Patients with an ICD 10 code of neoplasm with uncertain behavior (D48.5) at The Ohio State University that received an E-consult order from May 2017 to May 2021 were queried. Information collected included patient demographics, status of follow-up in-office appointment, referral status, and ...
Participants were subsequently contacted again, approximately four years later, to set an appointment for the follow-up interview, which was conducted by phone. The local ethics committee approved the longitudinal study. All procedures involved in the present investiga- tion adhere to the ethical ...
Twenty-two percent had a recent colonoscopy, 12.5% could not be found for notification, and 10.3% did not show up to a scheduled appointment. When the participants who declined the follow-up colonoscopy due to self-report of a recent colonoscopy were removed from the denominator, completion ...
Note: 1-year follow-up comprised two follow-up moments. Physical appointment: €195, telephone appointment: €20, CEA: €8, US: €93, Chest X-ray: €44, CT thorax/abdomen: €389. Source: Dutch Healthcare Authority. a Assuming two-third of CEA only results are communicated via telephone...
“Furry ‘pocket pets’ like hamsters, mice and rats have sickened up to 30 people in at least 10 states with dangerous multidrug-resistant bacteria, health officials are warning. It is the first known outbreak of salmonella illness tied to such pets and reveals a previously unknown public heal...
Only 26% of patients (n = 50) had a liver ultrasound.Almost a third of patients, 29% (n = 48) had a cardiac MRI (27 patients contraindicated due to pacemakers/ICD).53% (n = 102) had haematology bloods performed, 56%聽(n = 109) had serum creatinine, 56% (n = 108) had serum...
The periodic health check-up has been a fundamental part of routine medical practice for decades, despite a lack of consensus regarding its value in health promotion and disease prevention. A large-scale Danish population-based preventive programme ‘Check your health’ was developed based on availa...
From the sample of 1004 participants, 24 were deceased (2%), 10 refused to participate (1%), 3 were ill/incapable, and 367 (37%) not reached. With stakeholder input, the 36-month follow-up included client-centered perspectives, including perceptions of social needs and life satisfaction, ...