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Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Big Business, Little Data [PDF]

, 2013
As medical care continues to shift from inpatient to outpatient settings, many Californians are using freestanding ambulatory or "same-day" surgery centers* for a wide variety of procedures such as colonoscopies, arthroscopies, eye procedures, and more ...

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Prognostic Utility of the Preoperative Cachexia Index in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The preoperative cachexia index, incorporating muscle mass, nutritional status, and inflammation, predicts in‐hospital and one‐year mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy. This simple index may aid in risk stratification and perioperative decision‐making in high‐risk surgical patients. ABSTRACT Aim Emergency laparotomy is associated with
Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Kazuto Tsuboi, Masami Yuda, Keita Takahashi, Fumiaki Yano, Ken Eto   +6 more
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Is there a difference in the perception of outpatient clinic teaching, between medical students and teachers'? A mixed method study

MedEdPublish, 2019
Background: Outpatient clinic teaching is an important part of undergraduate medical student's experience. Increasing pressure from service commitments has meant that limitations to the learning process have continued to surface.
Bander Dallol, Birgit Fruhstorfer
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Validation of the Safe Application of Tokyo Guideline 2018 (TG18) Severity Grading and Treatment Algorithm in Super‐Elderly Patients Aged 85 and Over With Acute Cholecystitis: A Study in the Japanese Tertiary Care Hospital

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background With population aging and extended healthy life expectancy, the management of acute cholecystitis (AC) in patients aged ≥ 85 years has evolved. However, the Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18) for AC provide no specific risk assessment criteria for this population.
Yuta Kobayashi, Ryo Oikawa, Yumi Shibuya, Masakazu Tatsuno, Atsuya Kamiyama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Keiichiro Hara, Shinogu Hatano, Shojiro Hata, Hirokazu Yamaguchi   +9 more
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Thirty Years of Mentoring by “Bob Chan” of Young Japanese Surgeons to Become Scientists: An Adventure of Love

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past three decades, we have mentored a generation of young Japanese surgeons, guiding them to become internationally recognized surgeon‐scientists. Through a unique collaboration between Japanese academic institutions and our laboratories at AntiCancer Inc.
Robert M. Hoffman, Kentaro Miyake, Itaru Endo   +2 more
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Elevated Risk of Complications in Patients Receiving Dual Antithrombotic Therapy Undergoing Hepatectomy: A Single‐Center Audit of 749 Cases

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This single‐center retrospective study evaluated perioperative outcomes after hepatectomy in 749 patients, including 140 receiving ATT, using propensity score matching to compare ATT and non‐ATT cohorts. Under standardized perioperative management, ATT did not increase major bleeding, transfusion, or severe morbidity overall; however, within the ATT ...
Haruki Mori, Hiromitsu Maehira, Nobuhito Nitta, Takeru Maekawa, Toru Miyake, Sachiko Kaida, Masatsugu Kojima, Katsushi Takebayashi, Takeshi Sonoda, Masaji Tani   +9 more
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Impact of Abdominoperineal Resection on Postoperative Male Sexual Function After Minimally Invasive Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Subgroup Analysis From the LANDMARC Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Abdominoperineal resection (APR) after minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery was associated with significantly higher rates of erectile and early ejaculatory dysfunction compared with anal‐sparing surgery. Although ejaculatory function showed partial recovery over time, erectile dysfunction persisted up to 12 months postoperatively.
Taiki Kajiwara, Shinobu Ohnuma, Michiaki Unno, Masakatsu Numata, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Koya Hida, Tomonori Akagi, Suguru Hasegawa, Akio Shiomi, Ryo Inada, Manabu Shiozawa, Keisuke Kazama, Masanori Hotchi, Masahiko Watanabe, Takeshi Naitoh   +14 more
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Impact of Prophylactic Cefepime on Surgical Site Infection and Severe Morbidity in Patients Who Underwent Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Preoperative Biliary Drainage

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although prophylactic broad‐spectrum antibiotics can reduce postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), the optimal regimen remains uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of prophylactic cefepime (CFPM) on surgical site infection (SSI) and severe morbidity after PD with preoperative biliary drainage.
Genki Watanabe, Akihiro Murata, Yu Kasamatsu, Atsushi Ishihara, Daisuke Nagashima, Tetsuzo Tashima, Shintaro Kodai, Akishige Kanazawa, Sadatoshi Shimizu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence-based history taking under "time constraint"

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011
Physicians all through the world visit patients under time limitations. The most important troubled clinical skill under "time constraint" is the diagnostic approach. In this situation, clinicians need some diagnostic approaches to reduce both diagnostic
Alireza Moayyeri, Akbar Soltani, Hamideh Moosapour, Mohsin Raza   +3 more
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An overview of mental health services in general and specialized hospitals: a cross-sectional study from Iraq

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Background Mental health services are commonly delivered through psychiatric outpatient clinics within mental and general hospitals in Iraq. Mental health services faced many challenges, such as wars, economic sanctions, internal conflicts, and shortages
Amina Jassim Saeed, Maha Sulaiman Younis
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