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Shared decision making in patients with stable coronary artery disease: PCI choice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and optimal medical therapy (OMT) are comparable, alternative therapies for many patients with stable angina; however, patients may have misconceptions regarding the impact of PCI on risk of death and ...
Megan Coylewright, Kathy Shepel, Annie Leblanc, Laurie Pencille, Erik Hess, Nilay Shah, Victor M Montori, Henry H Ting   +7 more
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Disclosing conflicts of interest in patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
In 2005, the International Patient Decisions Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration developed quality criteria for patient decisions aids; one of the quality dimensions dealt with disclosure of conflicts of interest (COIs). The purposes of this paper are to review newer evidence on dealing with COI in the development of patient decision aids and to ...
Barry, MJ, Chan, E, Moulton, B, Sah, S, Simmons, MB, Braddock, C   +5 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Predictions with Time-Dependent Covariates in Survival Analysis using Joint Modeling and Landmarking [PDF]

, 2013
A key question in clinical practice is accurate prediction of patient prognosis. To this end, nowadays, physicians have at their disposal a variety of tests and biomarkers to aid them in optimizing medical care.
Andrinopoulou, Eleni-Rosalina, Lesaffre, Emmanuel, Molenberghs, Geert, Murawska, Magdalena, Rizopoulos, Dimitris, Takkenberg, Johanna J. M.   +5 more
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A systematic development process for patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
The original version of the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) recommended that patient decision aids (PtDAs) should be carefully developed, user-tested and open to scrutiny, with a well-documented and systematically applied development process. We carried out a review to check the relevance and scope of this quality dimension and, if
Coulter, A., Stilwell, D., Kryworuchko, J., Mullen, P.D., Ng, C.J., van der Weijden, T.   +5 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An argument for physician-assisted suicide and against euthanasia [PDF]

, 2015
The article opens with the hypothesis that the default position that should guide healthcare providers when treating patients at the end-of-life is that patients opt for life. In the absence of an explicit request to die, we may assume that patients wish
Beckford, Bedell, Bernheim, Bilsen, Bilsen, Casarett, Chambaere, Chambaere, Chamber of the Representatives of Belgium, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cohen-Almagor, Cook, Cook, Cook, Cook, Culzac, de Diesbach, Delamothe, Deliens, den Hartogh, Gamondi, General Medical Council, Gomez, Haerens, Hardwig, Harris, Hendin, Heneghan, Jochemsen, Keown, Keown, Kuhse, Kuhse, Kuhse, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Pardon, Quebec Bill 52, Schuklenk, Sercu, Sheldon, Singer, Sprung, Steck, Swildens-Rozendaal, van der Heide, van der Heide, van der Heide, van der Wal, Visser   +56 more
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A Multiple Stakeholder Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Diabetic Macular Edema Management: The MULTIDEX‑EMD Study [PDF]

, 2020
Background The clinical and economic management of retinal diseases has become more complex following the introduction of new intravitreal treatments. Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) offers the potential to overcome the challenges associated with ...
Casado, Miguel Ángel, Cervera, Enrique, de Andrés‑Nogales, Fernando, García Layana, Alfredo, Ignacio García, Emilio Francisco, Llorente, Iñaki, Martínez Olmos, José, Martínez Sesmero, José Manuel, Martínez, Mercedes, Mur, Carlos, Ortiz, Pere, Peralta, Gemma, Poveda, José Luis, Rodríguez Maqueda, Mariano, Ruiz Moreno, José María, Trillo, José Luis, Udaondo, Patricia, Zarranz Ventura, Javier, Zulueta, Jacinto, Álvarez, Eloísa   +19 more
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Using patient decision aids to promote evidence-based decision making [PDF]

Evidence-Based Medicine, 2001
Evidence-based medicine integrates clinical experience with patients' values and the best available evidence.1 In the past, clinicians took responsibility not only for being well informed about the benefits and harms of medical options but also for judging their value in the best interests of the patients.
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Providing information about options in patient decision aids [PDF]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2013
Legal, ethical, and psychological arguments indicate that patients need to receive information about their health situations before their care decisions are made. Patient decision aids (PtDAs) are designed to help patients make decisions; therefore, they should provide information that results in patients understanding their health situation.
Feldman-Stewart, Deb, O’Brien, Mary Ann, Clayman, Marla L, Davison, B, Jimbo, Masahito, Labrecque, Michel, Martin, Richard W, Shepherd, Heather   +7 more
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