For patients, medical care is about waiting. There are the usual waits - to get your next appointment; in the waiting room before you see the doctor; for the return phone call from your physician. But there are also the other, tougher waits - for the results of a biopsy or an MRI, ...
So, I had the surgery and the results were… Wait for it… Nobody knows! Seriously. They did not find cancer, just inflammation. They even sent the biopsy to Mayo Clinic where several esteemed pathologists took a look and shrugged their shoulders. They don’t know what is going on. ...
Time seems to crawl in periods of high-stakes uncertainty, such as for a job applicant waiting to find out whether they got their dream job or a high school senior waiting for word from colleges, or a patient awaiting biopsy results. And since COVID-19 entered our lives, the whole world...
Hospital Episode Statistics data were used to analyse notes for the source and method of referral, waiting time to biopsy, clinic attendance and diagnosis. RESULTS: Of referrals, 33% were from haematology and 28% from general practice. Overall, 47% of patients were referred by letter; of ...
Aim: To determine the effect of waiting time for radiotherapy on the overall survival of patients with high-grade gliomas. Methods: We examined records of patients with grade III/IV gliomas who were referred to radiotherapy after surgery or biopsy – ECOG <3, any age, radical intent or pallia...
Hannah has to wait a week to get back the results from a medical test of a biopsy on a tumor in her mouth. She tries to hide her anxiety from Marty. Director Peter Noah Writers Dennis Koenig(developer)|Wendy Kout(creator)|Peter Noah(written by) ...
Annual low-dose CT scans are now recommended for smokers with 20 pack years, who are over 50 years of age and have stopped smoking within the past 15 years. The screening test is progressively becoming more advisable because of improvements in technology, such as endoscopic biopsy, and improved...
Time seems to crawl in periods of high-stakes uncertainty, such as for a job applicant waiting to find out whether they got their dream job or a high school senior waiting for word from colleges, or a patient awaiting biopsy results. And since COVID-19 entered our lives, the whole world...
All subjects were at high risk for FSGS recurrence, having experienced rapid progres- sion to end-stage renal disease or prior episodes of post-transplantation disease re-emergence. Biopsy-confirmed FSGS (proteinuria >3g/day) recurred in three patients within 3 months of FEBRUARY 2006 VOL 2 NO...
One hundred twelve women awaited breast biopsy; 42, hepatic chemoembolization for cancer; and 60, uterine fibroid embolization. Data were analyzed with multivariate analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey tests. Results are reported as means and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). All three patient ...