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Ventilation of Operating Rooms [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1916
To the Editor: —With all our fresh air propaganda is it not strange that the sterilizing and operating rooms of our city seem never to have profited by it? I have assisted or operated in five Chicago hospitals and have witnessed operations in seven others, and in none of the operating rooms was there any evidence of scientific heating and ventilation ...
E. P. S. Miller
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Confounding adjustment methods in longitudinal observational data with a time-varying treatment: a mapping review

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To adjust for confounding in observational data, researchers use propensity score matching (PSM), but more advanced methods might be required when dealing with longitudinal data and time-varying treatments as PSM might not include possible ...
Maroeska M Rovers, Stan R W Wijn, Gerjon Hannink   +2 more
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Development of a decision analytical framework to prioritise operating room capacity: lessons learnt from an empirical example on delayed elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital in the Netherlands

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To develop a prioritisation framework to support priority setting for elective surgeries after COVID-19 based on the impact on patient well-being and cost.Design We developed decision analytical models to estimate the consequences of delayed ...
, Hein G Gooszen, Maroeska M Rovers, Mirre Scholte, Camiel Rosman, Janneke PC Grutters, Niek Stadhouders, Stan RW Wijn, Sanne JJPM Metsemakers, Robin J Vermeulen, Ron van der Pennen, Bart JJM Berden, Tim M Govers, Charlotte Michels, Milica Jevdjevic, Ilse Spenkelink, Niels van den Berkmortel, Casper Tax, Michiel Sedelaar, Sebastiaan van der Goes, Tony van Tienen, Rudolph Poolman, Jelle Ruurda, Paul van Leest   +23 more
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Understanding the Costs of Surgery: A Bottom-Up Cost Analysis of Both a Hybrid Operating Room and Conventional Operating Room [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundOver the past decade, many hospitals have adopted hybrid operating rooms (ORs). As resources are limited, these ORs have to prove themselves in adding value.
Sejal Patel, Melanie Lindenberg, Maroeska M. Rovers, Wim H. van Harten, Theo J.M. Ruers, Lieke Poot, Valesca P. Retel, Janneke P.C. Grutters   +7 more
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Emergency Operating Room or Not? [PDF]

, 2021
Hospital operating theaters often face the problem of unscheduled emergency arrivals that should be treated as soon as possible. In practice different policies are used to allocate these emergency patients to the operating rooms. These policies are (1) keeping operating rooms empty and available for emergency arrivals; (2) treating emergency patients ...
Erwin W. Hans, Ingrid M. H. Vliegen, Nardo J. Borgman   +2 more
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Innovators’ views on involving users and patients in surgical device development: a qualitative interview study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Involving end-users and patients in the development of surgical devices, even when patients are not end-users, is deemed important in policy and in academia since it could improve strategic choices in research and development (R&D ...
Maroeska M Rovers, Kas Woudstra, Marcia Tummers, Rob Reuzel   +3 more
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Complete atrio-ventricular block with coronary artery spasm due to direct laryngoscopy in a pediatric patient with laryngeal papillomatosis: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2021
Background Coronary artery spasm has rarely been reported in pediatric patients. Previous studies have reported comorbidities and risk factors for coronary artery spasms. We present the case of a complete atrio-ventricular (AV) block that occurred in the
Katsuyuki Matsushita, Risa Arai, Tetsuzo Nakayama, Toshiaki Nakagaki, Tadashi Kandabashi, Ken Yamaura   +5 more
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How can robot-assisted surgery provide value for money?

BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 2021
Objectives To develop an interactive tool that estimates what potential benefits are needed for the robot to provide value for money when compared with endoscopic or open surgical interventions.Design A generic online interactive tool was developed to ...
Maroeska M Rovers, Camiel Rosman, Petra L M Zusterzeel, Sejal Patel, Michiel J P Sedelaar, Ad F T M Verhagen, Janneke P C Grutters   +6 more
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Ergonomics in the operating room [PDF]

Surgical Endoscopy, 2016
Since the introduction of minimally invasive surgery, surgeons appear to be experiencing more occupational musculoskeletal injuries. The aim of this study is to investigate the current frequency and effects of occupational musculoskeletal injuries on work absence.An online questionnaire was conducted among all surgeons affiliated to the Dutch Society ...
Evalyn E. A. P. Mulder, Shiromani Janki, Jan N. M. Ijzermans, T. C. Khe Tran   +3 more
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1-kHz high-frequency spinal cord stimulation alleviates chronic refractory pain after spinal cord injury: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2021
Background Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) frequently complain of intractable pain that is resistant to conservative treatments. Here, we report the successful application of 1-kHz high-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in a patient with ...
Chiaki Yamada, Aiko Maeda, Katsuyuki Matsushita, Shoko Nakayama, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Ken Yamaura   +5 more
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