scholarly journals Presence of the local general practitioner on-call in medical emergencies – a 10 year analysis of data from the Dombås HEMS base

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. O27
Author(s):  
Sindre Mellesmo ◽  
Andreas J Krüger
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Medical Emergencies ◽  
Local General Practitioner

Follow-Up After Carpal Tunnel Decompression – General Practitioner Surgery Or Hand Clinic?

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 296-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. ATHERTON ◽  
A. A. FARAJ ◽  
A. C. P. RIDDICK ◽  
T. R. C. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Outpatient Department ◽  
Wound Infections ◽  
Hospital Outpatient ◽  
Postoperative Assessment ◽  
Final Assessment ◽  
Local General Practitioner

We prospectively randomized 100 patients following carpal tunnel decompression who were having a 2-week postoperative assessment and removal of stitches to either their local general practitioner (GP) or the hospital outpatient department. All patients were seen at hospital 6 weeks postoperatively for a final assessment. The waiting time for assessment and suture removal was shorter at the GP surgery than in the outpatient department (mean 13 min and 28 min respectively) but significantly more patients were diagnosed as having wound infections (14% and 0% respectively); most were given antibiotics, perhaps unnecessarily.

scholarly journals Testicular-sparing excision for benign paratesticular IgG4-related disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. e243450
Author(s):  
Nicolas Adrianto Soputro ◽  
Jada Kapoor ◽  
Ioana Popa ◽  
Darren Katz
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Postoperative Complication ◽  
Immunoperoxidase Staining ◽  
Scrotal Mass ◽  
Related Disease ◽  
Igg4 Related Disease ◽  
Local General Practitioner

A 28-year-old male was referred by his local general practitioner due to recurrence of painful right scrotal mass, first noted 8 years prior. The mass was further characterised with ultrasound and then was locally excised via an inguinal approach, sparing the testicle, without any postoperative complication. Immunoperoxidase staining of the excised lesion confirmed paratesticular IgG4-related disease.

Outreach Psychiatric Emergency Service

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
Remco F. P. de Winter ◽  
Mirjam C. Hazewinkel ◽  
Roland van de Sande ◽  
Derek P. de Beurs ◽  
Marieke H. de Groot
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Emergency Service ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Psychiatric Emergency ◽  
Psychiatric Emergency Services ◽  
Psychiatric Emergency Service ◽  
Suicidal Patients

Abstract. Background: Outreach psychiatric emergency services play an important role in all stages of a suicidal crisis; however, empirical assessment data are scarce. This study describes characteristics of patients assessed by these services and involved in suicidal crises. Method: During a 5-year period, detailed information from psychiatric emergency service assessments was recorded; 14,705 assessments were included. Characteristics of patients with/without suicidal behavior and with/without suicide attempts were compared. Outcomes were adjusted for clustering of features within individual patients. Results: Suicidal behavior was assessed in 32.2% of patients, of whom 9.2% attempted suicide. Suicidal behavior was most commonly associated with depression or adjustment disorder and these patients were referred to the service by a general practitioner or a general hospital, whereas those who attempted suicide were less likely to be referred by a general practitioner. Those who attempted suicide were more likely to be female and have had a referral by a general hospital. Self-poisoning by medication was the most common method of attempting suicide. Limitations: Bias could be due to missed or incomplete assessments. Primary diagnoses were based on clinical observation at the time of the assessment or on the primary diagnosis previously recorded. In addition, suicidal behavior or attempted suicide might have been underestimated. Conclusions: Suicidal behavior is commonplace in assessments by psychiatric emergency services. Suicidal patients with/without a suicide attempt differed with respect to demographic features, primary diagnoses, and referring entities, but not with respect to treatment policy. About 40% of the suicidal patients with/without an attempt were admitted following assessment.

Just-in-time Training for Medical Emergencies: Computer Versus Paper Checklists for a Tracheal Intubation Task

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jacob Seagull ◽  
Danny Ho ◽  
James Radcliffe ◽  
Yan Xiao ◽  
Peter Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tracheal Intubation ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Medical Emergencies

Primary prevention in the general practitioner office - a mixed-method study

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (08/09) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Holmberg ◽  
G Sarganas ◽  
N Mittring ◽  
V Braun ◽  
L Dini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Study

Postmarketing Surveillance Based on Electronic Patient Records: The IPCI Project

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 339-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. van der Lei ◽  
B. M. Th. Mosseveld ◽  
M. A. M. van Wijk ◽  
P. D. van der Linden ◽  
M. C. J. M. Sturkenboom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioner ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Validation Studies ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Patient Records ◽  
Postmarketing Surveillance ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Data Requirements

AbstractResearchers claim that data in electronic patient records can be used for a variety of purposes including individual patient care, management, and resource planning for scientific research. Our objective in the project Integrated Primary Care Information (IPCI) was to assess whether the electronic patient records of Dutch general practitioners contain sufficient data to perform studies in the area of postmarketing surveillance studies. We determined the data requirements for postmarketing surveil-lance studies, implemented additional software in the electronic patient records of the general practitioner, developed an organization to monitor the use of data, and performed validation studies to test the quality of the data. Analysis of the data requirements showed that additional software had to be installed to collect data that is not recorded in routine practice. To avoid having to obtain informed consent from each enrolled patient, we developed IPCI as a semianonymous system: both patients and participating general practitioners are anonymous for the researchers. Under specific circumstances, the researcher can contact indirectly (through a trusted third party) the physician that made the data available. Only the treating general practitioner is able to decode the identity of his patients. A Board of Supervisors predominantly consisting of participating general practitioners monitors the use of data. Validation studies show the data can be used for postmarketing surveillance. With additional software to collect data not normally recorded in routine practice, data from electronic patient record of general practitioners can be used for postmarketing surveillance.

A Research Study on Event Prediction in IoT Based Upon WBAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Krittika Singh
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Network Connectivity ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Flight Schedules ◽  
Event Prediction ◽  
Software Sensors ◽  
Medical Emergencies ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Exchange Data

The Internet of things is the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles, buildings, and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. The IoT allows objects to be sensed and/or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention. In this research an expert system based upon the IOT is developed in which the next event in the flight schedules due to any kind of medical emergencies is to be predicted. For this the medical data of all the patients are to be collected through WBAN.

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