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Physiology-Aware Rural Ambulance Routing
In emergency patient transport from rural medical facility to center tertiary hospital, real-time monitoring of the patient in the ambulance by a physician expert at the tertiary center is crucial.
Berlin Jr., Richard B.+2 more
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The number of circulating tumor cells obtained from prostate cancer patients was increased approximately 5‐fold compared to regular CellSearch when processing 2 mL diagnostic leukapheresis material aliquots and increased by 44‐fold when processing 20 mL DLA aliquots using the flow enrichment target capture Halbach‐array.
Michiel Stevens+8 more
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Carotid artery surgery: back to the future Cirurgia de artéria carótida: de volta para o futuro
In this study we performed 548 carotid revascularizations between 2006 and 2008 at the Department of Vascular Surgery of the A.Z. Sint-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium - a high-volume experienced center for carotid artery stenting (CAS). In 2006, our 30-day
Marc Bosiers+3 more
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Selecting Patients for Osteoporosis Therapy [PDF]
Abstract: Our goal globally is to better identify individuals at risk for osteoporotic fracture so that those at high risk can be treated and unnecessary treatment for those at low risk can be avoided. Bone mineral density (BMD) information is not sufficient to identify all patients at high risk.
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Cadaveric renal transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh: a two and one-half-year experience with the point system. [PDF]
From January 1, 1986 to July 30, 1988, 530 consecutive cadaver kidney transplantations were performed with patient selection by a point system that took into account time awaiting an organ, donor-recipient matching, degree of presensitization, and some ...
Gordon, RD+8 more
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Model selection and prediction of outcomes in recent onset schizophrenia patients who undergo cognitive training. [PDF]
Predicting treatment outcomes in psychiatric populations remains a challenge, but is increasingly important in the pursuit of personalized medicine. Patients with schizophrenia have deficits in cognition, and targeted cognitive training (TCT) of auditory
Carter, Cameron S+7 more
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Urine is a rich source of biomarkers for cancer detection. Tumor‐derived material is released into the bloodstream and transported to the urine. Urine can easily be collected from individuals, allowing non‐invasive cancer detection. This review discusses the rationale behind urine‐based cancer detection and its potential for cancer diagnostics ...
Birgit M. M. Wever+1 more
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Adverse outcomes in nontrial like patients on commercial HeartMate 3 LVAD support
Background: Patient selection for real-world use of HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (HM3 LVAD) differs from that of clinical trials. We assessed adverse-event rates between “nontrial like” (NTL) and “trial like” (TL) patients who underwent ...
Laura Coyle, APN+18 more
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On the role of patience in an insurance market with asymmetric information [PDF]
We analyse a 2-period competitive insurance market which is characterized by the simultaneous presence of standard moral hazard and adverse selection with regard to consumer time preferences.
Sonnenholzner, Michael, Wambach, Achim
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Impact of use of optical surface imaging on initial patient setup for stereotactic body radiotherapy treatments [PDF]
Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of surface image guidance (SG) for pre‐imaging setup of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) patients, and to investigate the impact of SG reference surface selection on this process.
Al‐Hallaq HA+3 more
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