Publications by authors named "T V D Sasi Sekhar"
Purpose: This study examines the quality of short narrative comments collected using an online workplace-based assessment (WBA) tool.
Method: The quality of comments collected by a WBA tool at the UPMC Ophthalmology Residency Training Program was evaluated between July 2017-June 2020. A randomized rating exercise involving 10 meta-raters from 6 institutions was performed to evaluate the value of narratives from deidentified WBAs.
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- The study examined trends in end-of-life care for patients with primary bone cancer, showing an increase in deaths occurring at home and in hospice settings from 2003 to 2019.
- Demographic factors like age, marital status, and education level affected where these patients died, highlighting disparities particularly affecting racial and ethnic minorities.
- Despite improvements in home and hospice care, significant gaps remain that need to be addressed to ensure all patients receive equitable end-of-life care.
Background: The Global Initiative for Asthma and National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recently made paradigm-shifting recommendations regarding inhaler management in asthma. The Global Initiative for Asthma now recommends that combination inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-formoterol inhalers replace short-acting β-agonists as the preferred reliever therapy at all steps of asthma management. Although the most recent guidelines of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program did not review reliever ICS-formoterol usage in mild asthma, they similarly recommended single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) at steps 3 and 4 of asthma management.
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