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Retrospective Evaluation Of Weight Loss In Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute (Mmcci) Patients Receiving Radiation Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer, Julian Johnson, David Debartolo-Stone, Jessica Moore, Ruth Hanselman, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Amy Sparks
Retrospective Evaluation Of Weight Loss In Maine Medical Center Cancer Institute (Mmcci) Patients Receiving Radiation Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer, Julian Johnson, David Debartolo-Stone, Jessica Moore, Ruth Hanselman, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, Amy Sparks
Operations Transformation
Treatment for head and neck cancer often results in weight loss as a side effect. One option to mitigate this weight loss is placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. Radiation oncologists at a academic tertiary medical center discuss the option of PEG placement during patient consultation.
A retrospective evaluation of weight loss in patients receiving radiation was conducted over a two-year period. The goal of this data collection was to create a standard for oncology consultations regarding PEG tube placement.
Baseline metrics and a root cause analysis drove subsequent data collection steps. After analyzing the raw data, …
Prions To Pathways: Safeguarding Against Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease In The Operating Room, Jessica Mary Adams Atkinson, Sonja Carol Orff
Prions To Pathways: Safeguarding Against Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease In The Operating Room, Jessica Mary Adams Atkinson, Sonja Carol Orff
Maine Medical Center
Introduction:
As defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC, 2018), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, rare, transmissible, and fatal illness. Miscoiling of healthy proteins caused by an abnormal isoform of cellular glycoprotein resulting in protein folding has been found to be the molecular mechanism during the pathological process of this malady (Figure 1), (Castle, Gill, 2017). The current problem is that few recommendations are available for organizations to consider how to manage potential CJD patient cases, and institutions are left to compile and develop their own guidelines and/or protocols for clinical practice. The standards of care for …
Impact Of Palliative Care Consultations For Patients Admitted To Maine Medical Center With Acute Exacerbations Of Copd, Benjamin Jarrett, Isabella Strumpf, Rebecca Hutchinson
Impact Of Palliative Care Consultations For Patients Admitted To Maine Medical Center With Acute Exacerbations Of Copd, Benjamin Jarrett, Isabella Strumpf, Rebecca Hutchinson
Maine Medical Center
Background and purpose:
• COPD is the 3rd leading cause of death.
• Specialty Palliative Care (PC) is underutilized in COPD patients.
•PC involvement has been shown to improve quality of life and satisfaction with overall care.
• We sought to evaluate the association of receipt of palliative medicine consultation during an admission for acute exacerbation of COPD with a documented Goals of Care conversations and/or presence of an advanced directive and/or POLST.
Validity Of Neonatal Poc Glucose Testing, Matthew Turnquist, Amy Haskins, Christina Holt
Validity Of Neonatal Poc Glucose Testing, Matthew Turnquist, Amy Haskins, Christina Holt
Maine Medical Center
Background:
Glucose monitoring a common invasive intervention in newborn period
•most commonly obtained laboratory value
Appropriate identification of hypoglycemia is critical:
•Severe hypoglycemia can lead to neurologic insult
•Cerebral palsy, developmental delay, seizures, death