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Getting back to work: A framework and pivot plan to resume elective surgery and procedures after COVID-19

Surgery Open Science, 2021
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled a majority of hospital systems to reduce surgical and procedural volumes in an attempt to preserve resources. Elective surgery and procedures resumption has proven to be a calculated risk between COVID-19
Oscar K. Serrano, MD, MBA, FACS, Rocco Orlando, MD, FACS, Pavlos Papasavas, MD, FACS, Mitchell H. McClure, MD, Ajay Kumar, MD, Adam C. Steinberg, DO, FACS, Jeffrey L. Cohen, MD, FACS, Steven J. Shichman, MD, Rekhinder K. Singh, MD, FACS, William V. Sardella, MD, FACS, Bret M. Schipper, MD, FACS   +10 more
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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Utility of spine surgery: a comparison of common elective orthopaedic surgical procedures [PDF]

, 2008
STUDY DESIGN: A 1-year prospective observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To compare the utility before and 1 year after elective spine surgery with some other common orthopaedic surgical procedures.
Hansson, Tommy H.,, Hansson, Elisabeth K,   +1 more
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Challenges and Solutions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Hospitalization and Performance in Elective Pediatric Surgeries

Medicina
Background and Objectives: This retrospective study aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the most frequently performed elective pediatric surgical procedures and the number of hospitalizations and compare it to the pre-pandemic and
Miro Jukić, Petra Tokić, Sara Elezović Baloević, Zenon Pogorelić   +3 more
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Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background To increase bed capacity and resources, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, although the financial impact of this decision is unknown.
Joseph E. Tonna, Heidi A. Hanson, Jessica N. Cohan, Marta L. McCrum, Joshua J. Horns, Benjamin S. Brooke, Rupam Das, Brenna C. Kelly, Alexander John Campbell, James Hotaling   +9 more
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QUEUE PROFILE FOR PEDIATRIC SCOLIOSIS SURGERY IN A REFERENCE HOSPITAL IN THE BRAZIL’S MIDWEST

Coluna/Columna, 2023
Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of the list of patients with pediatric scoliosis (0 to 18 years old) treated at a tertiary public hospital in the Midwest Region.
SINVAL DORNELES FILHO, MURILO TAVARES DAHER, MATEUS BERGAMO LOMAZ, LUCAS LODOMIRO MELO, JULIANE LEITE ORCINO, NATHALIA AIDAR BITTAR, GABRIEL JOãO FRANCISCO DE SOUZA, THIAGO VINíCIUS DE ASSIS MORAES, PEDRO FELISBINO JúNIOR, PAULO HENRIQUE MARTINS SILVA   +9 more
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On Hierarchical Composite Endpoints in Pediatric Cancer Supportive Care: Illustrative Examples From Two Multi‐Center Phase‐III Randomized Clinical Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier, Mark Zobeck, Adam J. Esbenshade, Christopher C. Dvorak, Lillian Sung, David Freyer, Sarah Alexander, Etan Orgel, Nicole J. Ullrich, Zach Prudowsky, Brian Fisher, Caitlin W. Elgarten   +11 more
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Malignancy as a risk factor in single-stage combined approach for simultaneous elective surgical diseases [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: To identify morbidity and mortality risk factors in patients with synchronous diseases who underwent single-stage combined (SSC) surgery. Methods: We considered data of 328 patients, each with multiple, elective, synchronous surgical problems ...
Rausei, S., Rausei, Stefano, Rovera, Francesca, DIONIGI, GIANLORENZO, Franchin, M., Amico, F., Amico, Francesco, ROVERA, FRANCESCA ANGELA, DIONIGI, RENZO, BONI, LUIGI, Chiappa, C., Franchin, Marco, Galli, F., Chiappa, Corrado, Galli, Federica   +14 more
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Safety of maintaining elective and emergency surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of a Protected Elective Surgical Unit (PESU): A cross-specialty evaluation of 30-day outcomes in 9,925 patients undergoing surgery in a University Health Board

Surgery Open Science, 2022
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented health care challenges mandating surgical service reconfiguration. Within our hospital, emergency and elective streams were separated and self-contained Protected Elective Surgical Units were ...
T Minto, MBChB, T Abdelrahman, MD, L Jones, MBA, J Wheat, FRCS, T Key, MBChB, N Shivakumar, MBChB, J Ansell, MD, O Seddon, MBBCh, A Cronin, FRCS, A Tomkinson, FRCS, A Theron, FRCA, RW Trickett, MD, N Sagua, S Sultana, A Clark, E McKay, A Johnson, Karishma Behera, J Towler, H Kynaston, MD, A Mohamed, G Blackshaw, R Thomas, S Jones, M Shinkwin, H Perry, D Edgbeare, S Chopra, L DaSilva, I Williams, U Contractor, S Bell, S Zaher, M Stechman, S Berry, H Clark, E Bois, C Von Oppell, L Ackerman, E Ablorsu, J Horwood, D Mehta, J Featherstone, E Folaranmi, M Bray, K Siddall, E King, M Phillips, J Morgan, I Chopra, D Evans, K Whitehouse, P Leach, C Thomas, E Davies, M Dyer, A Fox, E Ireland, E Meehan, A Mukit, K Newell, D Parry, B Popham, C Chapman, H Botros   +64 more
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The Role of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myoepithelial carcinoma (MEC) in pediatric patients is a rare and aggressive malignancy characterized by heterogeneous morphology and variable molecular features. The optimal role of chemotherapy remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate chemotherapy in pediatric and young‐adult patients ...
Marco Salvi, Maria Carmen Affinita, Giulia Fichera, Luisa Santoro, Angela Scagnellato, Calogero Virgone, Elena Poli, Gianni Bisogno   +7 more
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