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Profile of pancreatic tumors at a tertiary care center

Indian Journal of Cancer, 2016
Pancreas, a relatively inaccessible organ, poses diagnostic difficulties with overlapping presentation among benign and malignant tumors. In the present study, pancreatic aspirates obtained by computed tomography (CT) guided procedures were used for cytodiagnosis.
P, Nandan, M, Nirupama, J R, Kini, S, Gopal, K K, Sahu, S, Rai   +5 more
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Tertiary care centers: A strategy for fiscal survival

Surgery, 2003
Managed care organizations use a variety of payment strategies to contract for high-end tertiary services with academic healthcare centers. We assessed the financial outcome of these strategies and attempted to identify those that maintain a balance between cost and reimbursement.Patients admitted with an Injury Severity Score > or =16, hospital ...
J Jason Hoth, Glen A Franklin, Jorge L Rodríguez   +2 more
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Operative management of diverticulitis in a tertiary care center

The American Journal of Surgery, 2015
Diverticulitis has become a medically managed disease process; the indications and timing of surgical intervention have evolved.We retrospectively reviewed all patients who underwent surgical intervention due to diverticular disease by the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery from 2012 to 2014.Ninety-eight surgeries were performed. Indications included
David R. Rosen, Grace S. Hwang, Glenn T. Ault, Adrian E. Ortega, Kyle G. Cologne   +4 more
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Craniofacial Surgery in a Tertiary Care Center in India

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2014
Craniofacial surgery, one of the newest subspecialties of plastic surgery, has taken roots in India. The author, after having trained with Dr Ian Jackson at USA, started this facility in Chandigarh at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in 1995. The hospital caters to a population of approximately 100 million.
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Cancer rehabilitation services in a tertiary care center

Cancer, 2001
People with cancer often have functional limitations resulting from fatigue, deconditioning, pain, or metastasis to the musculoskeletal or nervous system, in addition to the psychosocial aspects of dealing with their disease. Their medical caregivers often focus on treating the disease and overlook these important aspects.
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Causes of Dysphagia in a Tertiary-Care Swallowing Center

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2013
Objectives: Dysphagia can be caused by a myriad of disease processes, and it has significant impacts on patients' quality of life, life expectancy, and economic burden. To date, the most common causes of dysphagia in outpatient tertiary-care swallowing centers are unknown.
Monica, Hoy, Amanda, Domer, Emily K, Plowman, Randall, Loch, Peter, Belafsky   +4 more
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Corynebacterium jeikeium bacteremia at a tertiary care center

Infection, 1991
During a six-year period 23 patients with isolation of Corynebacterium jeikeium (formerly known as Corynebacterium group JK) from one or more blood cultures at a university hospital were identified. Cases occurred sporadically without time- or ward-related clustering.
E, Rozdzinski, W, Kern, T, Schmeiser, E, Kurrle   +3 more
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Cost of Cholesteatoma Care at a Tertiary Medical Center

Otology & Neurotology, 2013
Estimate the available direct cost of cholesteatoma care in a university practice.Retrospective review of both physician and hospital financial data during a recent 3-year period.University-based tertiary referral medical system.Adults (≥ 18 yr old) with cholesteatoma.Financial information associated with both physician and hospital encounters were ...
Joseph P, Roche, Oliver F, Adunka, Harold C, Pillsbury, Craig A, Buchman   +3 more
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Specialty Coverage at Non-Tertiary Care Centers

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2006
The fundamental tenet of a trauma system is to get the right patient to the right hospital at the right time. Although most injuries are minor or moderate and can be managed at local community hospitals, a significant minority of injured patients require extensive and expensive care to survive or minimize injury. Most prehospital trauma triage criteria
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Septic Arthritis in Adults in a Tertiary Care Center

Reumatología Clínica (English Edition), 2016
To describe the history, clinical features and microorganisms involved in a group of adult subjects with and without septic arthritis (SA) at a tertiary care in Mexico.A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 96 adults with clinical suspicion of AS in one or more joints.
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