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Implementing a 48 h EWTD-compliant rota for junior doctors in the UK does not compromise patients’ safety : assessor-blind pilot comparison [PDF]

, 2009
Background: There are currently no field data about the effect of implementing European Working Time Directive (EWTD)-compliant rotas in a medical setting.
A. Bakewell, Ahmed-Little, Aitken, Arnedt, Ayas, Baker, Barger, Barger, Bates, Benger, C. Ji, C. P. Landrigan, Cappuccio, Czeisler, Czeisler, E. Peile, F. M. Taggart, F. P. Cappuccio, Folkard, Folkard, G. Ward, Horrocks, Horrocks, J. P. Sullivan, Landrigan, Lockley, Lockley, Lydall, M. Edmunds, Muir Gray, Murray, Paice, Petersen, Pounder, R. Pounder, Reason, S. W. Lockley, Santhi, Stickgold, Tamuz, Van Dongen, Van Eaton, Vincent, Walsh, Weingart, Woloshynowych   +45 more
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Retrospective Evaluation of Common Dentistry Errors in Selected Dental Clinics of the Armed Forces, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2023
Background & Aims: The occurrence of errors in dental practice is an inevitable factor resulting in a reduction in the quality of medical services. These errors can prompt adverse complications, weaken the patient's trust in the dentist, and induce ...
Elahe Tahmasebi, Mohsen Yazdanian, Mahmood Salesi, Samira Hajisadeghi, Ehsan Moghadam   +4 more
doaj  

Evaluation of visual functions in Iranian hypothyroid adults

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 2023
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of hypothyroidism on visual functions such as visual acuity, refractive errors, colour vision, and contrast sensitivity, among hypothyroid adults.
Somayyeh Boomi Quchan Atigh, Habibe Sadat Shakeri, Habibollah Esmaily, Azam Darvishi, Aghdas Hamidi, Javad Heravian Shandiz   +5 more
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Knowledge and Attitude of the Faculty Members and Residents of Guilan University Towards Medical Errors, Barriers, and Predisposing Factors

International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, 2021
Background: Patient safety is among the main goals in a health system. Medical errors are considered a significant threat to patient safety. An effective strategy to reduce this risk is reporting these errors even when the patient is not affected.
Farnoush Farzi, Soheil Soltanipour, Abbas Sedighinejad, Ali Mirmansouri, Bahram Naderi Nabi, Kourosh Delpasand, Gelareh Biazar, Sara Karimzad Hagh, Ladan Mirmansouri   +8 more
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Tragedy of Errors- An Analysis of Human Factor in Medical Errors [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
William Shakespeare wrote a play “Comedy of error”, but this is about medical error which may often result in tragic outcome. We often read about medical errors and sometimes realise in our clinical practice that an error has been committed by us or our
Manika Agarwal, Sharat Agarwal
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MCSCSet: A Specialist-annotated Dataset for Medical-domain Chinese Spelling Correction [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Chinese Spelling Correction (CSC) is gaining increasing attention due to its promise of automatically detecting and correcting spelling errors in Chinese texts. Despite its extensive use in many applications, like search engines and optical character recognition systems, little has been explored in medical scenarios in which complex and uncommon ...
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Diagnostic errors and reflective practice in medicine [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Adverse effects of medical errors have received increasing attention. Diagnostic errors account for a substantial fraction of all medical errors, and strategies for their prevention have been explored. A crucial requirement for that is better
Mamede, S. (Silvia), Rikers, R.M.J.P. (Remy), Schmidt, H.G. (Henk)   +2 more
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The genetic basis of classical galactosaemia in Polish patients

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Classic galactosemia (OMIM #230400) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in the galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase gene (GALT; 606999) on chromosome 9p13. Its diagnosis is established
Aleksandra Jezela-Stanek, Anna Bauer, Katarzyna Wertheim-Tysarowska, Jerzy Bal, Agnieszka Magdalena Rygiel, Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska   +5 more
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Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla, Zary Forghany, Jin Ma, Johan G. Hollander, Ruta Nachane, Karoly Szuhai, Pancras C. W. Hogendoorn, Peter ten Dijke, Dipen Shah, David A. Baker   +9 more
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Medical Errors [PDF]

, 2011
Overview: Time of Death: 5:07 p.m. – Proceeding the solemn afternoon of February 22nd 2003, the Santillian family listened on as doctors told them that their cherished loved one was officially pronounced brain dead and would soon have to be taken off ...
Spall, Jennifer
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