Evaluation of a Managed Surgical Consultation Network in Malawi
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DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05809-3
Abstract: Access to surgery is a challenge for low-income countries like Malawi due to shortages of specialists, especially in rural areas. District hospitals (DH) cater for the immediate surgical needs of rural patients, sending difficult cases… read more here.
Keywords: network; evaluation managed; surgical consultation; managed surgical ... See more keywords
Surgical Consultation as Social Process: Implications for Shared Decision Making
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DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002610
Abstract: Objective: This qualitative study examines surgical consultation as a social process and assesses its alignment with assumptions of the shared decision-making (SDM) model. Summary of Background Data: SDM stresses the importance of patient preferences and… read more here.
Keywords: decision making; decision; surgical consultation; social process ... See more keywords
Effect of Serious Mental Illness on Surgical Consultation and Operative Management of Older Adults with Acute Biliary Disease: A Nationwide Study.
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DOI: 10.1097/xcs.0000000000000710
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Mental illness is associated with worse outcomes after emergency general surgery. To understand how pre-operative processes of care may influence disparate outcomes, we examined rates of surgical consultation, treatment, and operative approach between older… read more here.
Keywords: surgical consultation; older adults; mental illness; consultation ... See more keywords
Classification systems of acute appendicitis as an indicator for paediatric surgical consultation of children with acute abdominal pain
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DOI: 10.1111/jpc.16308
Abstract: This study examined if the classification systems for acute appendicitis could be applied in the emergency department as an indicator for surgical consultation, in order to reduce unnecessary paediatric surgery admission. read more here.
Keywords: surgical consultation; acute appendicitis; systems acute; classification systems ... See more keywords
Non-pharmacological treatment gap preceding surgical consultation in thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis - a cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.1186/s12891-019-2567-3
Abstract: BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) in the thumb carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ) is a prevalent disease which may lead to structural damage, severe pain and functional limitations. Evidence-based treatment recommendations state that all patients with hand OA should be… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; study; pharmacological treatment; hand ... See more keywords