Survival after postoperative morbidity: a longitudinal observational cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Prolonged morbidity after surgery is associated with a risk of premature death for a longer duration than perhaps is commonly thought; however, this risk falls with time.
Emberton, M. +6 more
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Correlation between prescribing quality and pharmaceutical costs in English primary care: national cross-sectional analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Background Both pharmaceutical costs and quality-indicator performance vary substantially between general practices, but little is known about the relationship between prescribing costs and quality Aim To measure the association between prescribing ...
Allsup +8 more
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Quality Indicators for the Detection of Helicobacter pylori-Negative Early Gastric Cancer: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2020 Background/Aims While Helicobacter pylori (HP)-negative gastric cancer is frequently reported, little is known about the predictors for detecting HP-negative early gastric cancer (EGC). We aimed to evaluate the predictors for the detection of HP-negative
Fumiaki Ishibashi +6 more
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Transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER): a functional parameter to monitor the quality of oviduct epithelial cells cultured on filter supports [PDF]
, 2015 Cultivation of oviduct epithelial cells on porous filters fosters in vivo-like morphology and functionality. However, due to the optical properties of the filter materials and the cells’ columnar shape, cell quality is hard to assess via light microscopy.
Chen, Shuai +2 more
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Reduction of the mortality to the General surgical department of General hospital Valjevo: Serbia [PDF]
Hospital Pharmacology, 2018 Introduction: The safety of surgical procedures has emerged as a significant global public health problem. Aim: In this study, an assessment was made of the mortality in the population of general surgical patients and is proposed to prevent the ...
Vuković Mira H., Ilić Vladan R.
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Objective: To develop quality indicators for the diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of acute respiratory tract infections, tailored to the Danish general practice setting. Design: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method was used.
Laura Trolle Saust +3 more
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Quality Measures of Parameter Tuning for Aggregated Multi-Objective Temporal Planning [PDF]
, 2013 Parameter tuning is recognized today as a crucial ingredient when tackling an optimization problem. Several meta-optimization methods have been proposed to find the best parameter set for a given optimization algorithm and (set of) problem instances ...
Dréo, Johann +4 more
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Quality indicators of endoscopic ultrasound in the pancreatobiliary system: a brief review of current guidelines [PDF]
Clinical EndoscopySince its development, the use of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the pancreas and the biliary tract has become increasingly important. The accuracy of EUS varies depending on the experience of the endoscopist.
Sung Yong Han +4 more
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Development of Quality Indicators for the Ultrasound Department through a Modified Delphi Method
Diagnostics, 2023 This study aims to establish precise quality indicators for evaluating and enhancing ultrasound performance, employing a methodology based on a comprehensive review of the literature, expert insights, and practical application experiences. We conducted a
Aiping Zeng +7 more
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Quality indicators for eye bank
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify quality indicators of the eye bank and validate their effectivity. Methods: Adverse reaction rate, discard rate, protocol deviation rate, and compliance rate were defined as Quality Indicators of the eye bank.
Manisha Acharya +6 more
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