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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38500930/efficacy-of-injectable-platelet-rich-fibrin-i-prf-in-managing-temporomandibular-joint-pain-a-prospective-clinical-study
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Nithin Kumar, Mariea Francis, Sai Sindhu Vk, Varun Ramachandra, P Vijay Anilkumar, Mohammad Fahad Khan
BACKGROUND: Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain is a common condition that can significantly impact an individual's quality of life. Current treatment options often fall short of providing long-lasting relief. So, this prospective clinical study aimed to investigate the efficacy of injectable platelet-rich fibrin (I-PRF) in mitigating TMJ pain. METHODS: A total of 68 participants, aged 18-60 years, clinically diagnosed with TMJ pain, were recruited from dental clinics and specialist referrals...
February 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38500632/a-retrospective-big-data-study-using-healthcare-insurance-claims-to-investigate-the-role-of-comorbidities-in-receiving-low-vision-services
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M L Stolwijk, R M A van Nispen, S L van der Pas, G H M B van Rens
INTRODUCTION: The aim was to examine the association between physical and mental comorbidity with receiving low vision services (LVS). METHODS: A retrospective study based on Dutch claims data of health insurers was performed. We retrieved data (2015-2018) of patients (≥18 years) with eye diseases causing severe vision loss who received LVS at Dutch rehabilitation organizations in 2018 (target group) and patients who did not receive LVS, but who received ophthalmic medical specialist care for glaucoma, macular, diabetic retinal and/or retinal diseases in 2018 (reference group)...
2024: Front Health Serv
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38495079/heart-brain-clinic-an-integrated-approach-to-stroke-care
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Muhammad Bilal Tariq, Syed Kalimullah S Qadri, Anjail Sharrief, Kathleen Tulod, Abhijeet Dhoble, Sidhanta Gurung, Maria Jamilla Lacap, Munachi Okpala, Bharti Manwani, Richard W Smalling, Nicole Gonzales
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Multidisciplinary clinics have been shown to improve care. Patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO)-associated stroke need evaluation by cardiology and neurology specialists. We report our experience creating a multidisciplinary Structural Heart Brain Clinic (HBC) with a focus on patients with PFO-associated stroke. METHODS: Demographic and clinical data were retrospectively collected for patients with PFO-associated ischemic stroke. Patients with PFO-associated stroke were divided into a standard care group and Heart Brain Clinic group for analysis...
December 2023: Neurology. Clinical Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38492257/hereditary-hemorrhagic-telangiectasia-diagnosis-a-case-report
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Lynne Sekarski, Andrew J White, Katheryne Tifuh Amba
This case report presents a 13-year-old patient with a lung nodule identified on a chest radiograph in the emergency department during an evaluation of knee and side pain after a fall. The patient had nosebleeds, family history of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and after chest computed tomography with angiography, the nodule was defined as a single pulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM). Neither parent nor patient had been evaluated for HHT, an autosomal dominant disease, despite the family history...
March 15, 2024: Journal of Pediatric Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491541/towards-leaving-no-one-behind-in-north-macedonia-a-mixed-methods-assessment-of-barriers-to-effective-coverage-with-health-services
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Theadora Swift Koller, Jelena Kjetkovikj Janeva, Elena Ognenovska, Ana Vasilevska, Simona Atanasova, Chris Brown, Antoni Dedeu, Anne Johansen
BACKGROUND: The Government of North Macedonia's Primary Health Care reform is committed to leaving no one behind on the path to Universal health Coverage (UHC). During mid-2022 to March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated with the Government and other national stakeholders for an assessment of barriers to effective coverage with health services experienced by adult citizens, with a specific focus on rural areas and subpopulations in situations of vulnerability. METHODS: This study constituted the piloting of a draft forthcoming WHO handbook on assessing barriers for health services, grounded in the Tanahashi framework for effective coverage with health services...
March 15, 2024: International Journal for Equity in Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38490619/disparities-in-access-to-multidisciplinary-cancer-consultations-and-treatment-for-early-stage-non-small-cell-lung-cancer-patients-a-seer-medicare-analysis
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You-Chi Liu, Rachel O Schmidt, Nirav S Kapadia, Joseph D Phillips, Erika L Moen
PURPOSE: Disparities in access to multidisciplinary cancer consultations (MDCc) persist, and the role of physician relationships remains understudied. This study examined the extent to which multilevel factors, including patient characteristics and patient-sharing network measures reflecting the structure of physician relationships, are associated with MDCc and receipt of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) versus surgery among early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients...
March 13, 2024: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489595/contemporary-perioperative-outcomes-after-total-abdominal-colectomy-for-ulcerative-colitis-in-a-tertiary-referral-centre
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Ian J B Stephens, Brenda Murphy, Lucy Burns, Niamh McCawley, Deborah A McNamara, John P Burke
OBJECTIVE: Colectomy for ulcerative colitis (UC) is common despite therapeutic advances. Post-operative morbidity and mortality demonstrate an association between hospital volumes and outcomes. This single-centre retrospective study examines outcomes after emergency colectomy for UC. METHODS: Patient demographics, perioperative variables and outcomes were collected in Beaumont Hospital between 2010 and 2023. Univariant analysis was used to assess relationships between perioperative variables and morbidity and length of stay (LOS)...
