Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is an effective treatment for patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure caused by restrictive or obstructive pulmonary disorders. Traditionally, HMV is initiated in the hospital, nowadays usually on a pul...
Purpose: A treatment gap exists in vertebral fracture (VF) patients. An outpatient visit is a necessary step to initiate treatment. The study aimed to evaluate factors associated with an outpatient visit following a VF diagnosis, and the association...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes a major global health challenge, driven significantly by inappropriate antibiotic use in human medicine. Despite the existence of evidence-based guidelines, variability in antibiotic prescribing persists, in...
Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) poses significant risks to immunocompromised individuals, particularly cancer patients receiving systemic therapies. The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV, Shingrix®) provides strong and durable protection against HZ...
23 January 2018
Efficient patient-centred quality improvement requires an understanding of the system-wide areas of dissatisfaction along with evidence to identify the programs which can be strategically targeted according to specific patient characteristics and pre...
Background and objectives: Ambulatory (outpatient) healthcare organizations continue to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic using an array of initiatives to sustain a continuity of palliative care. Continuance of palliative care during major cris...
Background and objectives: Ambulatory (outpatient) health care organizations continue to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic using an array of initiatives to provide a continuity of care and related patient outcomes. Telehealth has quickly become...
Background/Objectives: Evidence regarding the prognostic impact of outpatient physical therapy (PT) initiated shortly after discharge in older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) hospitalized for worsening heart failure (HF) is limited. We eva...
21 October 2022
The proportion of Malaysians of all ages who use private outpatient services has dropped over time, highlighting the overstretched condition of public outpatient facilities compared to their private counterparts. This paper aims to determine the prev...
Azacitidine and venetoclax (Aza-Ven) are part of a new standard of care for elderly patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) [In line with recommendations, patients with AML at our centre were routinely admitted during initiation of Aza-Ven for clo...
The COVID-19 pandemic initially focused clinical efforts on hospitalized patients. However, as the pandemic progressed, attention shifted to outpatients who often experience milder symptoms yet still contribute to viral transmission. This scoping rev...
14 March 2021
Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outpatient caregivers are exposed to new serious health threats at work. To protect their health, effective occupational health and safety measures (OHSM) are necessary. Outpatient caregivers (...
Background and objectives: Ambulatory (outpatient) health care organizations continue to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic using an array of initiatives to provide a continuity of care for both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. The purpose of...
13 March 2009
The objective of this study was to assess disparities in health care utilization, by smoking status, among adults in the United States.We used 1999–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 15,332 adults.Multivariate lo...
Background: Pediatric polypharmacy is increasingly recognized among children with chronic medical conditions; however, data from outpatient settings, particularly in the Middle East, remain limited. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, patte...
The increase in fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Escherichia coli (EC) is a serious global problem. In addition, much of acute uncomplicated cystitis (AUC) cases are caused by EC. FQs have been selected for the treatment of cystitis in outpatients, and...
Background: Initiation to Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be implemented in an inpatient or outpatient setting. Aims: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adaptation (the number of needed sessions) to home-ba...
Background: Carbamazepine (CBZ) is associated with severe cutaneous adverse reactions in individuals carrying the HLA-B*15:02 allele, which is prevalent in Asian populations. Genetic screening before the initiation of CBZ is recommended, yet screenin...
Background: the aim of this paper is to quantify multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT) impact on the decisional clinical pathway of thoracic cancer patients, assessing the modification rate of the initial out-patient evaluation. Methods: the impact of...
Background: Psychological distress is a predictor of future health and disease data, with consequent implications for both the patient and the healthcare system. Taking advantage of the unprecedented situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we aimed...
Background: Aural fullness is a common symptom in routine otolaryngological practice. Although it is most commonly attributed to cerumen impaction, other, less frequent conditions may present similar symptoms and are often initially misdiagnosed as c...
Background: In recent years, patterns of the use of psychotropic drugs vary with increasing rates of psychiatric presentation and diagnosis in children and adolescents. Purpose: In this study, we aimed to investigate distributions of current psychiat...
Background: Autoantibody-associated psychiatric disorders are a new terrain that is currently underrepresented considering immunopsychiatry’s potential importance for therapeutic aspects. The aim of our research was thus to present initial pilo...
(1) Background: Mobility assessment is a key component of the assessment of an older adult as a part of the Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) “geriatric 4Ms” framework. Several validated tools for assessing mobility and estimating fall ri...
Physical and/or occupational therapy (PT/OT) may improve post-fracture health and survival among adults with cerebral palsy (CP), but this has not been studied in the inpatient setting. The objective was to quantify the association between acute inpa...
