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Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationObjectives: To assess doctors' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to September 2021 in three public-sector hospitals affiliated with the ...
Amna Khan +2 more
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Deep Learning (DL)-based Automatic Segmentation of the Internal Pudendal Artery (IPA) for Reduction of Erectile Dysfunction in Definitive Radiotherapy of Localized Prostate Cancer [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Background and purpose: Radiation-induced erectile dysfunction (RiED) is commonly seen in prostate cancer patients. Clinical trials have been developed in multiple institutions to investigate whether dose-sparing to the internal-pudendal-arteries (IPA) will improve retention of sexual potency.
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BJGP Open, 2018 Background: Most oral antibiotics are prescribed by GPs, and they are therefore the most important influencers with regard to improving antibiotic prescription patterns.
Guro Haugen Fossum +3 more
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Patients’ expectations with regard to the quality of orthopedic medical care
Journal of the Foot & Ankle, 2020 Objective: To assess, through the Surgical and Medical Experience Questionnaire translated and adapted into Portuguese, the opinions and expectations of patients with regard to the treatment protocols and medical training of the foot and ankle orthopedic
Lucas Antônio Ferraz Marcon +4 more
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A Physician Advisory System for Chronic Heart Failure Management Based on Knowledge Patterns [PDF]
, 2016 Management of chronic diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major problem in health care. A standard approach that the medical community has devised to manage widely prevalent chronic diseases such as chronic heart failure (CHF) is to have a committee of experts develop guidelines that all ...
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Radiomics as a measure superior to the Dice similarity coefficient for tumor segmentation performance evaluation [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In high-quality radiotherapy delivery, precise segmentation of targets and healthy structures is essential. This study proposes Radiomics features as a superior measure for assessing the segmentation ability of physicians and auto-segmentation tools, in comparison to the widely used Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC).
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Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction Practice Patterns Across the United States
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2018 Background: A proposed mechanism for recurrent instability following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is failure of the anterolateral ligament (ALL). Presently, there are a number of approaches to treating ALL pathology.
Joseph S. Tramer +6 more
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Endogenous Work Hours and Practice Patterns of Canadian Physicians [PDF]
The Canadian Journal of Economics, 1998 Using an extensive survey of Canadian physicians, we study how physician prac- tice patterns are shaped by demographic characteristics, physician specialty, and government policy. We model the simultaneous determination of group size, primary source of profes- sional income (fee-for-service or salaried position), weekly hours of direct patient care ...
Allan W. Gregory +2 more
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Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2023 Background: Studies have shown homoeopathy to effectively control blood sugar levels and improve quality of life (QOL), though a standard treatment protocol is required.
Roja Varanasi +3 more
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Survey of Parental Use of Antimicrobial Drugs for Common Childhood Infections, China
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 In a large-scale survey of 9,526 parents in China, we investigated antimicrobial drug use for common childhood infections. Of children with self-limiting conditions, formal care was sought for 69.2%; of those, 53.4% received drug prescriptions, including
Leesa Lin +3 more
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