J Kievit

..Aim of the present study was to evaluate routinely reported SSI by surgeons against microbiological culture results, to identify patient groups with lower agreement where decision making may be improved...

..Such considerations are valid not only for breast cancer patients, but for all patients in whom delay may result in serious health loss...

..As support that is as good or even better can be provided by a patient's general practitioner (GP) or by specialised nursing personnel, there is no need for routine follow-up to be performed by the surgeon...

..The key elements of this system are (1) an unequivocal definition of an adverse outcome, (2) appropriate contextual information and (3) a three-dimensional hierarchical classification system...

..The aim of this study was to investigate hospital variation in the proportion of patients with a 'textbook outcome' after colon cancer resections in the Netherlands...

..To assess the impact of quality of care and other hospital information on patients' choices between hospitals...

..However, other studies have found that utilities for a particular health state may differ between patient groups who are and who are not experiencing the particular health state (between-group differences)...

..To determine if composite measures based on process indicators are consistent with short-term outcome indicators in surgical colorectal cancer care...

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..The aim of the study was to assess which factors contribute to postoperative mortality, especially in elderly patients who undergo emergency colon cancer resections, using a nationwide population-based database...

..In this study, assigning individually assessed preference weights to self-reported level of functioning did not result in stronger relationships with utilities...

..1) to estimate the occurrence of postdischarge adverse outcomes in surgical patients and their treatment; (2) to explore determinants during admission that may influence the occurrence of postdischarge adverse outcomes...

..The aim of this study was to assess the influence of previous patients' experiences relative to other information when choosing a hospital for surgical treatment...

..The common clinical practice and opinion about follow-up for colorectal carcinoma, was evaluated by means of a survey among Dutch general surgeons...

..g. advice of their general practitioner and consider other information important than patients who have not compared hospitals...

..The purpose of this study is to demonstrate to what extent an evidence based decision model can improve physicians' decisions and whether a selective use of the decision model is feasible...

..Lack of comparable data on adverse outcomes in hospitalised surgical patients...

..It is concluded that MAU scores may be used to predict family physicians' decisions regarding the management of patients suspected of having sinusitis where there are significant differences in values between the highest MAU scores...

..The Internet may support patient self-management of chronic conditions, such as asthma...

..Method: Four questions, with structured multiple alternatives, were asked about each case: identified core problems, needed additional information, appropriate next steps and who the decision maker should be. Observations and..

..The purpose of this study was to assess whether surgery groups differ in adverse outcome probabilities, to decide whether hospital comparisons on adverse outcomes should be adjusted for differences in surgery groups...

..Therefore, interventions aimed at improving decision making on prophylactic mastectomy should explicitly address precounselling factors, such as personal beliefs and the psychological impact of the family medical history...

..e., a cooperation that goes beyond the discipline-specific epistemic values and that takes place during all phases of the research process...

..This paper describes the development of a questionnaire to assess such concepts of autonomy...

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..To describe the registration of adverse events and the use of the National Surgical Adverse Event Registration (LHCR) software, to analyse possible bottlenecks and to give possibilities for further implementation...

..In addition, we compare the expected benefits of volume-based referral to the results of a regional centralization process based on differences in outcome (outcome-based referral)...

..The present study aimed to assess whether patients who experience adverse outcomes, in hospital or after discharge, differ in their evaluation of quality of care compared with patients without adverse outcomes...

..These guidelines do not give sufficient information to define whether there is an increased risk for breast cancer. These guidelines need to be refined...

..Further diagnostic procedures did not improve outcome in terms of marginal cost-effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS: In patients presenting with acute sinusitis, postponing antibiotics for 1 week is the most cost-effective strategy...

..To gain credibility, the methodology applied in CEAs must be further improved. Costs are rarely estimated from the societal perspective, and little is known about how colorectal patients value their treatment and health...

..Pituitary irradiation prior to total adrenalectomy delays the onset of Nelson's syndrome...

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..Since patients with aorto-distal tube and aorto-bi-femoral prostheses do not benefit from follow-up for the detection of false aneurysms, this practice should be discouraged in these patient groups...

..To assess whether patients who experience adverse outcomes during hospitalisation or after discharge differ in the information they would use for future choices of a hospital for surgery compared with patients without any adverse outcomes...

..To review the effectiveness of routine visits and routine tests in detecting isolated locoregional recurrences in asymptomatic patients after treatment for early-stage invasive breast cancer...

..To assess the effectiveness of routine reporting to identify surgical adverse outcomes in comparison with retrospective medical record review...

..Small or medium-sized adrenal incidentalomas may be ignored if MR imaging or other tests suggest benign pheochromocytoma disorder, or patients are elderly, or both...

..CONCLUSION: This study confirms that the best accuracy of Tg-guided follow-up in patients treated for differentiated thyroid carcinoma is obtained if treatment includes remnant ablation, and Tg testing is performed while off thyroxine...

..Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is an aggressive tumour with a high mortality. We describe six patients living 12-28 years despite recurrent and/or metastatic ACC...

..Psychological factors hindering the full disclosure of errors require continued attention...