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A patient-centered deprescribing intervention for hospitalized older patients with polypharmacy: rationale and design of the Shed-MEDS randomized controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Polypharmacy is prevalent among hospitalized older adults, particularly those being discharged to a post-care care facility (PAC). The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a patient-centered deprescribing intervention ...
Eduard E. Vasilevskis   +9 more
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Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Background The past half century has seen the near eradication of transfusion-associated hazards. Intraoperative cell salvage while widely used still poses significant risks and hazards due to human error.
Masashi Uramatsu   +7 more
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Quality Assessment and Quality Assurance in Medical Care [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 1980
Throughout this century, quality assurance has been the explicit purpose of the medical profession in reforming medical education, establishing certi­ fication of specialists, initiating peer review, and promoting continuing medical education. During this period, hospital standards have been up­ graded, first by the Hospital Standardization Program and,
openaire   +2 more sources

Predicting Chronicity in Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Immune Thrombocytopenia at the Timepoint of Diagnosis Using Machine Learning‐Based Approaches

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To identify predictors of chronic ITP (cITP) and to develop a model based on several machine learning (ML) methods to estimate the individual risk of chronicity at the timepoint of diagnosis. Methods We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 944 children enrolled in the Intercontinental Cooperative immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Study ...
Severin Kasser   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

医疗质量研究理论概述与脑血管病实践 Overview of Medical Quality Research Theory and Practice in Cerebrovascular Diseases

open access: yesZhongguo cuzhong zazhi
医疗质量是重要的公共卫生问题之一,事关民生福祉。脑血管病是位列我国疾病负担第一的疾病。目前的脑血管病医疗质量研究和行动缺乏系统的理论指导框架。本文从医疗质量的概念、指标选取、数据来源与常用理论模型几方面进行介绍,并列举了脑血管病医疗质量研究实践案例,构建了由理论到实践的完整框架,期望为脑血管病领域的医疗质量改进提供较为清晰的理论帮助与实践参考。 Abstract: Medical quality is one of the most important public health problems ...
闫皓宇1,王春娟2,杨昕1,翟屹1,李子孝3,谷鸿秋1,2 (YAN Haoyu1, WANG Chunjuan2, YANG Xin1, ZHAI Yi1, LI Zixiao3, GU Hongqiu1,2 )
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A Systematic Review of Evidence on the Clinical Effectiveness of Surveillance Imaging in Children With Medulloblastoma and Ependymoma

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surveillance imaging aims to detect tumour relapse before symptoms develop, but it's unclear whether earlier detection of relapse leads to better outcomes in children and young people (CYP) with medulloblastoma and ependymoma. This systematic review aims to identify relevant literature to determine the efficacy of surveillance magnetic ...
Lucy Shepherd   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prognostic Impact of Treatment Modalities, Including Targeted Compartmental Radio‐Immunotherapy, in a Cohort of Neuroblastoma Patients With CNS Metastases at Relapse

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuroblastoma (NB) with central nervous system (CNS) metastases is rare at diagnosis, but occurs more often during relapse/progression. Patients with CNS metastases face a dismal prognosis, with no standardized curative treatment available.
Vicente Santa‐Maria Lopez   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristic Analysis of Concrete for Radiation Shielding Evaluation of Gamma Irradiation Facilities

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2017
Physical and chemical properties of concrete sample was obtained using various methods such as density analysis, elemental analysis and WD-XRF analysis to get accurate characteristics of concrete collected in our construction site in Korea.
Han Ki-tek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality assurance in medical education

open access: yesAcademic Medicine, 1995
Many people have an interest in the quality of medical education. Students have the right to as good an education as possible, and the public has the right to well-educated and well-trained general physicians and specialists. Therefore, a medical school or faculty must ensure its quality and is accountable for the quality of the training it provides ...
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Patient‐Level Barriers and Facilitators to Inpatient Physical Therapy in Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hematological Malignancy: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite their increased risk for functional impairment resulting from cancer and its treatments, few adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with a hematological malignancy receive the recommended or therapeutic dose of exercise per week during inpatient hospitalizations.
Jennifer A. Kelleher   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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