• To elucidate the association between medical procedures and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), we analyzed medical procedures (any surgical procedure, neurosurgery, ophthalmic surgery, and blood transfusion) for patients registered by the CJD Surveillance Committee in Japan during 1999-2008. (cdc.gov)
  • ACI is a two-step surgical procedure which necessitates chondral harvesting from a non-weight-bearing area of the knee and external chondrocytes expansion in a dedicated laboratory [ 9 , 10 ]. (springer.com)
  • To determine whether the improved outcome of a surgical procedure in high volume hospitals is specific to the volume of the same procedure. (bmj.com)
  • Odds ratio for death within 30 days of surgery in relation to the hospital volume of the same surgical procedure and the hospital volume of the other four procedures. (bmj.com)
  • Central to this framework is an implied linkage between the volume of a specific surgical procedure done in a hospital and the outcome of the same surgical procedure. (bmj.com)
  • The recommendations are based on procedure-specific evidence as well as the balance between the efficacy and adverse effects of analgesic techniques and clinical relevance [ 8 , 9 ]. (springer.com)
  • However, we have not been able to conclude yet that this procedure is adequately safe in the clinic for preventing the transmission of inherited mitochondrial DNA diseases," and further research will be needed before clinical translation of this procedure. (eurekalert.org)
  • All the clinical studies investigating surgical procedures for chondral defects of the knee augmented with MSCs were accessed. (springer.com)
  • A total of 15 clinical studies (411 procedures) were included. (springer.com)
  • 10 , 11 Growing evidence of the relationship between poor response to antiplatelet therapy and the occurrence of clinical events, such as the recurrence of ischemic events and stent-related thrombosis or thromboembolic complications during neurointerventional procedures, elicited the need for monitoring the response to antiplatelet agents. (ajnr.org)
  • Long-Term Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes Following the Ross Procedure: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. (acc.org)
  • What are the long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomes following the Ross procedure for the treatment of adults with aortic valve disease (AVD)? (acc.org)
  • The ninth edition of the clinical practice guidelines for prevention of VTE from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommended that LMWH be given to patients undergoing major orthopedic procedures at least 12 hours preoperatively or postoperatively. (medscape.com)
  • Children continue to experience harm when undergoing clinical procedures despite increased evidence of the need to improve the provision of child-centred care. (lu.se)
  • The international ISupport collaboration aimed to develop standards to outline and explain good procedural practice and the rights of children within the context of a clinical procedure. (lu.se)
  • With further study using large, double-blinded groups of patients, the method may prove to be an effective option for children facing dental surgery. (dentistryiq.com)
  • Plasma samples from patients treated with quinidine were also analyzed by both procedures. (eurekamag.com)
  • We conducted an age-stratified case-control study with 753 sCJD patients and 210 controls and a study of patients who underwent neurosurgical or ophthalmic surgical procedures at the same hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • In Japan, 66 (8.6%) of 766 patients with prion diseases had iatrogenic cases that were all dCJD ( 12 ), and the outbreak of iatrogenic CJD required a new study about the association between sCJD and medical procedures in Japan. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 screening scores of asymptomatic patients undergoing a medical procedure, showing an ROC curve with an AUC of 0.71 (95% CI: 0.64-0.78). (ajtmh.org)
  • This systematic review updated the current evidence on MSCs augmentation for chondral procedures in patients with symptomatic chondral defects of the knee. (springer.com)
  • 15 This study analyzed our initial experiences with this test in the management of patients undergoing various neurointerventional stent-placement procedures. (ajnr.org)
  • We reviewed our neurovascular prospectively collected data base for consecutive patients pretreated with aspirin and/or clopidogrel for planned or expected stent-placement procedures by the nature of the patient's vascular lesion. (ajnr.org)
  • The increase was most marked in the oldest age groups with a 1.9 and 2.33-fold increase in admissions for patients aged 60-74 and ≥75 years, respectively, and a 2.8-fold increase in procedures for those aged ≥60 years. (bmj.com)
  • 11 In general, policy initiatives have proposed that patients needing certain high risk surgical procedures should have them done in a hospital that performs a large volume of similar procedures. (bmj.com)
  • The Ross procedure may be the best valve replacement option for young, healthy AVD patients with long life expectancy. (acc.org)
  • The additional insight into the very long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure from this study suggests that this may be the best valve replacement option for young, healthy AVD patients with long life expectancy. (acc.org)
  • It was not uncommon for patients to have undergone as many as 20 procedures for cleft lip/palate/nose. (medscape.com)
  • Although some providers continued to assert that prostate biopsy was a painless procedure, up to 96% of patients disagreed. (medscape.com)
  • In one study, 1 in 5 patients said that they would refuse to undergo the procedure again without anesthesia. (medscape.com)
  • Patients should have a secure sense of privacy during the procedure. (medscape.com)
