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Factors associated with response to compression-based physical therapy for secondary lower limb lymphedema after gynecologic cancer treatment: a multicenter retrospective study.
BMC Cancer
January 2022
Hirota Internal Medicine Clinic, 5-19-10 Minami-karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-0062, Japan.
Background: Lower limb lymphedema (LLL) is one of the most refractory and debilitating complications related to gynecological cancer treatment. We investigated factors associated with response to compression-based physical therapy (CPT) for secondary LLL after gynecologic cancer treatment.
Methods: We performed a multicenter retrospective study using the records of seven medical institutions from 2002 and 2014.
Introduction: Administration of human serum albumin (HSA) solutions for the resuscitation of critically ill patients remains controversial. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of continuing medical education (CME) on health care professionals' clinical decision making with regard to HSA administration and the costs of quality (COQ). A quasi-experimental study of time series association of CME intervention with COQ and use of HSA solution was conducted at the Surgery Department of the Hospital Valjevo, Serbia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystematic review of the application of quality improvement methodologies from the manufacturing industry to surgical healthcare.
Br J Surg
March 2012
Division of Surgery, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital Campus, London, UK.
Background: The demand for the highest-quality patient care coupled with pressure on funding has led to the increasing use of quality improvement (QI) methodologies from the manufacturing industry. The aim of this systematic review was to identify and evaluate the application and effectiveness of these QI methodologies to the field of surgery.
Methods: MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, British Nursing Index, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, Health Business(™) Elite, the Health Management Information Consortium and PsycINFO(®) were searched according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.
Surgeon performance index: tool for assessment of individual surgical quality in total quality management.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
May 2009
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau, Germany.
Background: The surgeon's individual performance is a key component of total quality management (TQM) in cardiac surgery. Early mortality as well as postoperative complications can be stratified in order to develop a surgeon performance index (SPI).
Material And Methods: In three consecutive annual periods (3703 patients) data of board-certified cardiac surgeons were compared.
Quality management system of a university cardiac surgery department according to DIN EN ISO 9001 : 2000.
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
June 2003
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.
Background: A quality management system (QMS) will improve quality in health care units. This report describes the introduction of a QMS according to ISO 9001:2000 in a university cardiovascular surgery department.
Methods: First, a thorough analysis of all processes of patient treatment and clinical research was obtained.
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