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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Gastroenterology"”.
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Satisfaction of Individuals Living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Gastroenterology Care Providers with Telephone Care
ABSTRACT Background: People living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) require regular medical follow-up, which could be challenging for individuals living in rural areas and those who have limited access to specialized care. Telephone care (TC) could improve health care by increasing access to …
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Development and validation of a gastroenterology probe capable of measuring the position of the squamo-columnar junction
… for this doctoral work has improved the field of gastroenterology research.
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Enhanced visualization of retinal pathologies with ultrahigh resolution optical coherence tomography
… fields including ophthalmology, cardiology, and gastroenterology. OCT is analogous to ultrasound except that it uses light waves rather than sound waves. OCT can achieve a much higher resolution than ultrasound in measuring the underlying tissue microstructures. Another advantage of OCT is that …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of the United Kingdoms first degree pathway for non-medical endoscopists
… entry training programme was developed - BSc (Gastroenterology). Nine individuals were enrolled onto the programme, with achievements of the students being closely followed over two years. Academic components of the training included FS theory and practice, professional practice, anatomy and …
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Strengthening Specimen Management to Eliminate Specimen Errors
… Nevada. Procedures done in the center consist of Gastroenterology (GI), Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Gynecology, Pain Injections, and Plastic procedures. The majority of specimens collected on a daily basis are primarily from GI procedures. Multiple errors regarding specimens have been …
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The Detection and Characterization of Severe Features in Colonoscopy Videos Using Combined Segmentation and Classification Models
… on bringing precision medicine and technology to gastroenterology.
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Central Stimulation of the Vagi and Gastric Secretion
… has been of great importance in the field of gastroenterology.
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High speed swept source optical coherence tomography handheld instrument at 1310nm for point-of-care imaging
… of biomedical applications including cardiology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and urology. Recent research advances in swept source lasers have enabled swept source OCT (SS-OCT) to achieve imaging speeds 5-50x faster than commercially available spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT) systems. This thesis …
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Development and validation of an instrument to measure the concept of occupational intimacy in relation to physician job satisfaction
… family practice, cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology, and oncology perceived their job was more meaningful than the subgroup "others" which included: obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, allergy, ophthalmology, optometry, podiatry, psychiatry, emergency medicine, rehabilitation, …
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Celiac Disease Diagnosis Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: A Quality Improvement Project
… no familiarity with the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. Two thirds of the respondents reported their education did not properly prepare them to accurately diagnose celiac disease. The vast majority also …
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Endoscopic optical coherence tomography for clinical studies in the gastrointestinal tract
… system is constructed for clinical research in gastroenterology. Distally actuated imaging catheters are developed, enabling the visualization of the detailed three-dimensional (3D) structure in the gastrointestinal tract. Finally, clinical pilot studies are conducted and demonstrate the utility …
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A retrospective data analysis in veterans with inflammatory bowel disease: Using Wagner's Chronic Care Model to explore medication adherence
… that care coordination between primary and gastroenterology (GI) specialty care could improve adherence and healthcare utilization. </p><p> Methods</p><p> Guided by the CCM, a retrospective analysis was conducted in veterans with IBD to: describe medication adherence rates; describe …
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Epidemiological evidence that can help to improve timely diagnosis of colorectal cancer in New Zealand.
… text included in e-referrals from GPs’ to the Gastroenterology and General Surgery departments in the Waikato Hospital from 2015-2018, including: symptoms; test results; and family history of CRC. The reference test was a full colonoscopy with visualisation of the cecum. Data from 3015 …
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A retrospective study of patients with biologics treatment at Groote Schuur and Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospitals
… 5 inflammatory myositis and 5 other conditions); gastroenterology (n=31; 26 Crohn`s and 5 Ulcerative Colitis), dermatology (n=9; psoriasis), neurology (n=4, ophthalmology (n= 25; 6 scleritis, 18 uveitis, 1 optic neuritis), and paediatrics (n= 45, 26 juvenile idiopathic arthritis , 12 SLE, 7 other …
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Gastrointestinal Disorders in Women
Abstract: This doctoral thesis has sought to clarify the influence of gender in gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Women with different hormone profiles were investigated, their colonic microbiota was characterized, and the impact of lifestyle and risk factors for GI disease were examined. In a pilot …
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Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy
… with a range of 75-93%, while visits with gastroenterology ranged from 44-57%. Obstetrical and neonatal outcomes such as caesarean sections, preterm birth, and low birth weight were higher in the IBD and multimorbidity groups, compared to the healthy control group. For the IBD group, those …
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Studies on polyunsaturated fatty acid content and lipid peroxidation in preterm infant nutrition from non-maternal sources.
… LCPUFAs below European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition recommendations. Although, with fortification, recommended levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA 22:6n-3; 11.5 ± 2.3 vs. 8 mg/100 mL) but not arachidonic acid (ARA 20:4n-6; 8.3 ± 2.9 vs. 12 mg/100 mL) could …
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A retrospective review of acute liver failure in children admitted at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Acute liver failure (ALF) describes a clinical syndrome resulting from severe liver damage and extensive loss of functional parenchymal liver mass triggered by various factors. Early recognition and initiation of specific therapy may improve outcomes and reduce the need for liver transplantation, a …
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Describing The Nutritional Outcomes Following Paediatric Liver Transplantation At A Tertiary Hospital In South Africa
Background: Nutrition in chronic liver disease is an important marker of post- liver transplant outcomes in children and is monitored judiciously pre-transplantation. There is a paucity of data on post-transplant nutritional outcomes, particularly in the developing world setting. Aim: To describe …
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An analysis of prognostic, endoscopic and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic salvage shunting factors influencing rebleeding and death in portal hypertensive patients with life-threatening variceal bleeding
… complex life-threatening emergencies in surgical gastroenterology. Over the past four decades the treatment of variceal bleeding has evolved and improved with the consequence that mortality has decreased substantially to current rates of 15 to 20% at six weeks after the index variceal bleed. …
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