Excessive post-operative opioid prescribing has led to efforts to match prescriptions with patient need after surgery. We investigated opioid prescribing practices, rate of patient-requested opioid re...
LIHRs at a single institution from 3/2019 to 3/2021 were queried from the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative for demographics, perioperative details, and patient-reported opioid usage. Opioid...
Four hundred and ninety LIHR patients were analyzed. The median number of opioid tablets prescribed was 12 [interquartile range (IQR) 10-15], and 4% requested a refill. On univariate analysis, patient...
Most patients use fewer opioid tablets than prescribed. Requests for opioid refills are rare following LIHR (4%) and associated with higher opioid prescribing....
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is currently one of the global public health threats. Increased antibiotic consumption in humans, animals, and agriculture has contributed directly to the spread of AMR....
This is a cross-sectional study for all non-specialized physicians dealing with acute upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) in pediatrics sittings in Assiut district, Egypt. We used a self-adminis...
Our study included 153 physicians whose mean age was 32.2 ± 8.7, most of whom were pediatric residents in different health institutes in Assiut district. They had good knowledge as out of the 17 knowl...
Physicians dealing with acute URIs in outpatients' clinics in the Assiut district have good knowledge about antibiotic use and resistance and demonstrate a good attitude toward appropriate antibiotic ...
To assess retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) practice patterns during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....
A survey on ROP practice patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic was sent to the American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives, the International Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Council members, and ...
Two hundred ninety-two ophthalmologists from 41 countries responded to the survey. Most replies originated in Asia (48%) and North America (38%). During the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-COVID...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer ROP screening and follow-up visits were conducted on premature infants; these findings were especially prominent among physicians in Asia. Telemedicine usage increa...
This study aimed to assess gynecologic oncologists (GOs)' perceptions and attitudes toward cancer survivorship to help improve survivor care....
We conducted a web-based questionnaire survey about survivorship issues for the GOs belonging to the Japan Gynecologic Oncology Group. We analyzed the proactiveness of the participants toward addressi...
We received 313 responses. The respondents had a mean of 22 years of physician experience. The ratio of men to women was approximately 7:3, and 84.7% worked at facilities for multidisciplinary cancer ...
The Japanese GOs were enthusiastic about survivorship care. However, their tendency to deal with survivors' problems through their own knowledge and judgments raises concerns about the quality of care...
Although Graves' disease (GD) is common in endocrine practices worldwide, global differences in diagnosis and management remain. We sought to assess the current practices for GD in countries across As...
A web-based survey on GD management was conducted on practicing clinicians. Responses from 542 clinicians were received and subsequently analysed and compared to outcomes from similar surveys from oth...
A total of 542 respondents participated in the survey, 515 (95%) of whom completed all sections. Of these, 86% were medical specialists, 11% surgeons, and 3% nuclear medicine physicians. In addition t...
Although regional differences regarding the diagnosis and management of GD are apparent in this first pan-Asia-Pacific survey, this study reveals the overall approach to the management of this disease...
Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix (SCNECC) is a rare cancer with poor prognosis, with limited data to guide its treatment. The objective of this study was to evaluate practice patterns...
Isthmic spondylolysis is a common cause of back pain in young athletes. The condition presents to numerous medical providers who employ a variety of different practices in diagnosis and management. Th...
We aimed to explore trends and sociodemographic patterns in benzodiazepine (BZD) (by half-life) and Z-drugs prescribing in Australian general practice....
This open cohort study used de-identified electronic health records of 1.4 million patients (50,812,413 consultations) from 402 Australian practices (MedicineInsight 2011-2018). Annual prescribing fre...
Between 2011 and 2018, the prescribing of very short-acting BZD increased from 0.10 to 0.29 per 1000 consultations (average annual change +17.2% [95% CI 9.6; 25.3]), while it declined for short-interm...
Although most BZD and Z-drugs prescriptions declined over time, short-intermediate BZD prescriptions remained higher among older women and long-acting BZD more frequent among younger men, especially f...
Use of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is highly prevalent, but little data are available on how surgeon experience affects surgical practice patterns....
To determine differences in use of MMS among surgeons of varying experience....
This cross-sectional study sampled from clinicians billing ≥200 mean annual Mohs surgery claims from the 2012 to 2018 Medicare Public Use File. The primary outcome was mean annual Mohs surgery claims ...
Among 1,759 unique surgeons, those with 16 to 20 years of experience performed the most mean annual (95% confidence interval) Mohs surgical cases (578.7 [556.7-600.6]). Surgeons with 21 to 25 years of...
Midcareer surgeons performed the most mean annual Mohs surgery cases, whereas later career surgeons prescribed more frequent and longer courses of antibiotics suggesting changing practice patterns wit...
Surgical site infections after breast surgery range from 1 to 16%. Both the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons guidelines lack clarity on post...
A self-designed, 19-question survey was emailed to all 2934 ASBrS members. Information was obtained on the participants' training, familiarity with ASBrS guidelines, and practices of prescribing perio...
In total, 556 (19%) responses were analyzed. Half were fellowship-trained breast surgeons/surgical oncologists (50.2%), with 55.6% having practiced for > 15 years and 66.9% in community/private practi...
Surgeons uniformly adhere to ASBrS guidelines for preoperative AP. However, there is wide variation in AP postoperatively in patients with/without reconstruction and with indwelling drains. Our result...
