Organ Quality as a Complicating Factor in Proposed Systems of Inducements for Organ Donation

En typisk funktion på startsidan till många webbportaler är den webbdel som presenterar exempelvis desenaste blogginläggen, nyheterna eller händelserna som har lagts till på webbplatsen. Dessa funktioner ärkända som aggreggeringswebbdelar. Eftersom startsidan är den sida som besöks mest jämfört med alla andrawebbsidor i portalen innebär det i sin tur att denna funktion utnyttjas väldigt ofta.Detta arbete syftar till att finna ett antal olika metoder som kan användas för att uppnå denna funktion ochatt ta reda på hur väl dessa webbdelar presterar.Denna rapport presenterar både de olika metoder som fanns och resultaten på en systematisk testning avdessa. Resultaten av testerna presenteras på ett överskådligt sätt.Slutligen dras slutsatser angående resultaten. Resultaten förespråkar inte en specifik metod, den metod somlämpar sig bäst för varje enskild sammanhang avgörs till största del av andra faktorer såsom frekvens avbesökare eller ändringar på innehållet som metoden söker igenom

Center differences in model for end‐stage liver disease exceptions: Fairness, local culture, and norms of practice

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Unfair Priority for HCC: A Problem Whose Ideal Solution Remains Unsolved

Received 01 April 2010, revised 22 April 2010 and accepted for publication 29 April 2010Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/79265/1/j.1600-6143.2010.03154.x.pd

Patient‐centered liver transplantation

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Palliative care for patients with end‐stage liver disease: An overview

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Systematic bias in surgeons' predictions of the donor‐specific risk of liver transplant graft failure

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A chronic disease management model for chronic liver failure

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Safety of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background/Aims: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is a technically challenging procedure rarely associated with severe postprocedure complications. Hormonal changes during pregnancy promote cholelithiasis, but there are limited clinical data available on the outcomes of ERCP in pregnant women. ERCP techniques without irradiation were recently introduced as potential alternative. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the safety of ERCP in pregnancy and to compare outcomes of radiation versus nonradiation ERCP. Materials and Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, Medline/Ovid, Web of Science, and Google Scholar through April 18th, 2018 using PRISMA and MOOSE guidelines identified 27 studies reporting the outcomes of ERCP in pregnancy. Random effects pooled event rate and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated. Heterogeneity was measured by I2, and meta-regression analysis was conducted. Adverse outcomes were divided into fetal, maternal pregnancy-related, and maternal nonpregnancy-related. Results: In all, 27 studies reporting on 1,307 pregnant patients who underwent ERCP were identified. Median age was 27.1 years. All results were statistically significant (P...) (See full abstract in article)

Can Quality of Care for Patients with Cirrhosis Be Measured?

Abstract Introduction The ultimate purpose of measuring quality of care is to discriminate between healthcare providers in order to motivate improvement. Recently, a set of evidence-based indicators has been proposed for measurement of processes of care for patients with cirrhosis, for example early endoscopy for variceal bleeding. The objective of this study was to determine whether these indicators can be measured in a reliable and automated fashion in routine practice. Materials and methods We applied the top five indicators, based on agreement of a panel of experts, to hospitalized adults at our institution over a 3-year period. Results Only two of the indicators could be reliably measured on the basis of the published wording, and these two still required physician chart review. After applying some assumptions, the indicators were met in 46-100% of cases. None of the indicators was linked to a single physician or institution in all cases, and none occurred with sufficient frequency to discriminate quality between providers. Conclusion Measuring quality of care in cirrhosis is a laudable objective, but current indicators are not yet ready for administrative use