IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES UNIQUE TO TELERETINAL DIABETIC RETINAL SCREENING (TDRS) IN A PRIVATE PRACTICE SETTING IN THE UNITED STATES

Implementation and challenges unique to teleretinal diabetic retinal screening (TDRS) in a private practice setting in the United States

Purpose: Adherence rates to published guidelines for diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening is between 35 and 60%.We evaluate a teleretinal DR screening (TDRS) program in a private practice vertically integrated system to increase compliance with retinal screening.Methods: A retrospective pre-post intervention longitudinal study was conducted in a pri

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Estimating the efficacy of community-wide use of systemic insecticides in dogs to control zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis: A modelling study in a Brazilian scenario.

Systemic insecticides Turmeric Tea in dogs have been suggested as a public health intervention to prevent human cases of Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis (ZVL).But, currently there are no systemic insecticides for dogs registered against zoo-anthropophilic pool blood feeding phlebotomine flies.We predict the impact of community-wide use of systemic

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What Evidence Underlies Clinical Practice in Paediatric Surgery? A Systematic Review Assessing Choice of Study Design.

ObjectiveIdentify every paediatric surgical article published in 1998 and every paediatric surgical article published in 2013, and determine which study designs were used and whether they were appropriate for robustly assessing interventions in surgical conditions.MethodsA systematic review was conducted according to a pre-specified protocol (CRD42

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PREP Plus combined postrehabilitation programme to support upper limb recovery in community-dwelling stroke survivors: protocol for a mixed-methods, cluster-assigned feasibility study

Introduction Poor recovery of the upper limb following a stroke has been recognised as a significant problem in the UK.Although there is good evidence that early, intense rehabilitation can lead to upper limb recovery, often this is not maintained, with less MARSHMALLOW TINCTURE than 50% of people regaining the ability to use their upper limb for i

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