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Medical registries have been shown to be an effective way to improve patient care and reduce costs. Constructing such registries entails extraneous effort of either reviewing medical charts or creating tailored case report forms (CRF). While documentation has shifted from handwritten notes into electronic medical records (EMRs), the majority of information is logged as free text, which is difficult to extract. ⋯ Re-designing the EMR to enable prospective documentation of surgical related data is a valid method to create an on-going, real-time database that is recorded instantaneously with minimal additional effort and minimal cost.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Apr 2021
Case ReportsPancreatic Abscess Misdiagnosed and Treated as Pancreatic Cancer.
A preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is not hundred percent accurate. Because of the uncertainty in the diagnosis of pancreatic tumours, some benign pancreatic diseases have been misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer and treated with surgical resection. This approach has a significant negative impact on the physical and psychological well-being of the patients. ⋯ Therefore, our case findings highlight the need that clinicians should be aware of the differential diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and consider the possibility of a pancreatic abscess preoperatively, especially in patients with diabetes. Laparoscopic exploration is recommended to avoid the trauma caused by an open surgery. Key Words: Pancreatic cancer, Abscess, Surgery.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2021
[Old and depressed and/or demented? - Pseudodepression vs. pseudodementia].
Many elderly patients suffer from both, depressive symptoms and cognitive deficits. Clinically, it oftentimes appears unclear whether the affective or the cognitive problems are primary or secondary. ⋯ A careful history and clinical investigations are necessary to identify the underlying diseases, but they do not always offer sufficient therapeutic guidance. If in doubt, the condition should always be considered as potentially reversible and treated emphatically (but with age-appropriate caution).
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This article was published in volume 111 issue 6 of publishing year 2020 with a wrong authors' byline. The correct authors' byline is: Shanshan LI 1 *, Youxu ZHAO 2, Jing ZHAO 3, Lei MOU 4 1 Department of Encephalopathy II, Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao, China; 2 Ju County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao, China; 3 Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, China; 4 Department of Neurology, Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao, China *Corresponding author: Shanshan Li, Department of Encephalopathy II, Rizhao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rizhao, China. E-mail: uucik4@163.com.