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The core competencies in hospital medicine: Procedures 2025 update

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents an updated framework from the Society of Hospital Medicine for individual learning objectives related to key procedures in hospital medicine. Building upon the 2017 framework, these objectives have been revised to reflect evolving clinical evidence, advancements, and shifts in hospital medicine practice patterns.
Satyen Nichani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived potentially inappropriate treatment in the PICU: frequency, contributing factors and the distress it triggers

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundPotentially inappropriate treatment in critically ill adults is associated with healthcare provider distress and burnout. Knowledge regarding perceived potentially inappropriate treatment amongst pediatric healthcare providers is limited ...
Amrita Sarpal   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A randomized trial of I‐SLEEP: A patient education and empowerment intervention on inpatient sleep duration and medical sleep disruptions

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sleep is essential for recovery in hospitalized patients, yet frequent disruptions from medical care make rest difficult. Most prior efforts have focused on environmental modifications, often overlooking patients' role in advocating for their sleep.
Aashna Sunderrajan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventilação mecânica e obstinação terapêutica ou distanásia, a dialéctica da alta tecnologia em medicina intensiva

open access: yesRevista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2006
Resumo: Distanásia ou qualquer um dos seus sinónimos é uma consequência do excesso terapêutico em relação ao prognóstico esperado. A obstinação terapêutica é um dos dilemas éticos mais angustiantes no quotidiano de medicina intensiva, apesar de a sua ...
Filipe Monteiro
doaj   +1 more source

The Missed Appointment: A Resident\u27s Journal through Activity to Introspection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There was one experience during my medical school psychiatry rotation that I could not forget. In a classroom on the cardiology ward, I listened, transfixed like a child at a magic show, as a psychiatrist interviewed a man who was recovering from a heart
Kaplan, MD, Marcia J.
core   +1 more source

Emergency surgery and Limitation of therapeutic effort in relation to neurologic deterioration in elderly patients – a survey of European surgeons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background. In emergency surgery, a very heterogeneous approach is required in the decision making process, especially when considering the patient’s postoperative quality of life as well as medical, ethical, and legal factors.
Casas, Isidro M.   +5 more
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Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology: Guidelines and Consensus Statement for Palliative Surgery in Oncology

open access: yesJournal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objective Palliative surgery in oncology aims to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and respect patient autonomy in advanced cancer. This study aimed to develop evidence‐based recommendations for safely indicating and performing palliative surgeries in Brazil, considering clinical, ethical, and multidisciplinary aspects.
Audrey Cabral Ferreira de Oliveira   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can the Philanthropic Imperative Enhance International Health Care?

open access: yes, 2018
Elsewhere I have argued that, historically, the public and private funding of health care has been fueled primarily by four mixed motives, namely, the redemptive, the utilitarian, the prudential, and the charitable motives.
Carrick, Paul
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Advantages of Bayesian monitoring methods in deciding whether and when to stop a clinical trial: an example of a neonatal cooling trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundDecisions to stop randomized trials are often based on traditional P value thresholds and are often unconvincing to clinicians. To familiarize clinical investigators with the application and advantages of Bayesian monitoring methods, we ...
Bell, Edward F   +6 more
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Medical futility and physician discretion [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Ethics, 2004
Some patients have no chance of surviving if not treated, but very little chance if treated. A number of medical ethicists and physicians have argued that treatment in such cases is medically futile and a matter of physician discretion. This paper critically examines that position.According to Howard Brody and others, a judgment of medical futility is ...
openaire   +2 more sources

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