The complexity of renal disease in patients with HIV warrants joint specialist input.
Forty (40%) continued to have joint specialist HIV renal follow-up, while 60% were discharged back to their HIV physician with a clear renal management plan.
2, 18 About 10·0% reported a family history of PsA, although only about 15·0% of patients had PsA diagnosed by a joint specialist.
For example, patients were queried for the presence of PsA and, if present, they were asked if the diagnosis of PsA had been confirmed by a joint specialist.
Approximately one-third of patients (35·5%; n = 4226) reported a history of PsA at the time of enrolment in PSOLAR (Table 3), with 1664 patients (14·1%) having their diagnosis confirmed by a joint specialist.
If you have a compound fracture or a bad break, your doctor may refer you to an orthopedic surgeon (bone and joint specialist) or a hand surgeon.
Joint integrity specialist Hydratight Ltd has been approved by the UK's Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to deliver, on an international basis, mechanical joint integrity (MJI) courses.
International joint integrity specialist Hydratight Ltd has launched the new Gripping Socket torque accessory, which is designed to significantly improve operator safety during bolting operations.
Jacklin[ 47] hypothesised that joint GP-specialist consultations would lead to downstream savings through improved patient management, but their results did not support this, although the short follow up period of six months and the broad range of specialist disciplines involved may not have allowed enough time for a learning effect to be measurable.
In the Netherlands, care for asplenic patients is a joint responsibility of specialists (during hospital stay) and general practitioners (after the patient has been discharged from the hospital or outpatient clinic).
A presentation by Stephan Jakob (Bern, Switzerland) highlighted how one hospital was able to reduce costs and the median length of ICU stay by such measures as restructuring daily routines, changing from an open to a closed ICU model, performing joint rounds with specialists, and instituting protocols.
