BACKGROUND In our NSQIP participating center, patient experience measures demonstrate that 25% of patients over 65 years age regret the decision for cardiac surgery, demonstrating a mismatch expectations and outcomes. Studies surgical decision-making poor decisional quality, especially comprehension expression preferences. Shared making (SDM), formalized approach wherein are educated about risk...

Computer aided modeling of the decision making processes requires the availability of a system, enabling to gather the knowledge of numerous experts. That is why the subject matter concerns first the simulation of the decision making processes, as well as the methods and procedures of knowledge acquisition from the above experts.

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Technology assessment and selection has a substantial impact on organizations procedures in regards to technology transfer. Technological decisions are usually made by a group of experts, and whereby integrity of these viewpoints to a single decision can be quite complex. Today, operational databases and data warehouses exist to manage and organize data with specific features and henceforth, th...

purpose: compaison of excyclotorsion induced by horizontal transposition of vertical rectus muscles versus vertical transposition of horizontal rectus muscles in rabbit eyes. methods: in this exprimental study, group 1 underwent full tendon nasal transposition of the superior rectus and full tendon temporal transposition of the inferior rectus (10 adult rabbits); group 2 underwent superior tran...

aortoenteric fistula is a rare but significant clinical entity associated with high morbidity and mortality if remain untreated. clinical presentation and imaging findings may be subtle and prompt diagnosis can be difficult. herein, we present a patient who initially presented with abdominal pain and computed tomography showed an aortic aneurysm compressing duodenum without any air bubbles. one...