Co-producing healthcare in a volume vs. value-based healthcare system: perspective of a parent of a patient and a health professions’ educator [PDF]
, 2019 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim framework represents an approach to optimizing a health system’s performance by focusing on improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing healthcare costs.
Caron, Rosemary M.
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Appendicitis as an early manifestation of subsequent malignancy: an asian population study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Cancer risk after appendectomy in patients with appendicitis remains unclear. This study examined the role of appendicitis as an early manifestation harbingering the distant malignancy.From the insurance claims data of Taiwan, we identified a cohort of ...
Shih-Chi Wu +3 more
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Appendiceal abscess in a giant left-sided inguinoscrotal hernia: a rare case of Amyand hernia [PDF]
, 2015 The hernia of Amyand is an inguinal hernia containing the appendix in the sac. It is a rare pathology often diagnosed only intra-operatively. We report a case even more rare of a giant left-sided inguinoscrotal Amyand hernia with appendiceal abscess ...
Custureri, Filippo +6 more
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Nighttime Appendectomy is Safe and has Similar Outcomes as Daytime Appendectomy: A Study of 1198 Appendectomies [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, 2020 Introduction: Although it is controversial whether appendectomy can be safely delayed, it is often unnecessary to postpone operation as a shorter delay may increase patient comfort, enables quicker recovery, and decreases costs. In this study, we sought to study whether the time of day influences the outcomes among patients operated on for acute ...
T. Mönttinen +3 more
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Acta Clinica Croatica, 2018 Laparoscopic appendectomy is the method of choice of many professional societies owing to its many advantages. The question arises whether surgeons urge more easily to laparoscopic exploration due to its less invasiveness, faster recovery and adequate ...
Goran Augustin +7 more
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Increased chronic kidney disease development and progression in diabetic patients after appendectomy: a population-based cohort study [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background The vermiform appendix serves as a “safe house” for maintaining normal gut bacteria and appendectomy may impair the intestinal microbiota. Appendectomy is expected to profoundly alter the immune system and modulate the pathogenic inflammatory ...
Chin-Hua Chang +7 more
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THE TECHNIC OF APPENDECTOMY. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1907 I deem it my duty to acknowledge before this scientific body the obligation under which all mankind, professional or non-professional, has been placed by that brilliant galaxy of men who were the pioneers in the establishment of this great operation. To Kroenlein, who in 1884 did the first appendectomy, 1 placing a double ligature (material not stated)
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objective To explore geographic variations in Irish laparoscopic and open appendectomy procedures.Design Analysis based on 2014–2017 administrative hospital data from public hospitals.Setting Counties of Ireland.Participants Irish residents with hospital
Jan Sørensen, Ola Ahmed, Ken Mealy
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An appendectomy increases the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a five-year follow-up study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Many studies have reported a possible association of an appendectomy with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, findings of the relationship between an appendectomy and RA remain inconsistent.
Ya-Mei Tzeng +5 more
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Comparison of Gentamicin Saline Solution and Normal Saline in Reducing Surgical Site Infections in Open Appendectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a significant source of morbidity and healthcare costs following open appendectomy, particularly in resource‐limited settings. While wound irrigation with antimicrobial agents has shown potential in reducing SSI rates, evidence comparing gentamicin‐saline solution with normal saline is ...
Shrestha B +5 more
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