This study used natural language processing technology that permitted cost- and time-efficient computational analysis of thousands of patient encounters, including examination of hundreds of thousands of narrative provider notes in a matter of hours.
All cases followed the same structure: reason for encounter, history, physical examination, explanation of diagnosis, advice and treatment planning, and closure of the consultation.
We hypothesised that SPs would be good at rating empathy in the clinical examination encounter and that empathy ratings would be able to predict candidates with low overall examinations scores.
Besides patient characteristics (age, sex and zip-code), date, hour and type of the patient contact, we also registered clinical data: i.e. reason for encounter (RFE), physical examination, technical investigations and diagnosis.
Accordingly, the framework includes five interactive process dimensions: (1) the patient provider encounter (history, physical examination, ordering tests/referrals based on assessment); (2) performance and interpretation of diagnostic tests; (3) follow-up and tracking of diagnostic information over time; (4) subspecialty and referral-specific factors; and (5) patient-related factors.
Partial-thickness cartilage erosion and fibrillation is commonly encountered during arthroscopic examination.
Since varicocele is a frequent condition, often accidentally encountered during US examination, it's indispensable to obtain functional data to direct exactly therapeutic management.
Conclusions: These findings should be of interest and help in interpreting some of the anatomy encountered during arthroscopic examination of the PCL, both from the anterior and posterior lateral portals.
Lymph nodes are routinely encountered during US examination and lack of normal lymph node morphology requires follow-up and/or further investigation.
Similarly, there was no statistically significant difference in plasma level between fasting and non-fasting subjects for any of the hormones measured, and lipaemia (n = 13) and haemolysis (n = 30), encountered by visual examination, did not influence the hormone levels (data not shown).