  • Among the 44,898 incident inguinal hernia diagnoses during the surveillance period, 22,349 were followed by an open or laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair procedure. (health.mil)
  • Among the 22,349 inguinal hernia repair procedures, 6,276 (28.1%) were followed by pain diagnoses within 1 year after the repair procedures. (health.mil)
  • To assess the impact of the laparoscopic inguinal release procedure with mesh reinforcement on athletes with groin pain. (bmj.com)
  • This study shows that the laparoscopic inguinal release procedure may be effective in the treatment of a subgroup of athletes with groin pain. (bmj.com)
  • Although the control group was relatively small, no evidence was found that prion disease was transmitted through the investigated medical procedures before onset of sCJD. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, some case-control studies reported that medical procedures were possible risk factors for sCJD ( 2 - 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, other studies did not demonstrate any significant association between medical procedures and sCJD ( 7 - 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • however, no recent studies have investigated medical procedures as a risk for acquiring sCJD. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we analyzed the role of medical procedures in cases of sCJD by using relevant data from CJD surveillance in Japan. (cdc.gov)
  • A systematic review utilizing the PROcedure-SPECific Post-operative Pain ManagemenT (PROSPECT) methodology was undertaken. (springer.com)
  • Continuing from the rules of procedure, the following working methods outline the Committee's operations in more detail. (ohchr.org)
  • The PROSPECT (PROcedure-SPECific Post-operative Pain ManagemenT) Working Group is a collaboration of surgeons and anaesthesiologists working to formulate procedure-specific recommendations for pain management after common but potentially painful operations. (springer.com)
  • The last thing you need is to have to search endlessly for car detailing methods, tips and procedures off or online. (detailking.com)
  • Zengel and Magleby, 1982 ) with the generality and programmatic nature of the Volterra method ( Krausz and Friesen, 1977 ). (jneurosci.org)
  • This document specifies a procedure of water immersion for the in vivo determination of the water resistance of sunscreen products. (iso.org)
  • This standard establishes a procedure for performing sneak analysis and specifies the required output. (ecss.nl)
  • An improved spectrofluorometric method was compared with a recently published GLC procedure for the determination of plasma concentrations of quinidine [an antiarrhythmic agent]. (eurekamag.com)
  • References to products and suppliers are to serve as a general guideline and do not constitute a federal endorsement or determination that a product or method is the best or most current alternative, remains available, or is compliant with current environmental regulations and safety standards. (gsa.gov)
  • a) See the tailorable Determination of Fair & Reasonable Price template when using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR 13.1 . (acquisition.gov)
  • abstract = "In employing the boundary element method to solve transient heat conduction problems, domain integrals need to be calculated. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Experienced providers may attest that less effort is required to obtain patient acceptance for an initial prostate biopsy than for a repeat procedure. (medscape.com)
  • Evidence that the short term outcomes of complex surgical procedures are better in hospitals that do high volumes of such procedures has prompted some authors to suggest that high risk surgery should be regionalised at high volume hospitals. (bmj.com)
  • Because of the variability of customs processes and procedures in different countries, ASTM International cannot guarantee transit times to international destinations. (astm.org)
  • This variability particularly affects three aspects of screening systems: (1) the criteria used in screening laboratories to diagnose infants with PKU, (2) followup procedures to confirm and treat infants presumed to have PKU, and (3) financing for screening (including education, testing, and followup) and treatment (including infant formula and food). (nih.gov)
  • Limitations inherent to using aggregate administrative data include coding errors relating to inaccurate representation of admissions and procedures, data duplication and interhospital variability. (bmj.com)
  • The databook report provides procedure volumes within segments - Chronic Care Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters and Acute Care Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters. (reportlinker.com)
  • It is shown that the method proposed dramatically reduces the storage requirements and CPU time, even for a small number of time divisions. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • In view of solving nonsmooth and nonconvex problems involving complex constraints (like standard NLP problems), we study general maximization-minimization procedures produced by families of strongly convex sub-problems. (optimization-online.org)
  • In adults with aortic valve disease (AVD), the Ross procedure provided excellent survival into the third decade after surgery, which was equivalent to that in the general population. (acc.org)
  • The authors report that the Ross procedure provided excellent survival into the third decade postoperatively, which was comparable to that in the general population. (acc.org)
  • Prior to inclusion in GSA's library of procedures, documents are reviewed by one or more qualified preservation specialists for general consistency with the Secretary of Interior Standards for rehabilitating historic buildings as understood at the time the procedure is added to the library. (gsa.gov)
