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Pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

2018

Management and outcome of patients with operable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who underwent pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) at a large German referral center were investigated.In Germany, 394 PEAs were performed in 2014 and 2015 with an in-hospital mortality rate of 5.8%. Of these, 253 patients (64.2%) were treated at the Kerckhoff Clinic, Bad Nauheim, and 237 (93.7%; median age, 62 years [interquartile range [IQR], 52-72 years]; 46.0% female) were included in the present analysis.On referral, 52 patients (22.0%) were treated with pulmonary arterial hypertension-specific drugs and 95 (40.4%) were treated with non-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulants, and 14 (5.9%)…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineTransplantationmedicine.medical_specialtyReferralbusiness.industryMortality rate030204 cardiovascular system & hematologySurgeryPulmonary endarterectomy03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicine030228 respiratory systemInterquartile rangemedicine.arteryPulmonary arteryMedicineReferral centerSurgeryChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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Eligibility for treatment with omalizumab in Italy and Germany.

2013

Summary Omalizumab is an add-on therapy for patients with uncontrolled severe allergic asthma. In Europe, patients must fulfil a number of additional criteria to become eligible for omalizumab therapy, creating a challenge for epidemiology studies to quantify the potential patient pool. Thus, and in the absence of robust data, the number of omalizumab-eligible patients has remained unclear. To assess eligible patient numbers, a chart-audit design approach was employed to measure epidemiology variables based on patient-level data. 770 patient charts were reviewed in designated towns in Germany and Italy, in collaboration with >200 primary care physicians (PCPs) and respiratory specialists (R…

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsReferralEpidemiologySevere asthmaAllergic asthmaEligibility DeterminationOmalizumabPrimary careOmalizumabAntibodies Monoclonal HumanizedSeverity of Illness IndexAntibodiesSampling StudiesDose-Response RelationshipProduct LabelGermanyEpidemiologyMonoclonalmedicinePrevalenceHumansNational levelAnti-Asthmatic AgentsHumanizedAnti-immunoglobulin EEligibilityDose-Response Relationship Drugbusiness.industryPatient SelectionAllergic asthmaImmunoglobulin EAsthmaAntibodies Anti-IdiotypicAnti-IdiotypicTreatment OutcomeItalyQuality of LifeBiological MarkersDrugbusinessBiomarkersmedicine.drugAllergic asthma; Anti-immunoglobulin E; Eligibility; Epidemiology; Anti-Asthmatic Agents; Antibodies Anti-Idiotypic; Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized; Asthma; Biological Markers; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Eligibility Determination; Germany; Humans; Immunoglobulin E; Italy; Patient Selection; Prevalence; Quality of Life; Sampling Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment OutcomeRespiratory medicine
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Overcoming Barriers to the Effective Management of Severe Asthma in Italy.

2021

Pierluigi Paggiaro,1 Simona Barbaglia,2 Stefano Centanni,3,4 Davide Croce,5 Enrico Desideri,6 Saffi Giustini,7,8 Claudio Micheletto,9 Antonino Musarra,10 Nicola Scichilone,11 Ugo Trama,12 Maria Teresa Zedda,7,13 Giorgio Walter Canonica14 1Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Associazione Nazionale Pazienti “Respiriamo Insieme”, Padova, Italy; 3Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; 4Respiratory Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; 5Center for Health Economics, Social and Health Care Management, LIUC-Università Cattaneo, Castellanza, I…

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Attitudes of general dental practitioners towards biopsy procedures

2011

Objectives: A dentist is required to detect and recognise oral lesions and inform the patient accordingly by providing a diagnosis and adequate treatment plan. Biopsy serves as an important aid in achieving this goal; however, its use is not so widespread in general dental practice. The objective of the present study was to explore the attitudes of general dental practitioners in Belgaum city towards biopsy for diagnosis of oral lesions. Material and methods: A self designed questionnaire was administered to 74 general dental practitioners in Belgaum city, in the southern region of India, consisting of several items addressing the socio-demographic and professional aspects and their attitud…

Response rate (survey)Dental practiceDental curriculumPathologymedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testReferralbusiness.industryOdontologíaDental education:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Ciencias de la saludstomatognathic diseasesTreatment planFamily medicineUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASBiopsymedicinebusinessGeneral DentistryPatient factorsJournal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry
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Teacher satisfaction at the educational placement of students with special educational needs

2016

This study conducted a large-scale survey to investigate the satisfaction of Finnish primary school teachers toward the current educational placement of their students with special educational needs (SEN). Teachers were asked to recommend the most suitable educational placement for each of their SEN students from a pool of six alternatives: a mainstream classroom, part-time special education, a special classroom in the mainstream school, a special school, a state special school, or an institution. Data were obtained from 980 students representing 68 schools. The results showed that, in the majority of cases, teachers recommended a different level to the current level of placement for their …

