similar scenarios play out when an institution’s systems fail, or when local or regional disasters occur.
Iserson, Kenneth V.
core   +1 more source

Resource Re-Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Suburban Hospital System: Implications for Outpatient Hip and Knee Arthroplasty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The COVID pandemic of 2020 has emerged as a global threat to patients, health care providers, and to the global economy. Owing to this particular novel and highly infectious strain of coronavirus, the rapid community spread and clinical severity of the ...
Meneghini, R. Michael
core   +2 more sources

Self-diagnosis of malaria by travellers: a cohort study on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests provided by a Swiss travel clinic

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2017
Background The WHO recommends that all suspect malaria cases be tested before receiving treatment. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria can be performed reliably by community health workers with no formal medical background and thus, RDTs could also ...
Delphine Berthod   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patients receiving ambulatory care: a problematic autonomy situation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceThis article addresses the issue of the autonomy of patients who are not treated in standard situations of hospitalisation in institutions, but who receive ambulatory care. Academic and institutional discourses both suggest that the
Defossez, Adrien, Ducournau, Pascal
core   +3 more sources

Comparing stroke prevention therapy of direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nationwide retrospective observational study

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2020
Background Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are not only increasingly being used for the initial stroke prevention therapy but progressively also substitute vitamin K antagonist (VKA) treatment in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF ...
Lena M. Paschke   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using geographic variation in unplanned ambulatory care sensitive condition admission rates to identify commissioning priorities:an analysis of routine data from England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objectives To use geographic variation in unplanned ambulatory care sensitive condition admission rates to identify the clinical areas and patient subgroups where there is greatest potential to prevent admissions and improve the quality and efficiency of
Busby, John   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Large-scale implementation of electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (eIMCI) at the primary care level in Burkina Faso: a qualitative study on health worker perception of its medical content, usability and impact on antibiotic prescription and resistance

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background Electronic clinical decision algorithms (eCDAs) that guide clinicians during patient management are being deployed in resource-limited settings to improve the quality of care and rational use of medicines (especially antimicrobials). Little is
Cécile Bessat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation between muscle mass and handgrip strength in digestive cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2019
Background FIGHTDIGO study has shown the feasibility of handgrip strength (HGS) measurements in 201 consecutive digestive cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Johanna Moreau   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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