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Background Patients with cancer constitute a large and increasing segment of patients who receive unscheduled hospital-based care due to treatment-related symptoms and disease progression. The initial hospital-based touchpoint for these unscheduled hospitalizations is often the emergency department. Traditional models of emergency department and inpatient hospital-based care are saturated and…
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Eighty-one percent of persons living with cancer have an emergency department (ED) visit within the last 6 months of life. Many cancer patients in the ED are at an advanced stage with high symptom burden and complex needs, and over half is admitted to an inpatient setting. Innovative models of care have been developed to provide high quality, ambulatory, and home-based care to persons living with…
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Mashup Score: 0Cancer-related emergency and urgent care: expanding the research agenda - Emergency Cancer Care - 2 year(s) ago
Purpose of review Cancer-related emergency department (ED) visits often result in higher hospital admission rates than non-cancer visits. It has been estimated many of these costly hospital admissions can be prevented, yet urgent care clinics and EDs lack cancer-specific care resources to support the needs of this complex population. Implementing effective approaches across different care…
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Mashup Score: 0The current state of acute oncology training for emergency physicians: a narrative review - Emergency Cancer Care - 2 year(s) ago
Patients with cancer represent a growing population of patients seeking acute care in emergency departments (ED) nationwide. Emergency physicians are expected to provide excellent, consistent care to all ED patients; however, emergency medicine (EM) education and training of acute oncology is lacking.To explore this topic, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Oncologic Emergencies Interest…
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Background Emergency department patients are disproportionately non-adherent with the United States Preventive Services Task Force cancer screening recommendations, making the emergency department a target-rich environment for interventions aimed at increasing the uptake of cancer screening. Promotion of cancer screening in the emergency department has the potential to address health disparities…
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Mashup Score: 2The current state of acute oncology training for emergency physicians: a narrative review - Emergency Cancer Care - 2 year(s) ago
Patients with cancer represent a growing population of patients seeking acute care in emergency departments (ED) nationwide. Emergency physicians are expected to provide excellent, consistent care to all ED patients; however, emergency medicine (EM) education and training of acute oncology is lacking.To explore this topic, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Oncologic Emergencies Interest…
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Background The incidence of adverse perioperative outcomes in surgery for femoral fractures is high and associated with malnutrition. Here, we identified independent factors and assessed the predictive value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) for perioperative adverse outcomes in patients with femoral fractures. Methods This retrospective study included 343 patients who underwent surgery…
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Mashup Score: 0Cecal volvulus in rural Kenya: delayed presentation contributes to high mortality - BMC Surgery - 2 year(s) ago
Background Cecal volvulus, which is a torsion involving the cecum, terminal ileum, and ascending colon around its own mesentery, results in a closed-loop obstruction. It is a rare reported cause of adult intestinal obstruction. This study aimed to review the clinical presentation, management, and outcomes at a rural, resource-limited referral center. Methods We performed a retrospective review of…
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Mashup Score: 0Comparison of lateral transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches for homolateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy - BMC Surgery - 2 year(s) ago
Background There is a lack of data regarding the appropriateness of transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches for homolateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The aim of this study is to compare lateral transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approach for left-sided and right-sided laparoscopic adrenalectomy respectively. Methods Between January 2014 and December 2019, 242 patients underwent…
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Background The number of elderly patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer rises. Current information about outcomes in elderly patients undergoing thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of age on short-and mid-term outcomes after thoracoscopic Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. Methods A retrospective review of 188 patients with…
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Researchers explore home-based care for patients with cancer with a focus on unscheduled acute-level cancer care needed before, after, or as a substitute for an emergency department encounter through the lens of Porter’s Five Forces. https://t.co/L3OsJbxUIu https://t.co/vLcaiJhk4F