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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"General Medicine"”.
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Patient flow optimization in the Department of Medicine at MGH
In 2015, there were approximately 17,000 General Medicine admissions in the Department of Medicine (DOM) at MGH. General Medicine patients regularly experience significant non-clinical delays caused by bed and care team unavailability, with approximately 25% of patients waiting ten hours or more …
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Reducing a voidable admissions through the Emergency Department at Massachusetts General Hospital
… the Emergency Department (ED) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is again displaying consistent and serious symptoms of overreacting, including rising patient wait times and routine activation of capacity-related emergency management protocols. As MGH grapples with these challenges, it is …
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Changes in the Oral Cavity and Common Diseases /// Промени в оралната среда и общи заболявания
… an isolated discipline but an integral part of general medicine. Pathological processes in the oral cavity have similar with other systems and organs flow characteristics bearing interdependence and bilateral influence. The aim of this study is to investigate the bidirectional relationship of …
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A Survey of Verbal Communications to Clinic Patients Related to their Health Problem
… was communicated to return patients in the General Medicine Clinic of a part-pay urban outpatient department, and who of the clinic personnel were involved in verbalizing this information.</p> <p>The descriptive survey was chosen as the method of study, using the observation technique with a …
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An Interpretive Ethnography: Nursing Culture for People with Dementia and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Acute Care Environment
… approach was used, and data was collected on a general medicine unit at one acute hospital through 75 hours of participant observation and five semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Data was thematically analyzed. Results: A number of facilitators …
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Congestion reduction in the Emergency Department of Massachusetts General Hospital
The MGH Emergency Department (ED) and General Medicine Floor currently experience heavy patient volume and rising patient wait times, despite recent capacity expansions. While several projects have been piloted to divert patients towards alternative care paths, MGH management wants to better …
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I, Dentist: Is artificial intelligence the future of oral healthcare?
… less scientific and evidence-based than that of general medicine. It is also partially driven by an array of economic pressures that have predisposed dentists towards more aggressive and expensive treatment options, as well as by the legitimate ambiguities of clinical decision making in oral …
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Factors Which Affect Post-Hospital Resource Use and Patient Health Outcomes Among Taiwanese Older Adults
… for this study. Data were collected from the general medicine departments of an 800-bed university teaching hospital. Out of 109 patients who were interviewed, 78 participants qualified (participation rate = 71.6%).</p> <p>The majority of participants were aged 65 to 84 (97%) with an average …
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Aspects of culture in South African psychiatry
… is the relationship between psychiatry and general medicine. A cultural understanding of South African psychiatry must take account of this relationship. Ward-rounds in a facility treating Black psychiatric patients were observed over fifteen months. Black and white clinicians in these …
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Pediatric Nurses' Perceptions of Bedside Shift Report
… twelve pediatric nurses who worked on pediatric general medicine nursing units. Data collection and analysis for this study was ongoing and iterative beginning with the first participant interview utilizing a bio-demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Rigor was established by …
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CLINICIAN DISTRESS TRAJECTORIES WHEN CARING FOR SERIOUSLY ILL HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY
… and identify clinician distress trajectories in general medicine hospital clinicians, i.e. physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) caring for hospitalized seriously ill patients—defined as patients with a high-risk of short-term mortality—and examine how these trajectories affect …
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Factors That Physicians Find Encouraging and Discouraging About Electronic Prescribing: a Quantitative Study
… of e-prescribing is growing, the Institute of Medicine's recommendations that all prescriptions be routed electronically by 2010 certainly has not been met. Therefore, the objective of this study is to compare the factors that physicians find encouraging and discouraging about e-prescribing …
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High flow nasal oxygen in resource constrained, non-intensive care high care wards for COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: comparing outcomes of first versus third waves
Background: High flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) is an accepted treatment for severe COVID-19 related acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure (AHRF) especially where limited access to intensive care unit (ICU) resources exists, and approximately halves the need for invasive mechanical ventilation. …
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The molecular structures of chlorpromazine and thiethylperazine and a discussion of the action mechanism of the phenothiazine derivatives
… psychotic conditions and of mental diseases in general. Although the phenothiazines have been subjected to extensive clinical tests, their chemical structural features have not so far been found to have a sufficiently constant association with pharmacological, psychological and clinical effects …
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Data-driven strategies for vaccine design
… the greatest achievements in immunology and in general medicine, and has virtually eradicated many infectious diseases that plagued humans in the past. Vaccination involves injecting an individual with some version of the pathogen in order to allow the individual to develop a memory immune …
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Research on the Participation of Humoral Factors of Congenital Immunity in the Pathogenesis of Activated Osteoarthritis // Изследване участието на хуморалните фактори на вродения имунитет в патогенезата на активираната остеоартроза
The thesis examines the role of humoral factors of innate immunity in the pathogenesis of activated osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee joint. Data from numerous studies indicate that the question of whether the complement cascade plays a role solely as a cleansing system or also as a leading …
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Management of Patients with Alcohol Dependence in General Medical Practice // Мениджмънт на пациенти с алкохолна зависимост в общата медицинска практика
… but also that of prevention and monitoring. General practitioners performing primary prevention and screening for socially significant diseases have a key role in the detection, diagnosis and follow-up of individuals with alcohol dependence. The thesis aims to establish the frequency of risky …
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Immunisation Calendar and Vaccinations in Bulgaria - Current Trends, Problems and Options for Resolution // Имунизационен календар и ваксинации в България – съвременни тенденции, проблеми и възможности за решаването им
Мотивация за осъществяване на проучването е нарастващия проблем с антиваксърски движения в обществото и ролята на общопрактикуващите лекари за справяне с него. Изнесените данни в проучването разясняват основните фактори за колебание сред родители и бъдещи родители, както и гледната точка на …
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Motor Activity in Haemodialysis Patients and Opportunities for Its Optimisation // Двигателна активност при пациенти на хемодиализа и възможности за оптимизирането ѝ
CKD is a serious global health problem associated with reduced life expectancy. In patients with end-stage CKD (ESCKD) undergoing HD, survival is about 75% lower than that of their peers. There is also a significantly reduced physical functional capacity and disability. The thesis aims to prove …
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A survey of physicians concerning utilization of the physician assistant in Indiana
… throughout the country.The practice of quality medicine mandates that physicians be a conservative group and not take extreme positions. If confronted with a "rating-scale" type of answer, responses might tend to fall in the middle ranks. For this reason, a forced choice (yes or no) type of …
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