Peripartum infections and associated maternal mortality in rural Malawi [PDF]
, 2011 Article approval pendingTo assess associations between maternal mortality and severe morbidity and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, uptake of antiretroviral therapy, obstetric infections, and nonobstetric infections in a rural Malawian ...
Ahmad +23 more
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Ten Years of Experience Training Non-Physician Anesthesia Providers in Haiti. [PDF]
, 2009 Surgery is increasingly recognized as an effective means of treating a proportion of the global burden of disease, especially in resource-limited countries. Often non-physicians, such as nurses, provide the majority of anesthesia; however, their training
AF Ouro-Bang’na Maman +31 more
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Assessing Hospital Surgical Functions in Korea: A Functional Analysis Using the Disease Control Priorities, 3rd Edition Essential Surgery List (2013-2022) [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthObjectives: Korea has achieved near-universal health coverage through a predominantly privatized healthcare system. However, this structural fragmentation has created significant ambiguity regarding the roles of different healthcare organizations ...
Haibin Bai, Jin-Hwan Kim, Yukyung Park
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Pregnancy after conservative surgical treatment of ovarial mucinous adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011 Background. Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) accounts for 25% of all malignancies in the female genital tract and it is the most common cause of death among women who develop gynecologic malignancies. According to recent reports at least 20% of EOC are
Milošević Jelena +5 more
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A challenging case of pyoderma gangrenosum following a routine cesarean section
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022 Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic inflammatory skin condition which affects up to ten cases per million people per year. It mostly presents in the second to sixth decades of life with female preponderance.
Kirti Deo +3 more
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Do Physicians Respond to Liability Standards? [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, we explore the sensitivity in the clinical decisions of physicians to the standards of care expected of them under the law, drawing on the abandonment by states over time of rules holding physicians to standards determined by local customs
Frakes, Michael D. +2 more
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Rethinking Responsibility for Patient Injury: Accelerated-Compensation Events, a Malpractice and Quality Reform Ripe for a Test [PDF]
, 1991 The accelerated-compensation events (ACE) approach in medical malpractice reform was studied. Reforms based on ACE best address the twin goals of making compensation more equitable and avoiding bad outcomes in medical ...
Bovbjerg, Randall R. +1 more
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Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Background: Intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) has been used in more than 1100 published obstetrics cases and can reduce the need for allogeneic transfusion effectively.
Yang Zhang, Wei-Rong Gu, Xi-Rong Xiao
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High-fidelity simulation increases obstetric self-assurance and skills in undergraduate medical students [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: Teaching intrapartum care is one of the most challenging tasks in undergraduate medical education. High-fidelity obstetric simulators might support students' learning experience.
Fischer, Martin R. +5 more
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Geospatial Variation in Caesarean Delivery [PDF]
, 2020 Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the variation in caesarean delivery rates across counties in Georgia and to determine whether county-level characteristics were associated with clusters. Design: This was a retrospective, observational study.
Dunlop, Anne +2 more
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