Publications by authors named "T G Sutedja"
Maternal vaccination during pregnancy, in general and against COVID-19 infection, offers protection to both mother and baby, but uptake remains suboptimal. This study aimed to explore the perceptions regarding COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy, particularly for marginalised populations and those living with social or medical complexity. A total of 96 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 40 women, 15 partners, 21 HCPs, and 20 policy makers, across all four nations of the United Kingdom (UK), discussing their lived experience of utilising, delivering, or developing policy for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy during the pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredicting length of stay (LoS) in hospital can help guide patient placement, facilitate rapid discharge and aid identification of patients at risk of prolonged stay, in whom early multidisciplinary intervention is warranted. We aimed to pilot the applicability of a modified decision aid (MALICE score) for predicting LoS for acute medical admissions at a New Zealand hospital. A prospective pilot study of 220 acute general medical admissions was performed.
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- Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) is effective in reducing mortality, but some cancers may be missed, which could potentially be detected by autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB).
- In a study involving 1,300 high-risk participants, AFB was performed in addition to LDCT, revealing dysplastic or higher-grade lesions in 5.3% of cases, with a very low rate of CT occult cancers at 0.15%.
- The findings suggest that while AFB can identify some lesions, its added benefit to LDCT screening is minimal, indicating it may not be necessary for routine lung cancer screening programs.
Rationale: Autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB) and computed tomography (CT) enable lung cancer (LC) detection at the early (pre-)invasive stage. However, LC risk in patients with preinvasive endobronchial lesions is unclear.
Objectives: To assess LC incidence and identify potential risk determinants in patients with preinvasive lesions.
Background: Carcinoid of the lung is considered to be a low-grade malignancy. A subgroup presents as an endobronchial tumour. Surgical resection is considered the standard approach because of its metastatic potential and the possibility of an iceberg phenomenon for the endobronchial subgroup.
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