Comparison of Radiological and Clinical Outcomes between Expandable and Non-expandable Cages Following Cervical Corpectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2023 Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion is considered the mainstay of surgical treatment in cervical pathology. Expandable and non-expandable cages are preferred over autogenous bone graft because of donor-related morbidity.
Anand Kumar Das +3 more
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Rapid Evidence Assessment of Mental Health Outcomes of Pandemics for Health Care Workers: Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: Little is known about the long-term mental health (MH) impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on health care workers (HCWs). However, synthesizing knowledge from past pandemics can help to anticipate this, along with identifying interventions required, when, and target populations most in need.
Sara Waring, Susan Giles
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Economic Evaluation Plan (EEP) for A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial (AVERT): An international trial to compare the costs and cost-effectiveness of commencing out of bed standing and walking training (very early mobilization) within 24 h of stroke onset with usual stroke unit care [PDF]
, 2016 Rationale: A key objective of A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial is to determine if the intervention, very early mobilisation following stroke, is cost-effective.
Fiona Ellery +9 more
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High Concordance between Self-Reported Adherence, Treatment Outcome and Satisfaction with Care Using a Nine-Item Health Questionnaire in InfCareHIV [PDF]
, 2016 Background In this cross-sectional study we present an integrated analysis of a self-reported Health Questionnaire and socio-demographic and treatment outcome data from the national Swedish HIV cohort, InfCareHIV.
Eriksson, L. E. +3 more
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The Impact of Perforator Number on Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2014 BackgroundPerforator flaps minimize abdominal site morbidity during autologous breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the number of perforators harvested influences the overall deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP ...
Ritwik Grover +5 more
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COVID-19 and Health Outcomes in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study in Italy
Life, 2023 People with multiple sclerosis (PWMS) are at high risk of being affected by the disruption of health services that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic months.
Roberto Gnavi +6 more
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Process versus outcome indicators in the assessment of quality of health care [PDF]
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2001 This paper reviews the relative strengths and weaknesses of outcome and process measures as performance indicators in health care. Differences in outcome may be due to case mix, how the data were collected, chance, or quality of care. Health care is only one determinant of health and other factors have important effects on health outcomes, such as ...
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Occupational therapists' perceptions of predischarge home assessments with older adults in acute care [PDF]
, 2008 Predischarge occupational therapy home assessments are routinely performed with older adults in Europe, Australia and North America. Their primary aim is to facilitate a timely and safe discharge from hospital.
Atwal, A, Craik, C, Hunt, J, McIntyre, A
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Assessing Patient Safety Practices and Outcomes in the U.S. Health Care System [PDF]
, 2009 Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient
Farley, Donna O. +4 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background Older people with multi-morbidities commonly experience an uncertain illness trajectory. Clinical uncertainty is challenging to manage, with risk of poor outcomes.
Clare Ellis-Smith +6 more
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