Background: The lack of availability of test results in vascular surgery outpatient clinics impedes the medical management of vascular risk factors, such as dyslipidaemia and diabetes mellitus. This study sought to evaluate the feasibility of using c...
14 August 2021
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) remains underutilised, despite its established clinical benefit. A personality traits assessment may help promote CR implementation, as they are determinants of health-related behaviour. This study aimed to examine the ass...
Modern diagnostic procedures, such as three-dimensional total body photography (3D-TBP), digital dermoscopy (DD), and reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), can improve melanoma diagnosis, particularly in high-risk patients. This study assessed the b...
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is used to treat patients with advanced malignant pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs). Patients are at risk of a PRRT-induced catecholamine crisis, and standard guidelines regarding the prev...
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and serious complication in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While guidelines recommend prophylactic anticoagulation for cancer outpatients at high risk, its clinical impl...
19 May 2017
Background: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe form of childhood-onset epilepsy associated with serious injuries due to frequent and severe seizures. Of the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) approved for LGS, clobazam is a more recent market entrant,...
23 November 2020
To mitigate the impact of dementia, initiating early intervention is important. This study aims to investigate the associations between deterioration in oral function and cognitive decline in older outpatients whose oral health was maintained in the...
Starting from 2017, pneumococcal vaccination was added to the Polish vaccination calendar as mandatory for all children born after 2016. The 10-valent conjugate vaccine was selected as mandatory and therefore free of charge. This paper aims to examin...
Ambulatory patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) are increasing in number, and so is their life expectancy. Thus, there is an increasing need for care of these patients by non-LVAD specialists, such as providers in the emergency depar...
Background/Objective: Rotavirus is a major cause of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children <5 years. While rotavirus vaccines are effective in reducing AGE, limited data on their indirect effects exist. The aim of our narrative systematic review...
Background: Functional seizures (FS) are episodes of paroxysmal involuntary movements and altered consciousness without the typical changes in the electroencephalography as with epilepsy. A multidisciplinary approach is the golden standard in the tre...
Background/Objectives: Effective communication between medical practices and community pharmacists is essential for safe and efficient outpatient care, yet quantitative evidence from the perspective of community pharmacies regarding the frequency, co...
Introduction: This study assessed healthcare utilization in the first year after combat-related lower extremity injuries in 4275 U.S. Service members. Varying injury severity was hypothesized to correlate with different utilization patterns, with the...
A relevant proportion of patients suffer from long-lasting impairments following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The proposed post-COVID syndrome (PCS) score may improve comparison in the course and classification of affected patients. A prospective c...
Outpatient healthcare facilities represent potential sources of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The purpose of this study was to survey high-contact surfaces in an outpatient physical therapy clinic, characterize the microbiome of those surf...
Background: Outpatient palliative care effectively alleviates symptom burden in advanced cancer patients, yet data from Central–Eastern Europe remain scarce. This retrospective study examined changes in revised Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale...
Background/Objectives: Patient acceptability of oral anticancer drugs is a critical factor that influences treatment in older outpatients receiving cancer chemotherapy and plays a central role in enhancing adherence and treatment effectiveness. Ident...
Wheezing children infected with rhinovirus (RV) have a markedly increased risk of subsequently developing recurrencies and asthma. No previous studies have assessed the association between cytokine response and the severity of acute illness in the fi...
Remdesivir is recommended for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 and for those at high risk of progression. Real-world Omicron-era data on incidental COVID-19 and high-risk outpatients remain limited. We conducted a multicenter retrospective...
A substantial number of patients with life-threatening illnesses like cancer receive inappropriate end-of-life care. Improving their quality of end-of-life care is a priority for patients and their families and for public health. To investigate the a...
During the current pandemic, the gap between fundamental research and clinical practice has been narrowing at a faster pace than ever before. While clinical trials play the main role of confirming the safety and efficacy of new drugs, a drug’s...
Background/Objectives: We examined the association between symptom resolution after rest and causative central lesions on initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the patient-perspective economic implications of hypothetical MRI omission. Method...
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common medical emergency. Thorough initial assessment and appropriate resuscitation are essential to stabilise the patient. Risk scores provide an important tool to discriminate between lower- and higher-risk pati...
Background: Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is a complication responsible for a third of preterm births. Clinical management is initially hospital based, but homecare management is possible if patients are clinically stable 48 h after...
Background: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria were recently proposed to build a global consensus on the diagnostic criteria for malnutrition. This study aimed to evaluate the GLIM criteria for its prognostic significanc...
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