Effective clinical practices for improved FNA biopsy cell block outcomes

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy: historical aspects.

This study aims to present the origins and the historical evolution of fine-needle aspiration biopsy and to also underline its importance in the history of modern cytology. The article focuses on the advances made in the 20th century that have led to the modern techniques associated with the procedure. The authors conducted a thorough review of early reports on needle biopsy, particularly those...

Finding of Neck Mass Biopsy with FNA in 129 Patients

ABSTRACT The FNA is simple, inexpensive, available and almost safe method for diagnosis of neck mass. The aim of this Research was to assess the result of FNA for diagnosis of this patients. For this purpose 129 patients who had Referred to Tutunkaran Hospital over a period of three years with complaints of one or more tumors in the neck or parotid region was selected. Full medical history wa...

translating hispanic genomic factors in lung cancer into clinical practice: egfr testing for improved outcomes

Improved outcomes for hospitalized asthmatic children using a clinical pathway.

BACKGROUND Although asthma clinical pathways are used with increasing frequency, few controlled studies have evaluated the clinical and cost effectiveness of these pathways. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of an inpatient asthma clinical pathway on cost and quality of care for children with asthma. METHODS One hundred forty-nine children were treated for status asthmaticus using an asthma ...

An Improved DPSO Algorithm for Cell Formation Problem

Cellular manufacturing system, an application of group technology, has been considered as an effective method to obtain productivity in a factory. For design of manufacturing cells, several mathematical models and various algorithms have been proposed in literature. In the present research, we propose an improved version of discrete particle swarm optimization (PSO) to solve manufacturing cell ...