Efficacy of regional anesthesia techniques for postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing major oncologic breast surgeries: a systematic review and network meta …

NP Singh, JK Makkar, A Kuberan, R Guffey… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The optimal regional technique to control pain after breast cancer surgery
remains unclear. We sought to synthesize available data from randomized controlled trials …

An automated 13.5 hour system for scalable diagnosis and acute management guidance for genetic diseases

MJ Owen, S Lefebvre, C Hansen, CM Kunard… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While many genetic diseases have effective treatments, they frequently progress rapidly to
severe morbidity or mortality if those treatments are not implemented immediately. Since …

Radical prostatectomy versus external beam radiotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy for high-risk prostate cancer: a systematic review

BL Heesterman, KKH Aben, IJ de Jong, FJ Pos… - BMC cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background To summarize recent evidence in terms of health-related quality of life (HRQoL),
functional and oncological outcomes following radical prostatectomy (RP) compared to …

What is quality in long covid care? Lessons from a national quality improvement collaborative and multi-site ethnography

T Greenhalgh, JL Darbyshire, C Lee, E Ladds… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Long covid (post covid-19 condition) is a complex condition with diverse
manifestations, uncertain prognosis and wide variation in current approaches to …

[HTML][HTML] Center-level and region-level variations in liver transplantation practices following acuity circles policy change

AM Burton, DS Goldberg - American journal of transplantation, 2022 - Elsevier
Although early studies suggest the Acuity Circles (AC) allocation policy has increased
access to deceased donor liver transplants (DDLTs) for patients with the highest MELD …

Patient-, clinician-, and institution-level variation in inotrope use for cardiac surgery: a multicenter observational analysis

MR Mathis, AM Janda, S Kheterpal… - …, 2023 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Conflicting evidence exists regarding the risks and benefits of inotropic
therapies during cardiac surgery, and the extent of variation in clinical practice remains …

[HTML][HTML] The environmental cost of unwarranted variation in the use of magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans

L Furlan, P Di Francesco, E Tobaldini, M Solbiati… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Pollution is a major threat to global health, and there is growing interest on
strategies to reduce emissions caused by health care systems. Unwarranted clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring and improving evidence-based patient care using a web-based gamified approach in primary care (QualityIQ): randomized controlled trial

T Burgon, L Casebeer, H Aasen, C Valdenor… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Unwarranted variability in clinical practice is a challenging problem in practice
today, leading to poor outcomes for patients and low-value care for providers, payers, and …

Blood pressure response to commonly administered antihypertensives for severe inpatient hypertension

L Ghazi, F Li, X Chen, M Simonov, Y Yamamoto… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Blood pressure (BP) elevations are commonly treated in hospitalized patients;
however, treatment is not guideline directed. Our objective was to assess BP response to …

Practice variation in opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain in Dutch primary care: A retrospective database study

GA Kalkman, C Kramers, RT van Dongen, HJ Schers… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Prescription opioid use has increased steadily in many Western countries over
the past two decades, most notably in the US, Canada, and most European countries …