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What characterizes 'the usual' preoperative education in clinical contexts?

, 2013
The literature on preoperative education is dominated by studies that employ experimental designs to measure the effects of structured programs on patient outcomes.
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth, Hyde, Abbey
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Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside of the Operating Room [PDF]

Archives of Surgery, 2011
To describe incorrect surgical procedures reported from mid-2006 to 2009 from Veterans Health Administration medical centers and build on previously reported events from 2001 to mid-2006.Retrospective database review.Veterans Health Administration medical centers.The Veterans Health Administration implemented Medical Team Training and continues to ...
Julia, Neily, Peter D, Mills, Noel, Eldridge, Brian T, Carney, Debora, Pfeffer, James R, Turner, Yinong, Young-Xu, William, Gunnar, James P, Bagian   +8 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bacteriological Spectrum of Post Operative Wound Infections and their Antibiogram in a Tertiary Hospital, Dar es salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Surgical site infection (SSI) is among the most common problem for patients who undergo operative procedures. It remains a common and widespread problem contributing to morbidity and mortality; partly attributed to increase in infections due to ...
Manyahi, Joel, Manyahi, J.
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The Operative Burden of General Surgical Disease and Non-Battle Injury in a Deployed Military Treatment Facility in Afghanistan.

, 2016
OBJECTIVES Contemporary medical operations support a mobile, nonconventional force involved in nation building, counterinsurgency, and humanitarian operations. Prior reports have described surgical care for disease and nonbattle injuries (DNBI).
Hollingsworth, Andrew C, Lundy, Jonathan B, Bowley, Douglas M   +2 more
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Surgical Sabermetrics: Applying Athletics Data Science to Enhance Operative Performance [PDF]

, 2021
Mini-abstract: Surgical sabermetrics is advanced analytics of digitally recorded surgical training and operative procedures to enhance insight, support professional development, and optimize clinical and safety outcomes.
Donald S. Likosky, PhD, Likosky, Donald S., Allison Janda, MD, Steven Yule, PhD, Yule, Steven; id_orcid, Janda, Allison   +5 more
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Heterogeneity in the Global Practice of Central Nervous System Staging in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is assessed by cell counting and cytomorphology from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used for treatment stratification worldwide. The ratio of “CNS2” patients in clinical trials ranges from 3% to 40%, with unclear prognostic significance ...
Laura Almási, Bernadett Borbála Huszti, Gábor Barna, Marko Kavcic, Janez Jazbec, Lennart Lenk, Vera Münch, Sophia Polychronopoulou, Ágnes Márk, Maria Thastrup, Lüder H. Meyer, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Cornelia Eckert, Christina Halsey, Dániel J. Erdélyi   +14 more
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Efficacy and Safety Analysis of Roxarestat in Regulating Renal Anemia in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of roxarestat versus recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in the management of renal anemia in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Methods This was a prospective, open‐label, randomized controlled trial.
Lingling Chen, Junjie Zhu, Qiaonan Ge
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A very easy technique of stenting for laparoscopic pyeloplasty: penbegul intravenous cannula (PICA) technique

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Introduction: Double-J stent insertion during laparoscopic pyeloplasty is a difficult and time-consuming process and several techniques were defined to perform a double-J stent with an antegrade approach.
Necmettin Penbegul, Murat Atar, Cem Alan, Yasar Bozkurt, Namik Kemal Hatipoglu   +4 more
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Infection Control Practices for Vascular Access Management in Hemodialysis: Results From a Nationwide Survey of Japanese National University Hospitals

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada, Makoto Harada, Tadahiko Kikugawa, Takeshi Nakata, Koji Hashimoto, Tsuneo Konta, Yuji Kamijo   +6 more
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