Download or read book Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes written by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/AHRQ and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This User’s Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes. For the purposes of this guide, a patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes. A registry database is a file (or files) derived from the registry. Although registries can serve many purposes, this guide focuses on registries created for one or more of the following purposes: to describe the natural history of disease, to determine clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of health care products and services, to measure or monitor safety and harm, and/or to measure quality of care. Registries are classified according to how their populations are defined. For example, product registries include patients who have been exposed to biopharmaceutical products or medical devices. Health services registries consist of patients who have had a common procedure, clinical encounter, or hospitalization. Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis or heart failure. The User’s Guide was created by researchers affiliated with AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program, particularly those who participated in AHRQ’s DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness) program. Chapters were subject to multiple internal and external independent reviews.
Download or read book Pregnancy and Birth written by Christoph Lees and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pregnancy and Birth: Your Questions Answered offers up-to-date information in an accessible, easy-to-understand format. This reassuring reference provides complete answers to hundreds of questions on every aspect of pregnancy and birth. Pregnancy and Birth: Your Questions Answered is an indispensable source of information and guidance for all prospective parents. This eBook includes hundreds of photographs, charts, and illustrations, and covers every moment of pregnancy and birth from conception, prenatal care, and labor to the first six weeks of your baby's life.
Download or read book Women and Prenatal Testing written by Karen H. Rothenberg and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For pregnant women in the 1990s, technological developments have ushered in new and expanding reproductive genetic testing options. Some herald these procedures as advances providing women with previously unavailable information about their pregnancies. Others contend that with this surge of information come increasing and perhaps unwarranted obligations: while some women have greater knowledge about their pregnancies, they also face far more complex decisions and a greater pressure to do as much as is technologically possible to ensure the birth of a healthy child." "This book focuses on the major women's issues surrounding the development and application of reproductive genetic testing. Although much has been written about the biological safety and efficacy of these technologies, few publications have addressed their psychological, sociocultural, ethical, legal, and political impact on women and their experience of pregnancy." "The first of three sections provides the contextual framework in which the debate should be analyzed. The second section sets forth the philosophical foundations and complex ethical and legal questions that need to be addressed, and the final section delineates a variety of perspectives on the psychological and sociocultural issues raised by reproductive genetic testing. These fourteen essays on the cutting edge of the debate are essential reading for anyone interested in women's studies, human genetics, health law; and bioethics and prenatal care providers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Risk Age and Pregnancy written by B. Heyman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk, Age and Pregnancy provides an in-depth case study of the operation of a prenatal genetic screening and testing system. The methodology integrates observational, qualitative interview and survey data. The perspectives of pregnant women, hospital doctors and midwives are explored in depth, as is the communication between women and the hospital doctors who advise them. The book offers insights which are relevant to those concerned with the rapidly growing field of genetic risk management.
Download or read book WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the continuum of reproductive health care, antenatal care provides a platform for important health-care functions, including health promotion, screening and diagnosis, and disease prevention. It has been established that, by implementing timely and appropriate evidence-based practices, antenatal care can save lives. Endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General, this is a comprehensive WHO guideline on routine antenatal care for pregnant women and adolescent girls. It aims to complement existing WHO guidelines on the management of specific pregnancy-related complications. The guidance captures the complex nature of the antenatal care issues surrounding healthcare practices and delivery, and prioritizes person-centered health and well-being --- not only the prevention of death and morbidity --- in accordance with a human rights-based approach.
Download or read book Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis An Issue of the Clinics in Laboratory Medicine E Book written by Anthony O. Odibo and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, edited by Drs. Anthony Odibo and David A. Krantz, covers issues surrounding Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis. Topics examined in this issue include, but are not limited to: Strategies for Implementing cfDNA Testing; Genetic Counselling for Patients Considering Screening and Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities; Microdeletions/Duplications; Sex Chromosome Abnormalities; First-, Second- and Third-Trimester Screening for Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction; Biophysicial/Biochemical Screening for the Risk of Preterm Labor; Preimplantation Genetic Testing; Toxoplasmosis, Parvovirus and Cytomegalovirus in Pregnancy; and Sleep Apnea and Adverse pregnancy Outcomes.
Download or read book Pregnancy written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine written by Anthony O. Odibo and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, Guest Edited by Anthony Odibo and David Krantz, will feature article topics such as: Screening for Chromosomal abnormalities; Cystic fibrosis screening; The role of second-trimester screening, in the post-first trimester screening era; Modifying risk for Aneuploidy with second-trimester ultrasound after a positive serum screen; Cost-effectiveness of Down syndrome screening paradigms; Biochemical and biophysical screening for the risk of Preterm delivery; Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis; Prenatal testing for infectious disease, Thrombophilias, Preeclampsia, Neural Tube Defects; Management of Multiple Pregnancy; Genetic Counseling Issues in Down syndrome Screening; First Trimester Ultrasound Markers; Quality Control of Nuchal Translucency; Clinical Implications of First Trimester Screening; Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes after Positive Screening; First Trimester Combined Screening: Instant Risks Approach.
Download or read book 100 Questions Answers About Your High Risk Pregnancy written by Elizabeth S. Platt and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Questions and Answers About Your High-Risk Pregnancy provides authoritative, practical answers to the most common questions posed by at-risk expecting mothers and fathers. The text covers topics such as testing, mother's health, fetal health, complications, prevention and treatment, and physical. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
Download or read book Prenatal Tests written by Lachlan De Crespigny and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents-to-be are faced with important and very difficult decisions to make about prenatal testing. This book provides all the information that they need - in clear, accessible language - in order to make informed choices.
Download or read book The ABCs of Prenatal Diagnosis written by Keith Wexler and published by Genassist Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Before Birth written by Elena O. Nightingale and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An extremely informative, well-written and amply diagrammed book, which should be of great value to laypersons and their physicians who require further genetic review and background for present and future gene therapies.' - Theodore Kushnick, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association.
Download or read book Immunological Challenges Around Pregnancy Complications Associated With Failures of Maternal Tolerance to the Fetus written by Michael Eikmans and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Antenatal Testing Handbook written by Vivienne Parry and published by Picador. This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pregnancy written by Pete Moore and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to recent ethical questions raised by pre-natal testing this book offers practical advice on the tests and what they can tell expectant mothers. It shows what choices the tests can necessitate, and asks who should make the decisions. Moore suggests that tests should not be offered to women where no treatment is available.
Download or read book Protocols for High Risk Pregnancies written by John T. Queenan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through seven editions, Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies has helped busy obstetricians keep pace with a constantly evolving field. Providing just-in-time content, its focus on protocols and guidelines helps organize medical thinking, avoid heuristic errors of omission and commission, and optimize maternal and fetal outcomes. As with the prior six editions, the editors have once again assembled some of the world’s top obstetrical and medical experts. This seventh edition has also been expanded to include a number of new topics, including: Protocols on opioid use, misuse and addition in pregnancy and postpartum Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidy Periconceptual genetic screening Expanded protocols on maternal valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies Protocols on arboviruses, including Zika and malaria Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies: An Evidence-Based Approach will be an essential reference for obstetricians, medical students, general practitioners and all medical professionals who are seeking the most up-to-date information and guidance on high-risk pregnancies.
