Mayo Clinic proceedings
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Apr 2012
Service census caps and unit-based admissions: resident workload, conference attendance, duty hour compliance, and patient safety.
To examine the effect of census caps and unit-based admissions on resident workload, conference attendance, duty hour compliance, and patient safety. ⋯ Census caps and unit-based admissions were associated with improvements in resident workload, conference attendance, duty hour compliance, and readmission rates while patient outcomes were maintained.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Apr 2012
Increasing incidence of melanoma among young adults: an epidemiological study in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
To identify the change in the incidence of cutaneous melanoma over time among young adults. ⋯ The incidence of cutaneous melanoma among young adults is rapidly increasing, especially among women. Continued close monitoring of this high-risk population is necessary.
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Mayo Clinic proceedings · Apr 2012
Comparative StudyA comparison of general medical and clinical ethics consultations: what can we learn from each other?
Despite the emergence of clinical ethics consultation as a clinical service in recent years, little is known about how clinical ethics consultation differs from, or is the same as, other medical consultations. A critical assessment of the similarities and differences between these 2 types of consultations is important to help the medical community appreciate ethics consultation as a vital service in today's health care setting. ⋯ Studies for this analysis were obtained through the PubMed database using the keywords ethics consultation, medical consultation, ethics consults, medical consults, ethics consultants, and medical consultants. All English-language articles published from 1970 through August 2011 that pertained to the structure and process of medical and ethics consultation were reviewed.
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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) acquire brain signals, analyze them, and translate them into commands that are relayed to output devices that carry out desired actions. BCIs do not use normal neuromuscular output pathways. The main goal of BCI is to replace or restore useful function to people disabled by neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, or spinal cord injury. ⋯ Brain-computer interfaces need signal-acquisition hardware that is convenient, portable, safe, and able to function in all environments. Brain-computer interface systems need to be validated in long-term studies of real-world use by people with severe disabilities, and effective and viable models for their widespread dissemination must be implemented. Finally, the day-to-day and moment-to-moment reliability of BCI performance must be improved so that it approaches the reliability of natural muscle-based function.