March 11, 2024: European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488965/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy
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Jason N Dungu, Amy Hardy-Wallace, Anthony D Dimarco, Henry O Savage
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common inherited cardiac condition with potential for severe complications including sudden cardiac death. Early diagnosis allows appropriate risk stratification and prompt intervention to minimise the potential for adverse outcomes. The implications of poorly coordinated screening are significant, either missing relatives at high-risk or burdening low-risk individuals with a diagnosis associated with reduced life expectancy. We aim to guide clinicians through the diagnostic pathway through to novel treatment options...
March 15, 2024: Current Heart Failure Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488431/roboctnet-robotics-and-deep-learning-for-referable-posterior-segment-pathology-detection-in-an-emergency-department-population
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Ailin Song, Jay B Lusk, Kyung-Min Roh, S Tammy Hsu, Nita G Valikodath, Eleonora M Lad, Kelly W Muir, Matthew M Engelhard, Alexander T Limkakeng, Joseph A Izatt, Ryan P McNabb, Anthony N Kuo
PURPOSE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a robotically aligned optical coherence tomography (RAOCT) system coupled with a deep learning model in detecting referable posterior segment pathology in OCT images of emergency department patients. METHODS: A deep learning model, RobOCTNet, was trained and internally tested to classify OCT images as referable versus non-referable for ophthalmology consultation. For external testing, emergency department patients with signs or symptoms warranting evaluation of the posterior segment were imaged with RAOCT...
March 1, 2024: Translational Vision Science & Technology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38487559/regional-variations-in-inpatient-decompensated-cirrhosis-mortality-may-be-associated-with-access-to-specialist-care-results-from-a-multicentre-retrospective-study
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INTRODUCTION: Specialist centres have been developed to deliver high-quality Hepatology care. However, there is geographical inequity in accessing these centres in the United Kingdom (UK). We aimed to assess the impact of these centres on decompensated cirrhosis patient outcomes and understand which patients transfer to specialist centres. METHODS: A UK multicentred retrospective observational study was performed including emergency admissions for patients with decompensated cirrhosis in November 2019...
January 2024: Frontline Gastroenterology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38485484/heart-failure-clinic-inclusion-and-exclusion-criteria-cross-sectional-study-of-clinic-s-and-referring-provider-s-perspectives
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Taslima Mamataz, Sean A Virani, Michael McDonald, Heather Edgell, Sherry L Grace
OBJECTIVES: There are substantial variations in entry criteria for heart failure (HF) clinics, leading to variations in whom providers refer for these life-saving services. This study investigated actual versus ideal HF clinic inclusion or exclusion criteria and how that related to referring providers' perspectives of ideal criteria. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Two cross-sectional surveys were administered via research electronic data capture to clinic providers and referrers (eg, cardiologists, family physicians and nurse practitioners) across Canada...
March 14, 2024: BMJ Open
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38485284/primary-care-providers-practice-patterns-regarding-female-pelvic-floor-disorders
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Anna Weimer, Jennifer L Hallock, Chi Chiung Grace Chen
INTRODUCTION: Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) pose substantial physical and psychological burdens for a growing number of women. Given the ubiquity of these conditions and known patient reluctance to seek care, primary care providers (PCPs) have a unique opportunity to increase treatment and provide appropriate referrals for these patients. METHODS: An online survey was administered to PCPs to assess provider practices, knowledge, comfort managing and ease of referral for PFDs...
March 14, 2024: Family Medicine and Community Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38480998/general-practitioner-prescription-patterns-for-atopic-eczema-in-children-are-they-affected-by-telemedicine-advice
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Geoffrey Ying, Karen Koch
Traditionally, patients presenting to primary care with severe eczema would be referred to a dermatology clinic for an in-person specialist appointment. With the rise of teledermatology, dermatologists are instead dispensing tailored written advice based on information provided in the referral. However, there is currently minimal literature assessing whether this advice translates into relevant prescriptions. This clinical audit examines GP prescribing practices and how they correlate to dermatologist recommendations with the objective of assessing whether this form of teledermatology is a viable method of providing care to paediatric eczema patients...
March 13, 2024: Australasian Journal of Dermatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38478801/care-coordination-between-family-physicians-and-palliative-care-physicians-for-patients-with-cancer-results-of-a-quality-improvement-initiative
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Stephanie Cheon, Jonathan Tam, Leonie Herx, Justyna Nowak, Craig Goldie, Danielle Kain, Majid Iqbal, Aynharan Sinnarajah, Jean Mathews
PURPOSE: At our institution's cancer palliative care (PC) clinic, new referrals from oncologists were scheduled for consultation and ongoing follow-up by PC physicians without input from the patients' family physicians (FPs). FPs reported that they felt out of the loop. We implemented a quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed at systematically facilitating care coordination between FPs and PC physicians. METHODS: A coordination toolkit was sent from the PC physician to the FP whenever the PC physician received a consultation request from an oncologist...
