AT-tributable risks?

Risks to Ireland from incidents at Sellafield.

Limb salvage--at which costs, which risks?

outer root sheath keratinocytes, however, keep perfect tissue homeostasis [5] , and tumors arising in an EpiDextreated area have never been reported so far. Thus, instead of ‘overregulating’, regulatory authorities should fine-tune their requirements, carefully weighting potential benefits for the patients versus costs and risks of the individual tissue engineering technology at stake. Accordin...

[Psychosocial risks at work and occupational health].

The changes on work processes and job design in recent decades are focused in the demographic, economic, political, and technological aspects. These changes have created new psychosocial risks at work that affect the health and quality of workplace, increasing stress levels among workers. The aim of this study is to present such risks, their consequences, and some recommendations to promote hea...

Identifying and mitigating risks at outpatient clinics/remote locations.

Healthcare security professionals are facing new challenges as their responsibilities in a fast-changing environment are increasing. The level of healthcare professionalism, the author says, can be improved through the use of risk assessments, strategic planning and design, security safeguards, and security program measurement. In this article, he discusses the importance of a site survey--prov...

Concurrent hysterectomy at bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy: benefits, risks, and costs.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the medical and economic consequences of concurrent hysterectomy at the time of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) for benign ovarian disease in peri- and postmenopausal women. METHODS Decision analysis was used to compare the health outcomes and economic costs of performing BSO with concurrent hysterectomy versus BSO alone in theoretic cohorts of 10,000 women undergo...