School Sociology; Special Education; Referral to Special Education; Teacher Satisfaction; Finlandschool sociologyMainstreamingEducation Subject ClassificationSpecial educationSchool teachersComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONMathematics educationMedicineMainstreamta5160501 psychology and cognitive sciencesreferral to special educationFinlandspecial educationMedical educationbusiness.industry05 social sciencesSpecial Education; Sosiology of Organizations050301 educationteacher satisfactionSpecial educational needsbusiness0503 educationInclusion (education)050104 developmental & child psychologyJournal of Human Sciences
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Providing timely quality care after-hours: Perceptions of a hospital model of care

2019

Abstract Background Nurses working night shift are key-players in the acute care team, however, their work environment has been characterised by suboptimal leadership, communication inadequacies, limited resources, and a lack of adequate support. Aim The aim of this study was to investigate nurses' perceptions of the Hospital at Night Team, a nursing model of care implemented to provide timely quality nursing care after-hours. Methods The study used a descriptive design. Five focus groups were conducted, with a total of 34 nurses from 14 wards across a 600+ bed tertiary referral teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia, one year after the Hospital at Night Team implementation. Focus group …

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Istruttoria tecnico-scientifica nel giudizio a quo e giudizio di legittimità costituzionale: il caso dell’obbligo vaccinale nella decretazione d’urge…

2022

Muovendo dall’ordinanza n. 38 del 2022 del Consiglio di giustizia amministrativa per la Regione siciliana (CGARS), il contributo si sofferma a) sull’estensione per analogia degli obblighi vaccinali; b) su oscurità ed incoerenze della disciplina sugli obblighi vaccinali in tema di accesso alle strutture socio-sanitarie. Il contributo si incentra poi sull'istruttoria tecnico-scientifica e la motivazione sulla non manifesta infondatezza delle questioni di legittimità costituzionale aventi ad oggetto la disciplina sull'obbligo vaccinale e sugli aspetti problematici dell'ordinanza di rimessione del CGARS.

Settore IUS/09 - Istituzioni Di Diritto PubblicoThe article comment the ordinance no. 38 of 2022 of the Administrative Justice Council for the Sicilian Region (CGARS) approaching in particular: a) the extension by analogy of vaccination obligationSettore IUS/08 - Diritto Costituzionaleb) the obscurity and inconsistencies of the regulations on vaccination obligations in terms of access to social and health facilities. The contribution then focuses on the technical-scientific investigation and the motivation on the not manifest groundlessness of the issues of constitutional legitimacy concerning the discipline on the vaccination obligation and on the problematic aspects of the CGARS referral order.
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The Effect of Physical Activity and High Body Mass Index on Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome

2020

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A Teledentistry system for the second opinion

2014

In this paper we present a Teledentistry system aimed to the Second Opinion task. It make use of a particular camera called intra-oral camera, also called dental camera, in order to perform the photo shooting and real-time video of the inner part of the mouth. The pictures acquired by the Operator with such a device are sent to the Oral Medicine Expert (OME) by means of a current File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service and the real-time video is channeled into a video streaming thanks to the VideoLan client/server (VLC) application. It is composed by a HTML5 web-pages generated by PHP and allows to perform the Second Opinion both when Operator and OME are logged and when one of them is offline.

TeledentistryFile Transfer ProtocolHTML5Multimediabusiness.industrySecond opinionComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISIONImage processingcomputer.software_genreTask (computing)Operator (computer programming)DentistryImage Processing Computer-AssistedHumansTelemetryMedicineVideo streamingTeledentistrybusinessReferral and ConsultationcomputerAlgorithms2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
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The perception of tooth whitening practices during and after orthodontic treatment: A survey of orthodontists

2020

Background At present, there are limited studies on how tooth whitening procedures are applied in orthodontic patients. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the perception of tooth whitening practices during and after orthodontic treatment. Material and methods A survey of orthodontists in Medellin (Colombia) between January and October 2020 was carried out. The survey instrument was developed to obtain information regarding the perception and practices of tooth whitening during and after orthodontic treatment. Results 133 orthodontists with a mean age of 41,6 years old participated in the survey. Over 60% of participants reported >6 years of experience as orthodontist. The …

Tooth whiteningReferralbusiness.industryResearchDentistryOrthodonticsMean agestomatognathic diseasesstomatognathic systemDental WhiteningMedicineSurvey instrumentbusinessGeneral DentistryUNESCO:CIENCIAS MÉDICASJournal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry
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