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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"patient selection"”.
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Distributive justice and patient selection
… both of these are context dependent, I discuss patients' entitlements in terms of limited medical resources.
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Missing Domains Of Lung Transplant Patient Selection
… became the procedure of choice for patients with terminal, non-malignant lung disease. Background: Though there is a consensus regarding disease-specific indications for a lung transplant, ambiguity remains regarding how patient-specific attributes should influence lung transplant …
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Towards patient selection for cranial proton beam therapy – Assessment of current patient-individual treatment decision strategies
… to conventional photon radiotherapy. Those patients who are supposed to experience the greatest reduction in side effects should preferably be treated with proton beam therapy. One option for this patient selection is the model-based approach. Its feasibility in patients with intracranial …
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ECMO Therapy in Intensive Care Settings: A Global Perspective on Outcomes and Observational Practices – Examining Factors Associated With ECMO Survival
… with an increased risk of mortality for patients with chronic conditions, and limited studies have examined the impact of comorbidities on patients’ survival. The Saudi Arabian healthcare system faces various challenges, including resource limitations, unequal allocation of healthcare …
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Improving Preadmission Testing Nurses' Knowledge of Aortic Stenosis and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
… aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure and patient selection, and satisfaction with knowledge by 10%. Rapid growth of the TAVR program has contributed to a gap in nursing knowledge leading to inconsistent patient care and education. An educational program was developed and spread through a …
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Spatial Analysis of Hospital Service Areas in Southwest Missouri
… The actual service area geographically displays patient origin by ZIP code regions within the study area. The time-distance service area shows that ZIP code regions are within a thirty-minute travel time of each hospital. Other factors and related data are included to contribute to the thesis. …
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Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure and Implications for Response and Guidance of Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
… is an established treatment for heart failure patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and widened QRS duration. Response to CRT remains variable. Up to 30% of patients do not gain symptomatic benefit with numbers that fail to reverse remodel (RR) even higher. Strategies to …
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eIF4E Phosphorylation Balances Cap-dependent and Cap-independent Translation Initiation
… virus specificity and might allow for rational patient selection.</p>
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Cost Utility Analysis of Balloon Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty in the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures in the United States
… used by spine surgeons to relieve pain in these patients. A number of studies have been conducted to compare and contrast the effectiveness of both these techniques and have reported that balloon kyphoplasty offers a long lasting pain relief compared to vertebroplasty. However, kyphoplasty …
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Mechanisms by which cardiac resynchronisation therapy improves cardiac performance in heart failure
… pacing improves cardiac performance in patients with heart failure. We demonstrated for the first time that CRT results in an improvement in acute haemodynamic variables in heart failure patients with a narrow QRS duration that is comparable to the effects seen in heart failure patients …
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The impact of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding on quality of life
… that the provision of a tube feed is in the patient's best interests. The aim of this study was to evaluate how the provision of enteral nutrition via a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) impacts on the Quality of Life (QoL) of patients from the patients' and carers' perspectives. …
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Improving enrollment in outpatient group therapy at a federally qualified health center : a quality improvement project
… based on the referrals received, the number of patients enrolled in group therapy, and patient feedback during the enrollment process. Interventions: Implementation of a structured enrollment process included written education for referring providers, educational flyers for patients, referral …
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Konservatyvi ektopinio kiaušintakinio nėštumo priežiūra. Mokslinės literatūros apžvalga /
… are being detected earlier, often in stable patients, enabling health professionals to opt for conservative methods more frequently. Critical considerations in conservative management include patient selection, risk stratification, and monitoring protocols. Optimal candidates typically are …
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A Markov decision analysis model to aid the vascular surgeon in the management of a patient with an asymptomatic infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm
… technique is most appropriate for an individual patient. We have designed a decision analysis model that will predict survival, reintervention rates and other parameters for individual patients. Methods A Markov decision analysis model was developed in Microsoft Excel to simulate five management …
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic ovariohysterectomy in the mare
… alternative for conventional OHE. Careful patient selection and preparation may reduce the complications observed in this study.
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Surgical Outcomes Following Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Iceland
… A small, carefully selected proportion of patients with pulmonary metastases undergo surgery. Aim: To evaluate the outcomes and trends of pulmonary metastasectomies performed in Iceland. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent pulmonary metastasectomy in …
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Developing an evidence-based system to facilitate the predictive assessment and optimisation of older adults with cancer
… quantitative survey evaluation of a digitalised, patient reported OGA; v) the development and analysis of a complex model of an oncogeriatric population using machine learning.Results: A whole system approach is required to improve the implementation of OGA in cancer settings, including …
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CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST RT TREATMENT BY MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL AI-KNOWLEDGE-BASED PLANNING OPTIMIZATION MODELS
… in the case of breath-hold, which requires patient selection, as it is complex to implement and not justified for all patients. First, an automatic segmentation model of the CTV was developed using a U-Net neural network on the MIKAPOCo dataset, achieving good agreement among the centers, …
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When working towards an optimised Carotid stenting procedure does patient, procedural and pharmacological selection impact on outcome.
… up of the Sheffield data set has shown that patient selection has the most impact on reducing adverse outcomes from the procedure. Multivariable analysis of the Sheffield database detailed in this thesis has shown that retinal events have a lower risk of adverse outcomes than cerebral events, …
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Concomitant Targeting of The Mtor/Mapk Pathways: Novel Therapeutic Strategy In Subsets of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
… targeted-driven medicinal approaches. However, patients frequently relapse and develop resistance to available therapies. Herein, we utilized genomic mutation data from advanced chemorefractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients enrolled in the Biomarker-Integrated Approaches of …
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