Articles Tagged With: consultation
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Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation for Candidemia
A retrospective cohort study found that infectious disease consultation for patients with candidemia resulted in lower 90-day mortality. This was likely a result of strong adherence to guideline- and evidence-based management and the low number of patients who were not treated.
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Meet Unique Challenges of Pediatric Ethics Consults
Researchers find a need for standardization in both education and training for pediatric ethics consultants.
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Telehealth for Preoperation Consults Efficient, Convenient
Surgery centers located in places with patients traveling from rural areas or that draw patients from long distances could make presurgery consultations more efficient and easier through telemedicine.
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Ethics Consult Can Go Undocumented — to the Detriment of Ethics Department
Many problems can occur if ethics consults are documented sparsely or not at all. Lack of documentation hinders the ethics service from knowing how it is performing.