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Implementation of Novel Protocols in an Ophthalmic Ambulatory Surgical Center to Resume Surgical Procedures During COVID-19

Quality Management in Health Care, 2020
Background and Objectives: With the resumption of elective ophthalmic surgery during COVID-19, revised protocols were mandated to protect both staff and patients from transmission while increasing case numbers. We discuss a widely generalizable and in-depth protocol intended to safely allow the restart of elective procedures in
Berkenstock, Meghan K., Ishii, Lisa, Giessler, Brian, Quaty, John, Biggs, Madalyn, Buck, Pamela, Ebrado, Alfred, Kalendek, Laurie, Lazoff, Karen, Martin, Michael, McCullough, Chanda, Jampel, Henry, Scott, Adrienne W.   +12 more
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Pain management in surgical patients [PDF]

, 2011
Acute post-operative pain is a major problem which is not well addressed clinically; with patients regularly reporting significant pain following surgery (Clark, 2006). The possible harmful effects of untested surgical pain include: deep vein thrombosis,
Bonnell, Shanna R.
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Predicting Loss of Ambulation in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type R9 (LGMDR9) results from biallelic variants in FKRP. There is limited data to predict loss of ambulation (LOA) among those with LGMDR9. Methods Participants in an ongoing dystroglycanopathy natural history study (NCT00313677) with FKRP variants who had achieved ambulation and were more than 3 ...
Chandra L. Miller, Lauren N. Coffey, Shelley R. H. Mockler, Katie M. Laubscher, Carrie M. Stephan, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Katherine D. Mathews   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physician-owned specialized facilities: focused factories or destructive competition?: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2013
Multiple studies have investigated the business case of physician-owned specialized facilities (specialized hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers). However literature lacks integration.
Annemans, Lieven, De Regge, Melissa, Duyck, Philippe, Gemmel, Paul, Trybou, Jeroen   +4 more
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safe surgeries: elaboration and validation of a checklist for outpatient surgical procedures

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2020
Purpose: To prepare and validate the content of a checklist in order to assure the safety for outpatient surgical procedures. Method: Methodological research, performed between May and December 2018, as per three stages: 1) preparation of the checklist;
Thaís Aparecida Porcari, Paula Cristine Figueiredo Cavalari, Alessandra Nazareth Cainé Pereira Roscani, Ana Railka de Souza Oliveira Kumakura, Renata Cristina Gasparino   +4 more
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Resuming Elective Surgery during Covid-19: Can Inpatient Hospitals Collaborate with Ambulatory Surgery Centers?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021
Background:. Little is known about the volume and scope of surgical procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and the resources that ASCs may provide to assist local health systems.
Lee Squitieri, MD, PhD, MS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD, Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS   +3 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
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