This theme included considerations related to the use of interpreters, but also that communication with patients entails more than simply speaking the same language.
To the Editor: Providing medical care for Ebola virus infected patients entails physical and psychological stress, extended shift times, and risk for infection.
Moreover, the management of NICU patients entails the treatment of several concomitant diseases (such as respiratory distress syndrome, PDA, and infections), thus requiring the administration of a combination of potentially nephrotoxic medicinal products.
Also, persons with HIV/AIDS may be more exposed to patients with MDR TB during hospitalizations or consultations in health structures with insufficient infection control because the complexity of management of MDR TB patients entails frequent visits to health facilities, which also increases the risk for MDR TB nosocomial outbreaks among HIV-infected persons (16 – 16 ).
Age is also related with costs: younger patients entail from 40%to100%0% more expenditures than oldest patients (80+) in all phases of the disease.
The urban doctors elaborated on what seeing patients entailed, but Alan saw no need to do so, nor did he mention the amount of time he spends doing paperwork or other office tasks.
All ultrasound examinations performed on volunteers or on patients entailed the use of a Sonosite M Turbo (Sonosite, Bothell, WA, USA) (or similar device) with a 7 12 MHz 38 mm linear probe.
While it's clear that patients can actively participate in the database by contributing their genome, neither PMI nor Congress has defined what patient partnership entails.
While genomic libraries promise coherent networks between scientists, companies and big-science initiatives have yet to clarify what patient partnership entails in practice.
This shift toward increased patient autonomy entails redefining the patient role from passive recipient to active participant [ 41].
