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Women's Health Reports, 2022 Introduction: Pregnant women are a vulnerable population that are difficult to engage in clinical research. We report successful recruitment and retention strategies used in a longitudinal pilot study of urban racially/ethnically diverse pregnant women ...
Mary Dawn Koenig +11 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundIrreversible electroporation (IRE) has emerged as a viable consolidative therapy after induction chemotherapy, in which this combination has improved overall survival of locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC).
Matthew R. Woeste +6 more
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Long-acting growth hormones: innovations in treatment and guidance on patient selection in pediatric growth hormone deficiency [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & MetabolismLong-acting growth hormones (LAGHs) represent a significant advancement in the treatment of pediatric GH deficiency, offering an alternative to daily recombinant human GH (rhGH) therapy.
Chiara Rodaro +3 more
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Journal of Medical Ethics, 1982 The author joins the discussion on selection of patients in the face of life-saving resources initiated in the Journal by Parsons and Lock, Mooney and the editorial in the December 1980 issue. In this article several selection systems are discussed. The author is in favour of a `criteria-system'. The criteria for such a system are elaborated.
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European Journal of General Practice, 2020 Background Patients with multimorbidity who frequently contact the general practice, use emergency care or have unplanned hospitalisations, may benefit from a proactive integrated care intervention. General practitioners are not always aware of who these
Marianne Heins +3 more
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Outcome-Based Decision-Making Algorithm for Treating Patients with Primary Aldosteronism [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022 Background Optimal management of primary aldosteronism (PA) is crucial due to the increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard method for determining subtype but is technically ...
Jung Hee Kim +11 more
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Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2005 We develop a positive model of waiting lists for public hospitals when physicians are able to divert patients from the public to the private sector. Public treatment is free but rationed, i.e., only cases meeting some medical criteria are admitted. Private treatment has no waiting time but entails payment of a fee.
Pedro Pita Barros, Pau Olivella
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Preprocedural features of patients under antihypertensive drugs may help identify responders to renal denervation: a hypothesis-generating study [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Background: Renal denervation (RDN) is effective to lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) in essential hypertension. However, patient selection under medications remains an important unmet clinical need.
Shu-I Lin +11 more
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Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017 Ambulatory anesthesia allows quick recovery from anesthesia, leading to an early discharge and rapid resumption of daily activities, which can be of great benefit to patients, healthcare providers, third-party payers, and hospitals.
Jeong Han Lee
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 BackgroundOne of the most controversial areas in gastrointestinal oncology is the benefit of postoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT) over chemotherapy (CT) alone after D2 dissection of locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC).
Shu-Bei Wang +7 more
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