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Monday, November 23, 2009

On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery.

3 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) might reduce the number of complications related to the ... Read more...

Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda.

28 Oct 2009 PROBLEM: Hospitals in rural Africa, such as in Rwanda, often lack electricity, supplies, and staff. In our setting, basic care processes, such monitoring vital signs, giving drugs, and laboratory testing, were performed unreliably, resulting in ... Read more...

Management guided by brain tissue oxygen monitoring and outcome following severe traumatic brain injury.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECT: The authors sought to describe changes in clinical management associated with brain tissue oxygen (PbO(2)) monitoring and how these changes affected outcomes and resource utilization. METHODS: The cohort study comprised 629 patients admitted ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Resources'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. 3 Nov 2009
• Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda. 28 Oct 2009
• Management guided by brain tissue oxygen monitoring and outcome following severe traumatic brain injury. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of ischemic cholangiopathy in liver transplantation using donors after cardiac death: the untold story. 29 Sep 2009
• Economic evaluation of arthritis self management in primary care. 20 Sep 2009
• Doctors without borders in British Columbia. 13 Sep 2009
• Physicians, CIHR call for more H1N1 research funds. 13 Sep 2009
• Preparing for pandemic (H1N1) 2009. 13 Sep 2009
• The impact of flare on disease costs of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. 13 Sep 2009
• Regional variation and the affluence-poverty nexus. 7 Sep 2009
• Down or up? Explaining positive and negative emotions in parents of children with Down's syndrome: Goals, cognitive coping, and resources. 30 Aug 2009
• Macronutrient supplementation for malnourished HIV-infected adults: a review of the evidence in resource-adequate and resource-constrained settings. 30 Aug 2009
• Expanding antiretroviral options in resource-limited settings--a cost-effectiveness analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment of quality of life in adult patients with GH deficiency: KIMS contribution to clinical practice and pharmacoeconomic evaluations. 12 Aug 2009
• Taking action to ease suffering: advancing cancer pain control as a health care priority. 12 Aug 2009
• Health and development financing in Africa. 6 Aug 2009
• Prospective cost-effectiveness analysis of cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer: evaluation of National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group CO.17 trial. 5 Aug 2009
• Accuracy of clinical coding in ENT day surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• Resource use and postoperative outcome: basic elements in benchmarking. 30 Jul 2009
• [Are investment activity and backlog in investments risks for university medicine in Germany?] 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Resources'

Definition: Available manpower, facilities, revenue, equipment, and supplies to produce requisite health care and services.

Descriptor UI: D006295

Alternative terms: Health Resources; Health Resource; Resource, Health; Resources, Health; Resources; Resource;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Care Rationing;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; supply & distribution;

Tree Number: N03.349.340; N05.300.420;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: specify geog