Medical Records - Statistics & numerical data
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care: what is stopped - comparison between belief and practice.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the methods of withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care patients and to compare surveyed practice with the beliefs of medical and nursing staff. STUDY DESIGN: Staff beliefs were assessed prospectively using an anonymous ... Read more...

Health care utilization and cost burden of herpes zoster in a community population.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To conduct a population-based study to assess health care utilization (HCU) and costs associated with herpes zoster (HZ) and its complications, including postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and nonpain complications, in adults aged 22 years and ... Read more...

Surgeon training, protocol compliance, and technical outcomes from breast cancer sentinel lymph node randomized trial.

22 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-32 trial was designed to determine whether sentinel lymph node resection can achieve the same therapeutic outcomes as axillary lymph node resection but with fewer side effects and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medical Records - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Withdrawal of active treatment in intensive care: what is stopped - comparison between belief and practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Health care utilization and cost burden of herpes zoster in a community population. 30 Aug 2009
• Surgeon training, protocol compliance, and technical outcomes from breast cancer sentinel lymph node randomized trial. 22 Aug 2009
• Number of addictive substances used related to increased risk of unnatural death: a combined medico-legal and case-record study. 2 Aug 2009
• The FTC Red Flags Rule: requirements of healthcare providers for compliance. 30 Jul 2009
• Identification of UK sickness certification rates, standardised for age and sex. 29 Jun 2009
• Early identification and incidence of mild TBI in Ontario. 29 Jun 2009
• Delivery room logbook - fact or fiction? 29 Jun 2009
• Frequency, characteristics, and risk factors for amiodarone neurotoxicity. 29 Jun 2009
• Complex trauma among psychiatrically impaired children: a cross-sectional, chart-review study. 28 Jun 2009
• [Pathological form in breast cancer: setting and evaluation of a professional pratice] 19 Jun 2009
• Lansoprazole, ranitidine, and metoclopramide: comparison of practice patterns at 4 level III NICUs within one healthcare system. 30 May 2009
• The accuracy of hospital discharge coding for hemorrhagic stroke. 30 May 2009
• Experience with a trigger tool for identifying adverse drug events among older adults in ambulatory primary care. 30 May 2009
• Has neurology been demystified? 21 May 2009
• Poor validation of medical record ICD-9 diagnoses of gout in a veterans affairs database. 13 May 2009
• [On forensic medical diagnosis and statistical recording of intravenous substance abuse] 29 Apr 2009
• Comparing diary and retrospective reports of pain and activity restriction in children and adolescents with chronic pain conditions. 29 Apr 2009
• The Third International Stroke Trial: Thrombolysis (IST-3) in Poland: are we recruiting the right patients? 29 Apr 2009
• [Intravenous thrombolysis in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke: 3, 4.5, or 6 hours?] 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Medical Records'

Definition: Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.

Descriptor UI: D008499

Alternative terms: Medical Records; Records, Medical; Medical Record; Record, Medical; Transcription, Medical; Medical Transcriptions; Transcriptions, Medical; Medical Transcription; Health Diaries; Diaries, Health; Diary, Health; Health Diary; Health Records, Personal; Health Record, Personal; Personal Health Record; Personal Health Records; Record, Personal Health; Records, Personal Health;

Related Mesh Headings: Forms and Records Control; Medical History Taking;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.940.968; L01.280.900.968; N04.452.859.564; N05.715.360.300.715.500; N06.850.520.308.940.968;

Technical Notes: vet records = RECORDS AS TOPIC (IM) + VETERINARY MEDICINE (IM); case reports as a form of medical presentation goes here or specific RECORDS AS TOPIC term (IM); FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL, also available, is probably NIM when coord; DF: MED RECORDS