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Fundamental Ethical Issues in Unnecessary Surgical Procedures [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
In clinical practice performing any surgical procedure is inconsistent because all surgical procedures carry definitely some degree of risk. Worldwide every year millions of patients go under knife, but many of them are enduring great pain and shelling ...
Motilal Chandu Tayade, Shashank D. Dalvi
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Patient-reported education regarding hand hygiene and use of non-sterile clinical gloves in an emergency department observation unit [PDF]

Infection Prevention in Practice
Summary: Background: Patient education regarding hand hygiene (HH) and the correct use of non-sterile clinical gloves (NSCGs) are important parts of infection prevention and control.
Hanna-Leena Melender, Elina Koota, Katariina Kainulainen, Karoliina Aho, Marja Mäkinen, Johanna Kaartinen   +5 more
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Diagnostic Performance of Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy Using the Revised Reporting System: Comparison with Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology [PDF]

Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2022
Background We aim to validate the diagnostic performance of thyroid core needle biopsy (CNB) for diagnosing malignancy in clinical settings to align with the changes made in recently updated thyroid CNB guidelines.
Kwangsoon Kim, Ja Seong Bae, Jeong Soo Kim, So Lyung Jung, Chan Kwon Jung   +4 more
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Infantile Hepatic Hemangioma: Avoiding Unnecessary Invasive Procedures [PDF]

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, 2020
Infantile hepatic hemangioma, the most common vascular tumor of the liver in infancy, can occur with acute postnatal liver and congestive heart failure. Nevertheless, its course is often benign, and many children can be diagnosed and treated without surgical intervention.
Lukas Ernst, Enke Grabhorn, Florian Brinkert, Konrad Reinshagen, Ingo Königs, Julian Trah   +5 more
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Misdiagnoses in a Brazilian population with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the upper and lower motor neurons. The correct diagnosis at the onset of the disease is sometimes very difficult, due to the symptoms being very similar to those ...
Vinicius Stefani Borghetti, Vívian Pedigone Cintra, Jean de Oliveira Ramos, Vanessa Daccach Marques, Patrícia Toscano Onofre, Victor Augusto Souza Santana, Lua Flora Pereira Bezerra, Pedro José Tomaselli, André Cleriston José dos Santos, Claudia Ferreira da Rosa Sobreira, Wilson Marques Jr   +10 more
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Implementation effort: Reducing the ordering of inappropriate echocardiograms through a point-of-care decision support tool

American Heart Journal Plus, 2022
Study objective: Reduce inappropriate transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) using a series of Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) quality improvement cycles. Design: Three PDSA cycles were designed with the first integrating a previously published decision support ...
Hassan Ashraf, Cecil A. Rambarat, Michael L. Setteducato, David E. Winchester   +3 more
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Unnecessary Procedures and Surgery in Autoimmune Pancreatitis [PDF]

Digestion, 2015
<b><i>Background/Aims:</i></b> To identify the number and potential causes of unnecessary diagnostic procedures in a cohort of patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). <b><i>Methods:</i></b> All AIP cases at our centre between April 2006 and April 2013 were collected and followed up.
Manser, Christine N, Gubler, Christoph, Müllhaupt, Beat, Bauerfeind, Peter   +3 more
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Determinants of Potentially Unnecessary Cervical Cancer Screenings in American Women [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2018
Objectives To identify factors responsible for potentially clinically unnecessary cervical cancer screenings in women with prior hysterectomy. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Munseok Seo, James Langabeer
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Defensive medicine practices as a result of malpractice claims and workplace physical violence: a cross-sectional study from Egypt

Scientific Reports, 2023
Defensive medicine refers to practices motivated mainly by legal rather than medical purposes. Increased healthcare costs, overutilization of medical services, and potential harm to patients from unnecessary procedures are among its drawbacks.
Ahmed Arafa, Ahmed Negida, Mohamed Elsheikh, Mohamed Emadeldin, Hesham Hegazi, Shaimaa Senosy   +5 more
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The inappropriateness of brain MRI prescriptions: a study from Iran

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2021
Background Inappropriate prescriptions can lead to adverse consequences for patients. It also imposes excessive cost on the patients, payers and health systems.
Zahra Kavosi, Abouzar Sadeghi, Farhad Lotfi, Hedayat Salari, Mohsen Bayati   +4 more
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