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Paracentesis of the Abdomen [PDF]

open access: yesThe Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
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openaire   +2 more sources

Incidence, contributing factors, and predictors of diagnostic errors in medical inpatients: A retrospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Diagnostic error is a major patient safety concern in hospitals, yet most studies have focused on selected high‐risk subgroups, leaving the broader general internal medicine inpatient population understudied. Objectives To determine the incidence, contributing factors, resulting harm, and predictors of diagnostic error in medical ...
Caterina E. Marx   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk of bleeding after abdominal paracentesis in patients with chronic liver disease and coagulopathy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesJGH Open
Abdominal paracentesis is a common procedure performed for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with chronic liver disease and ascites.
Jin Lin Tan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of a newly established hospitalist medicine procedure service on length of stay and procedural outcomes: A retrospective propensity‐matched analysis

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Reliance on interventional radiology (IR) has been associated with delays in procedure completion and prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS). Hospitalist medicine procedure services (HMPS) have been proposed as a strategy to mitigate these inefficiencies, though outcomes of newly established programs composed of physicians with ...
Jeremy Gentile   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Abdominal ascites is most commonly caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis. When present, portal hypertension is associated with an elevated serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ≥1.1 g/dL. In contrast, a SAAG < 1.1 g/dL suggests malignancy,
Chak, Eric W   +2 more
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Chinese Registry on Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (CN‐TIPS): Protocol for a Registry‐Based, Prospective Prognostic Study

open access: yesPortal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, EarlyView.
CN‐TIPS is a nationwide, multicenter prospective registry that will enroll 10,000 adults with portal hypertension undergoing transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in China, integrating perioperative clinical and hemodynamic metrics with standardized imaging (including computational modeling in a dedicated subcohort) and multi‐omics biospecimens,
Yi Xiang   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid and Accurate Pressure Sensing Device for Direct Measurement of Intraocular Pressure. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
PurposeIntraocular pressure (IOP) is the primary modifiable risk factor for glaucoma. Current devices measure IOP via the dynamic response of the healthy cornea and do not provide the accurate IOP measurements for patients with altered corneal ...
Camp, Andrew   +4 more
core  

Interventional oncology in children: Where are we now?

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
Abstract Paediatric Interventional Oncology (IO) lags behind adult IO due to a scarcity of specific outcome data. The suboptimal way to evolve this field is relying heavily on adult experiences. The distinct tumour types prevalent in children, such as extracranial germ cell tumours, sarcomas, and neuroblastoma, differ strongly from those found in ...
Premal Amrishkumar Patel   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonimmune fetal hydrops and lysosomal storage disease: the finding of vacuolated lymphocytes in ascitic fluid in two cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/102650/1/pd4274 ...
Berman, D. R.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Outcomes and complications of sponges versus tires for scleral buckling in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: The Manchester Buckle Study

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare preoperative characteristics and postoperative anatomical and functional outcomes of scleral buckle surgery using sponges versus tires, as well as explant‐related complications and the frequency of explant removal. Methods This retrospective study included patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) who ...
Peter Kiraly   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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