March 13, 2024: JCO oncology practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38476477/knowledge-attitudes-and-practices-regarding-use-of-local-anaesthetics-among-non-anaesthesia-healthcare-professionals-at-mulago-national-referral-hospital
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Intisar Ahmed Abdi, John Mark Kasumba, Agnes Wabule, Mary T Nabukenya, Joseph Kayongo, Bernadette Kyoheirwe, Abdirizak Abdullahi Sheikdon, Kamaludin D Osman
INTRODUCTION: Local anaesthetics (LA) are commonly used in dental and surgical emergency wards by both anaesthesia professionals and non-anaesthesia professionals. Anecdotal evidence shows that non-anaesthesia health-care professionals do not monitor vital signs during the use of local anaesthesia, and there are no standard hospital guidelines on the use of LA and management of LA toxicity by non-anaesthesia professionals. PURPOSE: This study sought to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding local anaesthetic use among non-anaesthesia health-care professionals at Mulago National Referral Hospital...
2024: Local and Regional Anesthesia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38473013/exploration-of-preliminary-objective-triage-by-menopause-score-and-ca-125-result-prior-to-accelerating-fast-track-booking-for-suspected-ovarian-cancer-a-role-for-the-pathway-navigator
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Robert Woolas, Lisa Young, Dirk Brinkmann, Francis Gardner, Richard Hadwin, Thomas Woolas, Natalia Povolotskaya
The 28-days-to-diagnosis pathway is the current expected standard of care for women with symptoms of ovarian cancer in the UK. However, the anticipated conversion rate of symptoms to cancer is only 3%, and use of the pathway is increasing. A rapid triage at the moment of receipt of the referral might allow resources to be allocated more appropriately. In secondary care, multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) use the risk of malignancy index (RMI) score, (multiply menopausal status pre = 1 or post = 3 × ultrasound score = 0 - 3 × the CA 125 level), using a score of >200, to triage urgency and management in possible ovarian cancer cases...
March 4, 2024: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38471788/enhanced-supportive-care-in-cancer-centres-national-cross-sectional-survey
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Rachel Moya Helen Caulfield, Lucy E Selman, Jane Gibbins, Karen Forbes, Charlotte Chamberlain
OBJECTIVES: ' Early' specialist palliative care (SPC) has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with advanced cancer, yet patients are often referred late. 'Enhanced supportive care' (ESC) aims to facilitate earlier integrated supportive care for those with incurable cancer. This study aimed to explore clinicians' understanding of ESC/SPC delivery through description of current service provision. METHODS: This national cross-sectional survey of 53 cancer centres had two parts...
March 12, 2024: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38469829/peer-recovery-specialists-and-referrals-to-treatment-clinical-correlates-among-patients-of-an-opioid-overdose-recovery-program-in-new-jersey
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David T Lardier, Kristen Gilmore-Powell, Cory M Morton, N Andrew Peterson, Suzanne Borys
BACKGROUND: Peer recovery programs increase recovery support and treatment engagement among individuals with opioid use disorder. Peer recovery specialists (PRS) are critical in the cascade of care of treating addiction and related conditions. Work remains to help identify the benefits of PRS, particularly time spent with a PRS as a clinical indicator associated with referral to substance use treatment services. Gaps in the literature do not consider the nested hierarchical intercorrelations of opioid recovery data within multiple emergency departments...
March 12, 2024: Subst Use Addctn J
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38467081/survey-of-european-blood-and-marrow-transplant-ebmt-nurses-to-explore-the-current-topical-skin-management-of-chronic-cutaneous-graft-versus-host-disease-in-the-real-world-clinical-environment
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John Murray, Sarah Liptrott, Marta Canesi, Jarl Mooyaart, Annika Kisch, Brian Piepenbroek, Jacqui Stringer
PURPOSE: To understand the current practice in relation to the management of topical therapy for cutaneous chronic Graft versus Host Disease (ccGvHD) and access to extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) within European allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation centres by a survey of nurses. METHOD: This was a multicentre cross-national study at eligible European Blood and Marrow Transplant centres. Eligibility required more than 30% of treated patients having allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant...
March 5, 2024: European Journal of Oncology Nursing: the Official Journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38466992/assessment-and-management-of-sleep-disturbance-in-palliative-care-settings
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Megan S Jeon, Peter Allcroft, Linda Ruth Brown, David Currow, Slavica Kochovska, Anu Krishnan, Andrew Webster, Rachel Campbell
Background: Sleep disturbances, including insomnia, sleep-disordered breathing, and circadian rhythm disorders with potential consequences including excessive daytime somnolence and worsening fatigue, are prevalent yet largely under-measured and therefore under-managed problems in people receiving palliative care. This has the potential to negatively affect the person's functioning and quality of life. Objectives: We aimed to review the current practice of assessment and management of sleep disturbances in people with life-limiting illnesses in Australian and New Zealand palliative care settings, and to define areas for improvement in assessment and management of sleep disturbances and further research...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Palliative Medicine
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