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Computerised decision support is of emerging and increasing importance in human medicine, but as yet has not been thoroughly applied or evaluated in veterinary medicine. In this essay, the authors report on the first example of...

Animals Critical Pathways Decision Support Systems clinical Dog Diseases Dogs Epilepsy Referral and Consultation

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Every year in England, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is attempted on about 30,000 people suffering an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) [1]. Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is achieved in approximately 25%...

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AIM: To evaluate the effect of pre-biopsy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on cancer diagnostic times, and to report MRI-directed pathology outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In total, 1483 patients were referred with prostate...

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AIM: Crohn's anal fistula should be managed by a multidisciplinary team. There is no clearly defined 'patient pathway' from presentation to treatment. The aim of this study was to describe the patient route from presentation...

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BACKGROUND: Brain tumours are uncommon, and have extremely poor outcomes. Patients and GPs may find it difficult to recognise early symptoms because they are often non-specific and more likely due to other conditions. AIM: To...

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As if writing prophetically about the global Covid-19 pandemic, in 1984 Eddy suggested, “Uncertainty creeps into medical practice through every pore. Whether a physician is defining a disease, making a diagnosis, selecting a...

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BACKGROUND: Investigating similarities and differences among healthcare providers, on the basis of patient healthcare experience, is of interest for policy making. Availability of high quality, routine health databases allows a...

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Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS) is a novel condition that was first reported in April, 2020. We aimed to develop a national consensus management pathway for the UK to...

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A crisis is looming for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers, one grounded only partly in the steady increase in their overall incidence. Public demand for diagnostic tests to be undertaken early and at lower levels of risk...

Critical Pathways Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Humans Primary Health Care Referral and Consultation

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