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http://dx.doi.org/10.32481/djph.2020.04.004 | DOI Listing |
J Cataract Refract Surg
January 2025
Wolfe Eye Clinic, West Des Moines, IA, US.
Purpose: To describe the causes, timing, and contributing factors of direct hospital transfer cases from an ophthalmology-specific ambulatory surgery center and to identify potential strategies for decreasing future transfers.
Setting: A large ophthalmology surgery center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Design: Retrospective review.
HCA Healthc J Med
June 2024
HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education, Brentwood, TN.
Background: In 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused educational disruptions to many medical students nationally. Societal and hospital guidelines, including social distancing protocols, resulted in the cancellation or postponement of many elective procedures. A shortage in personal protective equipment also contributed to restrictions in clinical experiences for trainees.
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May 2024
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.
Introduction: This study tests the utilization of Bluetooth noise-canceling headphones in improving the quality of eye exams in patients with hearing loss. This prospective study was approved on ethical standards by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Institutional Review Board (Approval No. 22-0079) and registered with the National Institutes of Health (NCT05420038).
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April 2024
Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Brandenburg a.d. Havel, Germany.
Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients have a high risk of developing complications when leaving the ICU for diagnostic procedures or therapeutic interventions. Our study examined the frequency of adverse events associated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of intensive care patients and the extent of changes in therapy due to the MRI scan to weigh the risks associated with the scan against the potential benefits of an MR scan, using a change in therapy as an indicator of benefit.
Materials And Methods: 4434 ICU patients (January to December 2015) were identified by Hospital Information System (SAP-R/3 IS-H, Walldorf, Germany), ICU patient data management system Metavision (iMDsoft, Israel), and Radiology Information System (Nexus.
J Patient Rep Outcomes
September 2023
Centre for Health Studies and Research of the University of Coimbra (CEISUC), Coimbra, Portugal.
Background: COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on societies and healthcare systems around the world. Over the last years, measures imposed in almost all countries dealing with the pandemic sent the entire world into an extensive crisis and thus into a deep global recession. Since the outbreak began, many European countries have faced three/four waves of pandemic.
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