Marcia Rashelle Palace
Marcia Rashelle Palace
Due to the manifold effects of thyroid hormone across virtually all organ systems, the complications associated with thyroid dysfunction are numerous and diverse. The stresses encountered during the perioperative period may exacerbate under...
Evaluation and Monitoring of Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery [0.03%]
心脏植入电子设备患者的非心脏手术评估和监测
Eduard Sklyar,Jonathan N Bella
Eduard Sklyar
In this article, the reader will get some insights into managing patient with implantable cardiac devices while undergoing noncardiac surgery. We will review basic concepts regarding normal function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverte...
Perioperative Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs): A Systemic Review [0.03%]
直接口服抗凝药物的围手术期管理系统性回顾研究
Tagore Sunkara,Emmanuel Ofori,Vadim Zarubin et al.
Tagore Sunkara et al.
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are in wide use among patients requiring both short- and long-term anticoagulation, mainly due to their ease of use and the lack of monitoring requirements. With growing use of DOACs, it is imperative that...
Palliative Care and Patient Autonomy: Moving Beyond Prohibitions Against Hastening Death [0.03%]
姑息治疗与病人自主权——超越加速患者死亡的禁令
Samuel H LiPuma,Joseph P DeMarco
Samuel H LiPuma
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) upholds policies prohibiting practices that deliberately hasten death. We find these policies overly restrictive and unreasonable. We argue that under specified circumstances it ...
Perioperative Evaluation of Patients with Pulmonary Conditions Undergoing Non-Cardiothoracic Surgery [0.03%]
肺部疾病患者接受非心血管胸外科手术的围术期评估
Gilda Diaz-Fuentes,Hafiz Rizwan Talib Hashmi,Sindhaghatta Venkatram
Gilda Diaz-Fuentes
This review describes the perioperative management of patients with suspected or established pulmonary conditions undergoing non-cardiothoracic surgery, with a focus on common pulmonary conditions such as obstructive airway disease, pulmona...
Development, Functioning, and Effectiveness of a Preoperative Risk Assessment Clinic [0.03%]
术前风险评估门诊的设立、运行和效能分析
Hassan Tariq,Rafeeq Ahmed,Salil Kulkarni et al.
Hassan Tariq et al.
Lee first described the concept of preoperative assessment testing (PAT) clinic in 1949. An efficiently run clinic is associated with increased cost-effectiveness by lowering preoperative admission time and thus reducing the length of stay ...
Urban-Rural Differences in Health-Care-Seeking Pattern of Residents of Abia State, Nigeria, and the Implication in the Control of NCDs [0.03%]
尼日利亚阿比亚州居民的就医行为城乡差异及对控制慢病的影响
Ugochukwu U Onyeonoro,Okechukwu S Ogah,Andrew U Ukegbu et al.
Ugochukwu U Onyeonoro et al.
Background: Understanding the differences in care-seeking pattern is key in designing interventions aimed at improving health-care service delivery, including prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. The aim of...
Cost-effectiveness of SHINE: A Telephone Translation of the Diabetes Prevention Program [0.03%]
SHINE电话干预项目的成本效果研究——糖尿病预防计划的电话翻译版项目
Christopher S Hollenbeak,Ruth S Weinstock,Donald Cibula et al.
Christopher S Hollenbeak et al.
Background: The Support, Health Information, Nutrition, and Exercise (SHINE) trial recently showed that a telephone adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle intervention was effective in reducing weig...
Charlene Harrington,John F Schnelle,Margaret McGregor et al.
Charlene Harrington et al.
Many U.S. nursing homes have serious quality problems, in part, because of inadequate levels of nurse staffing. This commentary focuses on two issues. First, there is a need for higher minimum nurse staffing standards for U.S. nursing homes...
Erin K Greenleaf,Amanda B Cooper,Christopher S Hollenbeak
Erin K Greenleaf
Background: Marital status is a known prognostic factor in overall and disease-specific survival in several types of cancer. The impact of marital status on survival in patients with carcinoid tumors remains unknown. We h...