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Perceived determinants of implementation success of the neglected tropical diseases programme in Ghana: a qualitative study among programme officers

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The importance of health policy implementation cannot be overemphasized in contemporary public health. Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) have negatively impacted society, affect quality of life and make the poor societies poorer.
Desmond Dzidzornu Otoo, Nana Nimo Appiah-Agyekum, Francis Anderson Adzei   +2 more
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward COVID-19 Among the Public in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Saudi Arabia has taken unprecedented and stringent preventive and precautionary measures against COVID-19 to control its spread, safeguard citizens and ensure their well-being.
Mohammed K. Al-Hanawi, Khadijah Angawi, Noor Alshareef, Ameerah M. N. Qattan, Hoda Z. Helmy, Yasmin Abudawood, Mohammed Alqurashi, Waleed M. Kattan, Nasser Akeil Kadasah, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Omar Alsharqi   +11 more
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Comprehensive Hemodynamic Characterization and Clinical Implications of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Cardiopulmonary Support-Review for ICU Professionals [PDF]

Journal of Medical and Life Science
Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving intervention for patients with refractory cardiac or respiratory failure. Since its introduction in 1972, ECMO has undergone significant advancements in circuit design, oxygenator ...
Abdulrahman Alammar, Abdulelah Al Mutairi, Mohammad Al Mutairi, Naif Al Harbi, Abdulrahman Alduhami, Saleh Al-Yahya, Faisal Alhadlaq, SAUD ALSAEED, Abdulaziz Alkhudhaur, Faisal Albaqami, Shaden Alharthi   +10 more
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Development and Content Validation of a Multidisciplinary Standardized Management Pathway for Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
Objectives:. Treatment of hypoxemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome is complex. Evidence-based therapies that can improve survival and guidelines advocating their use exist; however, implementation is inconsistent.
Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, MD, MSc, Karolina Zjadewicz, MN, Gwen E. Knight, BA, Andrea Soo, PhD, Jamie M. Boyd, MSc, Danny J. Zuege, MD, MSc, Daniel J. Niven, MD, MSc, PhD, Christopher J. Doig, MD, MSc, Henry T. Stelfox, MD, PhD   +8 more
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Predicting activities of daily living for cancer patients using an ontology-guided machine learning methodology

Journal of Biomedical Semantics, 2017
Background Bio-ontologies are becoming increasingly important in knowledge representation and in the machine learning (ML) fields. This paper presents a ML approach that incorporates bio-ontologies and its application to the SEER-MHOS dataset to discover
Hua Min, Hedyeh Mobahi, Katherine Irvin, Sanja Avramovic, Janusz Wojtusiak   +4 more
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Designing a Quality Management Model for Health Services in Iran

Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2020
Introduction: Nowadays, the quality of services, especially in high volume clients, such as financial and care services, has become increasingly important.
Vajiheh Zarei, Seyyed Jamaluddin Tabibi, Mahmoud Mahmoudi, Leila Riahi   +3 more
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Association between medication adherence and disease outcomes in patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis: a population-based case–control study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To evaluate medication adherence among patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis who developed decompensation and mortality, and to examine the association between medication adherence and patients’ disease outcomes.Design In this ...
Vivian Chia-Rong Hsieh, Kuo-Yu Fu, Meng-Lun Hsieh, Jou-An Chen   +3 more
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Personalizing the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Adapting Training for the Next Generation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The pediatric hematology‐oncology fellowship training curriculum has not substantially changed since its inception. The first year of training is clinically focused, and the second and third years are devoted to scholarship. However, this current structure leaves many fellows less competitive in the current job market, resulting in ...
Scott C. Borinstein, Melissa J. Rose, Scott Moerdler, Richard Ho   +3 more
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Disparities in the medical expenditures of patients with cancer and concomitant mental disorder: analyzing the effects of diagnosis sequence order

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Cancer is the leading cause of death in Taiwan. Medical expenditures related to cancer accounted for 44.8% of all major illness insurance claims in Taiwan.
Kai-Jie Ma, Shu-Yuan Su, Daniel Nie, Wei-Sheng Chung, Chi-Yu Yao, Jong-Yi Wang   +5 more
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Commentary: Data storytelling to aid health system decision-makers with population health issues for a specific location

Journal of Health Sciences, 2022
Modern society is awash in data for health science, health system, and public health decision-making. These public data are often presented in various formats: Data tables, reports with data and bar charts, press releases with data, dashboards of key ...
Gregory Fant, Tamala Choice
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