  • We've reviewed these procedures for general consistency with federal standards for rehabilitating historic buildings and provide them only as a reference. (gsa.gov)
  • To this end, we have developed a general procedure for predicting postsynaptic responses to arbitrary presynaptic spike trains. (jneurosci.org)
  • In the general case, where provability is a semidecidable property, this is not possible, and instead the procedure will diverge (not terminate). (wikipedia.org)
  • Alternative sneak analysis procedures proposed by the supplier may be accepted by the customer provided that equivalence, for the intended application, with the one presented in this standard is shown by the supplier. (ecss.nl)
  • Confirmatory laboratories should have the capability to perform ion exchange chromatography (or another accepted method for measuring plasma Phe and tyrosine), erythrocyte DHPR analysis, and urinary pteridine testing (California Department of Health Services, 1997). (nih.gov)
  • The use of routinely collected national administrative data allowed for the analysis of trends in admissions and surgical procedures for low back pain (LBP) throughout England, for a prolonged time period. (bmj.com)
  • Identification of development of chemical analysis methods for plants and animal tissues. (cdc.gov)
  • It is used to simulate the Monte Carlo method, ST naturally provides ensembles of kinetics of large signaling networks, where one cannot only solutions rather than single ones, subject to analysis by rely on biological intuition. (lu.se)
  • When the data are semi-algebraic or real analytic our method applies (for instance) to the study of various SQP methods: the moving balls method, Sl1QP, ESQP. (optimization-online.org)
  • The chapters in this online volume comprise the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center's technical report of the methods and procedures used to develop, implement, and report the results of TIMSS 2019. (bc.edu)
  • A finer glass tube and a more exacting technique with a refined procedure can reduce the likelihood of transmitting mitochondrial disease during assisted reproduction, according to a new study publishing October 5th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Qifeng Lyu and colleagues of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China. (eurekalert.org)
  • This study aimed to prevent the infection risk of environmental contamination by feces during endoscopic procedures . (bvsalud.org)
  • In this challenge to an administrator's decision or action, the citizen will say the administrative body or official did not follow proper procedures in reaching its conclusion. (hobartlegal.org.au)
  • Our findings indicate that surgical procedures or blood transfusion had little effect on the incidence of sCJD. (cdc.gov)
  • Mechanical methods have been shown to be a useful adjunct to anticoagulation therapy in reducing the incidence of DVT. (medscape.com)
  • MSCs augmentation in selected chondral procedures could be effective, with a low rate of complications. (springer.com)
  • Handbook of mutagenicity test procedures. (cdc.gov)
  • 1992). Procedures for establishing screening policy, providing laboratory services, and determining program rules and regulations vary. (nih.gov)
  • States vary in their laboratory testing procedures and in the Phe levels above which newborns are considered at risk for PKU. (nih.gov)
  • The procedure for requesting routine laboratory testing, including how to complete the Request Form. (who.int)
  • The procedure for requesting urgent laboratory testing. (who.int)
  • The procedure for reporting urgent testing results. (who.int)
  • Time spent in training and feedback resulted in the development of good rapport between nursing staff and paediatricians and a commitment to achieve high standards in the child protection procedures. (bmj.com)
  • At the same time, they employed a numerical method for the first time to investigate the displacement instabilities for a sinusoidal undulation embedded into the bond coat. (hindawi.com)
  • 2020). Methods and Procedures: TIMSS 2019 Technical Report . (bc.edu)
  • We evaluated the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the gastrointestinal tract using fecal polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) and examined risk factors affecting endoscopic procedures , to develop infection prevention strategies . (bvsalud.org)
  • It amounts to mutilation-for the most part, an unnecessary procedure that does more harm than good. (vetinfo.com)
  • Platelet inhibition is a prerequisite for the prevention of acute or subacute thrombosis in various neurointerventional procedures such as stent placement in atherosclerotic lesions or stent-assisted coiling of aneurysms. (ajnr.org)
  • The comparison of the TGO final deformation profile between numerical and experimental observation shows a good agreement indicating the correctness and effectiveness of the present procedure, which can guide the prediction of the failure in TGO for the future design and optimization for TBC system. (hindawi.com)
  • However, national and international researches have questioned the effectiveness of the global method and constructivist conceptions, and revealed the phonics as the most effective in literacy and, aside multisensory method, in the intervention with children with reading and writing problems. (bvsalud.org)
  • This visualization demonstrates how methods are related and connects users to relevant content. (sagepub.com)
  • Answer a handful of multiple-choice questions to see which statistical method is best for your data. (sagepub.com)
  • With the exception of colorectal resection, 30 day mortality seemed to be inversely related not only to the hospital volume of the same procedure but also to the hospital volume of most of the other procedures. (bmj.com)
