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Cost-effectiveness of the anti-fibrotics for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the United States

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background The anti-fibrotic medications nintedanib and pirfenidone were approved in the United States for use in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis several years ago.
Timothy M. Dempsey, Viengneesee Thao, James P. Moriarty, Bijan J. Borah, Andrew H. Limper   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing Data Warehouse to Improve Standardize Health Care Delivery: A Protocol Development in Jakarta City [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Jakarta is a metropolitan city and among the most dense city in Indonesia. Jakarta has 12 major indicators of standardize health care delivery (Standard Pelayanan Minimum or SPM) derivates from Ministry of Health consists of services related to maternal and neonatal health, school-aged population, working-age population, elderly population, some ...
arxiv  

Statistical process control to monitor use of a web‐based autoplanning tool

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Purpose To investigate the use of statistical process control (SPC) for quality assurance of an integrated web‐based autoplanning tool, Radiation Planning Assistant (RPA). Methods Automatically generated plans were downloaded and imported into two treatment planning systems (TPSs), RayStation and Eclipse, in which they were recalculated using ...
Hunter Mehrens, Raphael Douglas, Mary Gronberg, Kelly Nealon, Joy Zhang, Laurence Court   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“The role as a champion is to not only monitor but to speak out and to educate”: the contradictory roles of hand hygiene champions

Implementation Science, 2019
Background Implementation science experts define champions as “supporting, marketing, and driving through an implementation, overcoming indifference or resistance that the intervention may provoke in an organization.” Many hospitals use designated ...
Cassie Cunningham Goedken, Daniel J. Livorsi, Michael Sauder, Mark W. Vander Weg, Emily E. Chasco, Nai-Chung Chang, Eli Perencevich, Heather Schacht Reisinger   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advantages and Disadvantages of Random Forest Models for Prediction of Hip Fracture Risk Versus Mortality Risk in the Oldest Old

JBMR Plus, 2023
Targeted fracture prevention strategies among late‐life adults should balance fracture risk versus competing mortality risk. Models have previously been constructed using Fine‐Gray subdistribution methods.
Lisa Langsetmo, John T. Schousboe, Brent C. Taylor, Jane A. Cauley, Howard A. Fink, Peggy M. Cawthon, Deborah M. Kado, Kristine E. Ensrud, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment planning with a 2.5 MV photon beam for radiation therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Purpose The shallow depth of maximum dose and higher dose fall‐off gradient of a 2.5 MV beam along the central axis that is available for imaging on linear accelerators is investigated for treatment of shallow tumors and sparing the organs at risk (OARs) beyond it.
Navid Khaledi, Chris Hayes, Louise Belshaw, Mark Grattan, Rao Khan, James L. Gräfe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Saliva Samples to Test for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Newborns: Examination of False-Positive Samples Associated with Donor Milk Use

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
A universal screening research study was conducted in six hospitals to identify the clinical sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on newborn dried blood spots (DBSs) versus saliva specimens for the diagnosis of congenital ...
Whitney Wunderlich, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Anna K. Schulte, Jessica Taghon, Sheila Dollard, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Q fever outbreak in the terraced vineyards of Lavaux, Switzerland

New Microbes and New Infections, EarlyView., 2014
Abstract Coxiella burnetii infection (Q fever) is a widespread zoonosis with low endemicity in Switzerland, therefore no mandatory public report was required. A cluster of initially ten human cases of acute Q fever infections characterized by prolonged fever, asthenia and mild hepatitis occurred in 2012 in the terraced vineyard of Lavaux ...
C. Bellini, I. Magouras, C. Chapuis‐Taillard, O. Clerc, E. Masserey, G. Peduto, O. Péter, S. Schaerrer, G. Schuepbach, G. Greub   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of pencil beam scanning proton therapy with multi‐leaf collimator calculated by a commercial Monte Carlo dose engine

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the clinical beam commissioning results and lateral penumbra characteristics of our new pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy using a multi‐leaf collimator (MLC) calculated by use of a commercial Monte Carlo dose engine.
Yuki Tominaga, Yusuke Sakurai, Junya Miyata, Shuichi Harada, Takashi Akagi, Masataka Oita   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Dynamic System Model for Personalized Healthcare Delivery and Managed Individual Health Outcomes [PDF]

, 2019
The current healthcare system is facing an unprecedented chronic disease burden. This paper develops a healthcare dynamic model for personalized healthcare delivery and managed individual health outcomes. It utilizes a hetero-functional graph theory rooted in Axiomatic Design for Large Flexible Engineering Systems and Petri nets.
arxiv   +1 more source