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Outcomes and patient perspectives of a novel virtual spinal referral pathway in a non-specialist centre
IntroductionIn Irish orthopaedic centres without dedicated spinal services, the care of patients is facilitated through tertiary referral centres in...
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Patient satisfaction and their determinants in outpatient department of a tertiary public hospital in Nepal: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundPatient satisfaction is a vital metric for assessing healthcare quality and delivering patient-centered care. It can predict service...
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Dermoscopic features of nails in Leprosy patients in a tertiary referral hospital in West Java, Indonesia
IntroductionLeprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease, mainly affecting the skin and peripheral nerves, caused by the obligate...
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Comparison of cataract surgery outcomes between a secondary and a tertiary eye hospital in Tamil Nadu, India
PurposeTo examine the difference in post-operative visual outcomes of cataract surgeries between a tertiary and secondary centre at Aravind Eye...
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Initial 50 consecutive full-robotic pancreatoduodenectomies without conversion by a single surgeon: a learning curve analysis from a tertiary referral high-volume center
BackgroundSeveral studies report on a learning curve for robotic pancreatoduodenectomy (R-PD) ranging between 20 and 80 operations, with conversion...
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Risk factors associated with preterm birth among mothers delivered at Lira Regional Referral Hospital
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) defines Preterm Birth (PTB) as “a live birth taking place before the expected 37 weeks of gestation”....
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Using the Elixhauser risk adjustment model to predict outcomes among patients hospitalized in internal medicine at a large, tertiary-care hospital in Israel
BackgroundIn Israel, internal medicine admissions are currently reimbursed without accounting for patient complexity. This is at odds with most other...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease burden, grades and erythrocytosis at a tertiary hospital in western Uganda
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide among people over 40 years of age, and...
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Dysthyroid optic neuropathy: a case series at a tertiary ophthalmic referral centre
Background/ObjectivesTo determine risk factors and treatment outcomes in dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON) at a single tertiary ophthalmic centre.
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Management of infantile hemangiomas—experience of a tertiary hospital
The purpose of the study is to describe the experience of a multidisciplinary team in a tertiary hospital regarding the management of Infantile...
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Burkholderia cepacia Infections at Sites Other than the Respiratory Tract: A Large Case Series from a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Lebanon
ObjectivesThe Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), which was originally thought to be a single species, represents a group of 24 distinct species...
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The Incidence of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) in COVID-19 Patients in Tertiary Care Referral Units
COVID-19 is a new pandemic infectious disease that emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. We aimed to evaluate the sudden sensorineural hearing...
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Impact of free maternity services on outcomes related to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya: a retrospective analysis
BackgroundPreeclampsia is a major contributor to maternal and neonatal mortality worldwide. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths occur in resource...
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Advanced HIV disease and associated factors among young people aged 15—24 years at a tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundAdvanced HIV disease (AHD) in young people living with HIV (PLHIV) is an increasingly pressing public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa....
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Twelve-month analysis of emergency argon laser retinopexy in an Irish tertiary hospital
BackgroundRetinal tears occur as a result of traction at sites of retinal and vitreous adhesion—this allows retrohyaloid fluid into the subretinal...
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced HIV disease screening at a secondary referral hospital -Malawi: a convergent parallel study
BackgroundMalawi continues to register HIV/AIDS mortality despite increased expansion of ART services and as well as advanced HIV screening as...
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Changing the outcomes of newborns with surgical conditions at a tertiary-level hospital in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial
BackgroundGlobally, 10% of neonatal mortality in low-/middle-income countries (L/MIC) is directly attributed to surgical conditions, and appropriate...
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Magnitude of in-hospital mortality and its associated factors among patients undergone laparotomy at tertiary public hospitals, West Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022
IntroductionLaparotomy surgery, which involves making an incision in the abdominal cavity to treat serious abdominal disease and save the patient’s...
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Etiopathology and Prevalence of Pulsatile Tinnitus in a Tertiary Care Referral Hospital
The diverse etiopathogenesis of pulsatile tinnitus (PT) makes it a difficult condition to diagnose and treat. To describe the clinical features,...
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Assessment of the workload and financial burden of Bosniak IIF renal cyst surveillance in a tertiary referral hospital
BackgroundThe Bosniak classification is a CT classification which stratifies renal cysts based on imaging appearances and therefore associated risk...