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Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) as an Alternative to Unplanned Laparoscopic Conversion to Open Surgery (LCOS) in Colectomies for Acute Diverticulitis.
Surg Innov
January 2025
Morristown Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Morristown, NJ, USA.
Background: In difficult colorectal cases, surgeons may opt for a hand-assisted laparoscopic (HALS) colectomy or attempt a laparoscopic surgery that may require an unplanned conversion to open (LCOS). We aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of these 2 types of surgeries.
Methods: Colectomies for acute diverticulitis with a HALS or LCOS surgery were selected from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) 2022 Targeted Colectomy Database.
Specificity and sensitivity of questionnaires in the diagnosis of allergic diseases.
Postepy Dermatol Alergol
December 2024
Department of Public Health, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Introduction: Due to their widespread character, allergic diseases are a significant challenge in the field of public health and clinical practice. The available clinimetric tools, including standardized and validated questionnaires, play an important role in determining the incidence of a particular allergic disease in the targeted population.
Aim: We attempted to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of modified and standardized questions from the ISSAC and ECRHS questionnaires in the diagnosis of allergic diseases.
Development of Electronic Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (e-OSCEs) for Prosthodontic Clinical Assessment.
Eur J Dent Educ
January 2025
Department of Prosthodontics, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, USA.
Introduction: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) serve as a reliable assessment tool for clinical and competency evaluation. Traditional OSCEs, involving live patients, present logistical challenges and evoke student anxiety. In an effort to create a comprehensive clinical series of examinations, electronic OSCEs (e-OSCEs) were developed for assessing clinical competencies in prosthodontics at a large dental school.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonitoring Use of Language Interpreting Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Methods to Match Patient Medical Records with Interpreter Billing Logs.
J Gen Intern Med
January 2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Institute for Health Equity Research, New York, USA.
Background: Over 60 million patients in the USA have limited English proficiency (LEP) and experience barriers in care. Still, there exists no standardized method of monitoring the utilization of language interpreting services (LIS).
Objective: To introduce a methodological approach to systematically monitor utilization of LIS for LEP patients.
Molecular epidemiology of chicken and turkey parvovirus in Turkiye: high risk, genetic recombination signals, and first complete genome analysis.
Arch Virol
January 2025
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
The aim of this study was to detect chicken parvovirus (ChPV) and turkey parvovirus (TuPV) on Turkish poultry farms and examine the molecular epidemiology of these viruses. In 2023, a total of 1,060 fecal samples were collected from 76 broiler farms and 30 turkey farms across various regions of Turkiye. The overall positivity rate was 72.
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