Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON), Coordinating Center: Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Biostatistics Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Sinai Health Systems, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: nancy.baxter@unimelb.edu.au.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto (Drs. Norris, Gagnon, Jacobson, Sobel, and Shore); Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital (Drs. Jacobson and Sobel).
Successful personalized oncology today depends on clinicians taking advantage of the extensive, evidence-based information provided by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines, whic...
Previous studies have shown low adherence to surgical staging guidelines in patients with clinical early-stage ovarian carcinoma. The aim of this study was to identify guideline adherence for surgical...
Patients with ovarian cancer and surgical staging registered in the Dutch Gynecological Oncology Audit between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019 in the Netherlands were included. Complete surgical...
604 patients underwent surgical staging, 365 (60%) underwent an incomplete staging procedure, 295 (81%) were registered with early-stage disease (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics ...
Guideline adherence for staging was lower than expected and validation of data gave additional insights into the reasons that were contributing to incomplete surgical staging. Moreover, this analysis ...
Patients with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma undergoing surgery are at risk for developing postoperative pulmonary complications, associated with morbidity and mor...
Patients with a history of asthma and/or COPD who underwent non-thoracic surgery between January 2017 and July 2018 in our hospital, were included. Primary outcome was perioperative administration of ...
1,623 patients qualified for a preventative treatment. Overall, 653 patients (40%) received treatment according to protocol. The other 970 patients received no treatment (79%), another corticosteroid ...
The current guideline for prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications has not been implemented thoroughly at our hospital. The lack of adherence appears to be caused by lack in clarity in clin...
Little is known about nationwide practice patterns for the management medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) in relation to the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines and their impact on survival....
Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program database (2000-2018), MTC treatment patterns were evaluated in terms of adherence to the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines acro...
A total of 3332 patients with MTC were identified. Of which, 53.8%, 33.2%, and 11.4% of patients had localized, regional, and distant disease, respectively. In patients with locoregional disease, the ...
The rate of guideline-concordant surgery for locoregional MTC increased after guideline publication in 2015, with an observed prolongment in OS and DSS. Chemotherapy use among patients with distant di...
Workplace cancer screening programs are determined as part of an employee's benefits package and health checkups are perceived positively. However, the current status of workplace cancer screening pro...
A cross-sectional study design was employed. Data were obtained from a survey conducted by the "Corporate Action to Promote Cancer Control" between November and December 2022 among registered partner ...
The guideline-adherence rates for colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screenings in the workplace were 12.7%, 3.0%, and 8.8%, respectively. Enterprises had lower adherence to screening guidelines ...
Adherence to national guidelines for colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer screenings in the workplace was suboptimal among Japanese enterprises. Therefore, appropriate cancer screening measures and...
Despite the availability of evidence-based inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) guidelines, suboptimal care persists. There is little published research assessing barriers to IBD guideline adherence....
To identify barriers to IBD guideline adherence including gastroenterologists' knowledge and attitudes towards guidelines....
An online cross-sectional survey of 824 Australian gastroenterologists was conducted from April to August 2018, with 198 (24%) responses. A novel survey was developed that was informed by the theoreti...
Confidence in guideline recommendations was high; however, referral to them was low. The European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation guidelines were referred to most commonly (43.6%). In multivariate an...
Although gastroenterologists have high confidence in guidelines, they use them infrequently, primarily due to specifics being difficult to remember and lack of time. Self-reported confidence in an are...
Thromboembolic events are a common risk in adults with atrial fibrillation, those with previous cerebrovascular accidents and undergoing emergency or elective surgeries. The widespread availability of...
To improve the management of cancer related pain, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) publishes the Adult Cancer Pain guideline on an annual basis. However, a large majority of oncology p...
The spleen is responsible for blood filtration and mounting an immune response against pathogens. In some people the spleen must be surgically removed because of traumatic events or oncological and he...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Evidence-based guidelines for managing severe TBI have been available for over 25 years. However, adherence to guideli...
A structured literature search was conducted using the MEDLINE...
Nine cohort studies were identified that fulfilled the inclusion criteria and answered the clinical question. A review of these papers was conducted....
Mortality after severe TBI improves with increasing adherence to evidence-based guidelines in both adults and children. The evidence also suggests that compliance with guideline recommendations result...
