Publications by authors named "A Glickman"
Objective: Endocervical curettage (ECC) is the gold standard for predicting the persistence of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) after cervical conization. However, ECC has a high rate of unsatisfactory samples and may be uncomfortable for women. Endocervical sampling with brush (ECB) has been proposed as an alternative to ECC, which, in addition to the cytological evaluation, allows performing HPV testing using the same sample.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo assess the long-term oncological safety of laparoscopic fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) in borderline ovarian tumors and the impact of laparoscopic surgical factors on recurrences. Primary outcomes were the recurrence rate and time to recurrence after laparoscopic FSS. Secondary outcomes were to evaluate the recurrence rate after a second laparoscopic surgery and to assess factors associated with the risk of relapse.
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- Goals of care conversations are important for guiding medical decisions for seriously ill patients, but most occur in hospitals rather than outpatient settings, highlighting the need for better implementation in primary care.
- This study will use a cluster randomized trial approach to evaluate various strategies aimed at improving documentation of these conversations between clinicians and high-risk patients across three VA healthcare sites.
- The research includes an innovative design that targets both clinicians and patients with intensified strategies for those who do not respond, aiming to influence future policy decisions within the VA healthcare system.
Background: "Benefit finding" is a strengths-based strategy for coping with medical illness that may be particularly useful for caregivers of people with heart failure given the highly fluctuating disease course.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate benefit finding's association with the caregiver-care recipient relationship, depression, and burden at baseline and longitudinally.
Methods: This is a longitudinal observational study of caregivers' benefit finding, relationship quality, depression, and burden.
Context: Use of palliative care interventions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased in recent years and inclusion criteria used to identify patients with COPD appropriate for palliative care vary widely. We evaluated the inclusion criteria to identify ways to improve enrollment opportunities for patients with COPD.
Objectives: To determine inclusion criteria used to select patients with COPD for palliative care trials.