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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"retrospective evaluation"”.
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A retrospective evaluation on the use of Cephalosporins in open-heart surgery
… of the later with local standards, and (5) evaluation of the impact of review on utilization patterns. Pierpaoli, et al., (1976), suggested that, conceptually a monitoring program could include utilization of retrospective and prospective chart review processes, complimented by a formal …
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RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF C.A.T.C.H. IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS
<p>This study is a retrospective evaluation of the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) coordinated school health program. An abundant amount of research has been conducted concerning CATCH, but no data exist that represents the characteristics and attitudes of individuals implementing the …
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A Retrospective Evaluation of the Planetree Patient Centered Model of Care Program's Impact on Inpatient Quality Outcomes
This retrospective quasi experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of Planetree's patient-centered model of care. Donabedian's model linking structure and process to outcome was used to frame this study. The structure variable is the inpatient acute care hospital unit and the process variable …
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Retrospective evaluation of the rockall risk scoring system in patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage at a community hospital
… is identifying patients’ who are at low risk. We retrospectively identified Rockall scores of 160 patients and the proportion of low-risk patients seen in the Emergency Department at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) over a one-year period. Additionally, we determined adverse outcomes and …
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Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Modulator Therapies in Cystic Fibrosis: A Retrospective Evaluation of a Nationwide Specialty Pharmacy Database
… in the CF population.</p> <p>Methods: A retrospective data analysis was conducted using refill and patient assessment data for CF Patients using CFTR modulator therapies from AllianceRx Walgreens specialty pharmacy. The study was conducted in two phases. In Phase I adherence was …
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A retrospective evaluation of antimicrobial management among patients with sepsis in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Gaborone Private Hospital in Botswana
… odds of death, which requires further study and evaluation. (OR 3.68, CI 1.28-10.6, p=0.012), The study underscores the importance of regularly updating guidelines to reflect current practices, ensuring optimized sepsis management
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A retrospective evaluation of the impact of a dedicated Obstetric and Neonatal transport service on transport times within an Urban setting
… Emergency Medical Services was selected for a retrospective review of the transit times for the newly implemented Flying Squad programme. Data were imported from the Computer Aided Dispatch programme. Dispatch, Response, Mean Transit and Total Pre-hospital times, relating to the obstetric and …
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A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY OF COMPUTER ASSISTED MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION WITH FREE FIBULAR FLAPS TO RECONSTRUCT MANDIBULAR DEFECTS FOLLOWING ABLATIVE TUMOUR THERAPY IN A SINGLE CENTRE
Mandibular reconstruction is crucial to restore form and function following segmental mandibulectomies for ablative tumour therapy. Traditional methods utilizing free hand contouring of the neomandible rely heavily on the individual clinician’s experience and produced variable results. The …
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An audit of referring patterns for cancer patients to the Palliative Care Unit in 2 Military Hospital, by means of a retrospective evaluation of the percentage of referrals adhering to a given standard, and evaluation of possible barriers
The 2 Military Hospital Palliative Care unit seeks to provide high quality, holistic palliative care to all patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. This care should be initiated early after diagnosis, to prevent unnecessary suffering and allowing the patient and the family to be part of …
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Prospektive Erfassung und Nachuntersuchung nicht operierter Refluxpatienten in der Chirurgie
… hospital of the RWTH Aachen. The goal is the retrospective evaluation of the recommendation of a conservative therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Here unto the subjective contentment of the patients with their medical condition since the examination serves as a basis of valuation. The …
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Alternating Sequences of Future and Past Behavior Encoded Within Hippocampal Theta Oscillations
… to analyze experience, both prospectively and retrospectively. It remains unclear how forward-ordered neural activity can facilitate storage or expression of reverse-ordered sequences, which are observed in ripple-based reverse replay and may underlie human episodic memory retrieval. …
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A Retrospective View of the Phillips Curve and Its Empirical Validity since the 1950s
… Keynesian iteration. The purpose is to provide a retrospective evaluation of the curve's empirical evidence. In each period, the preeminent role of the theoretical considerations over statistical learning from the data is first explored. To further appraise the trustworthiness of empirical …
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Scientific evidence to support the art of prescribing spectacles. Identification of the clinical scenarios in which optometrists apply partial prescribing techniques and the quantification of spectacle adaption problems.
… It would also appear from the results of the retrospective evaluation of the ¿if it ain¿t broke, don¿t fix it¿ clinical maxim in Chapter 4 that spectacle dissatisfaction rates could be reduced by between 22 to 42% depending on how strictly the maxim is interpreted by the practitioner. …
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The framework for REVIEWS: an exploration into design principles for an electronic medical early warning system observation chart
… Centre in University College Cork. A comparative evaluation of each chart is also presented in the respective phases. Throughout each of these phases, tentative versions of a design framework for electronic vital sign observation charts are presented, with each subsequent iteration of the …
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Assessment of serum cobalt binding with diseases of domestic cats
… handling, small disease group numbers, and retrospective evaluation. The consistency of the relationship between albumin concentrations, albumin-linked correlates, and the measured %CB seems to confirm the validity of the assay in measuring ischemia-modified albumin, though this study failed …
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DOCTORAL DISSERTATION ON SUBCRESTAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT: ANALYSIS OF MARGINAL BONE LEVELS RELATED TO SURGICAL AND PROSTHETIC FACTORS
… Specific objectives of each study: (I.) To retrospectively evaluate 410 subcrestal dental implants placed in 93 patients in order to identify potential factors associated with MBL variation by multiple linear regression analysis. (II.) To investigate a possible correlation between the …
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Der psychiatrische Notfall im Rettungsdienst : eine Herausforderung des Notarztes?
… in a case from the year 1995. Therefore the retrospective evaluation took place of 13.251 emergency surgeon reports from the year 2005 of a medium sized German city, a district town and a municipality within a district to compare value, frequency and therapy of psychiatric emergencies. It has …
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Vliv rodičů na sportovní vývoj vrcholového sportovce v dětském věku
… thesis was to determine how adult elite athletes retrospectively evaluate the importance of family background and individual forms of parental support throughout their sports career. The thesis is based on the assumption that sports success cannot be explained only by innate predispositions, …
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IMPROVING CONSERVATION IMPACT THROUGH PRIORITY-SETTING AND EVALUATION
… This dissertation examines priority-setting and evaluation within the context of three conservation challenges – global prioritization of locations to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, community and state-led efforts to conserve forests in Madagascar, and spatial planning for …