Objective:.Healthcare quality measures have a central role in monitoring and incentivizing the quality of surgical care.Payors and other stakeholders rely on consensus-based entities (CBEs) for the rigorous, independent evaluation and endorsement of quality measures.The aim of this study is to catalog current CBE-endorsed, surgery-related quality m
The corona virus that caused the COVID-19 disease defied geographical boundaries, spreading faster than the measures to contain its transmission.The processing of personal health-related data became widespread as a measure to respond to the pandemic.This triggered new concerns about the possibility of there being a data crisis.Individuals suspected
Background/Aim.Up-to-date treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AIM) has been based on as early as possible establishment of circulation in ischemic myocardium whether by the use of fibrinolythic therapy and/or urgent coronary intervention which significantly changes the destiny of patients with AMI, but also increases the risk of bleeding.The
The scopolamine patch is usually used to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting associated with anesthesia and/or surgery.It is also commonly used for the prevention of motion sickness.Transdermal scopolamine patches have been used for decades and there are few reports in the literature of toxic psychosis associated with the product.Most document