  • The inverse association between high volume of procedure and risk of operative death is not specific to the volume of the procedure being studied. (bmj.com)
  • The EU5 Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters report provides key information and data on - - Procedure volume data for Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters related to the country. (reportlinker.com)
  • 1.1 This test method covers a procedure to test membrane filters for their ability to retain bacteria whose diameter is equal to or slightly larger than the 0.2-µm pore size of the membrane filter. (astm.org)
  • 1.1 This test method covers the measurement of the tearing strength of textile fabrics by the tongue (single rip) procedure using a recording constant-rate-of-extension-type (CRE) tensile testing machine. (astm.org)
  • The courts insist on rigid adherence to mandatory procedures. (hobartlegal.org.au)
  • In many situations where an Act appears to suggest that a procedure is mandatory, for example, by the use of strong words like "must" and "shall", courts decide it would be too rigid to insist on exact compliance with the letter of the law by clerical officers within the decision-making body. (hobartlegal.org.au)
  • Specifically, the statistics of the stimulus spike trains are restricted, and the method uses multivariable functions that are difficult to plot and describe and involves parameters that are not easily related to the relevant underlying biophysical processes. (jneurosci.org)
  • In mice, the procedure resulted in normal development of embryos and healthy offspring, with no evidence of expansion of donor-egg mitochondrial population in offspring tissues. (eurekalert.org)
  • A two part audit was undertaken in May 1995 and 1996 to determine the extent to which procedures for identifying and referring children at risk of abuse were being followed in the accident and emergency department. (bmj.com)
  • This audit showed whether procedures for identifying children thought to be at risk of abuse were being followed. (bmj.com)
  • Rate of convergence are shown to be of the same form as those commonly encountered with first order methods. (optimization-online.org)
  • The cat declawing procedure is more extensive than mere removal of a cat's claws, as is commonly believed. (vetinfo.com)
  • The author has put the technique into practice, using it in more than 300 procedures. (dentistryiq.com)
  • This list is prepared by the two country rapporteurs on the basis of the information contained in the report, previous concluding observations addressed by the Committee to the State and information originating from other treaty bodies, special procedures and from the United Nations system as well from other sources, including regional human rights mechanisms, NHRI, NPMs and NGO and adopted by the Committee in plenary. (ohchr.org)
  • EU5 Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters Outlook to 2030" is a comprehensive databook report, covering key procedures data on the EU5 Procedures Using Central Venous Catheters. (reportlinker.com)
  • The backup data report is given for validating the method for determining chlorodiphenyl, 42 percent chlorine (53469219) in the air. (cdc.gov)
  • The rights-based standards for children undergoing tests, treatments, investigations, examinations and interventions were developed using an iterative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder consensus building approach. (lu.se)
  • Effect of COVID-19 infection on the gastrointestinal tract considering preventive methods during endoscopic procedures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Given the lack of available quantitative data for inclusion, a formal comparison of surgical procedures was not conducted. (springer.com)
  • On a device with two supervisor modules, you must perform the password recovery procedure on the supervisor module that will become the active module after you complete the recovery procedure. (cisco.com)
  • A proof procedure for a logic is complete if it produces a proof for each provable statement. (wikipedia.org)
  • Faced with an unprovable statement, a complete proof procedure may sometimes succeed in detecting and signalling its unprovability. (wikipedia.org)
  • CAT will also give priority to reports submitted under the optional reporting procedure (see section V below) as no list of issues will be prepared before these reports are examined. (ohchr.org)
  • Section 13517 of the TCJA amended Code Sec. 807(d) to provide a new method for computing life insurance reserves. (thomsonreuters.com)
  • Section 13517(c)(3) of the TCJA requires an insurance company to take into account the difference between (a) the amount of life insurance reserves for any contract at the close of the tax year preceding the tax year beginning after December 31, 2017, computed using the method prescribed by the TCJA, and (b) the amount of such reserves computed using the method prior to the TCJA amendments (TCJA Transition Adjustment). (thomsonreuters.com)
  • This consensus approach used a range of online and face to face methods across three phases to ensure ongoing engagement with multiple stakeholders. (lu.se)
  • 5.1 Microbiological water testing procedures using membrane filtration are based on the premise that all bacteria within a specific size range will be retained by the membrane filter used. (astm.org)
  • Hospital admissions are increasing at 3.5 times the rate of surgical procedures (regression gradient 7.63 vs 2.18 per 100 000/year). (bmj.com)
  • Generally, a taxpayer must file a form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method, during the tax year for which the taxpayer desires to make the proposed accounting method change. (thomsonreuters.com)
  • The material property change method is employed to model TGO formation cycle by cycle, and the creep properties for constituent materials are also incorporated. (hindawi.com)