European criteria for the appropriateness and necessity of coronary revascularization procedures

Evaluating the Appropriateness of Coronary Revascularization Procedures at Hadassah Hospital: Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines

Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization and Trends in Utilization, Patient Selection, and Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

IMPORTANCE Appropriate Use Criteria for Coronary Revascularization were developed to critically evaluate and improve patient selection for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). National trends in the appropriateness of PCI have not been examined. OBJECTIVE To examine trends in PCI utilization, patient selection, and procedural appropriateness following the introduction of Appropriate Use ...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Vascular Claudication-Assessment for Revascularization.

Vascular claudication is a symptom complex characterized by reproducible pain and weakness in an active muscle group due to peripheral arterial disease. Noninvasive hemodynamic tests such as the ankle brachial index, toe brachial index, segmental pressures, and pulse volume recordings are considered the first imaging modalities necessary to reliably establish the presence and severity of arteri...

the role of russia in transmission of energy from central asia and caucuses to european union

پس ازفروپاشی شوروی،رشد منابع نفت و گاز، آسیای میانه و قفقاز را در یک بازی ژئوپلتیکی انرژی قرار داده است. با در نظر گرفتن این منابع هیدروکربنی، این منطقه به یک میدانجنگ و رقابت تجاری برای بازی های ژئوپلتیکی قدرت های بزرگ جهانی تبدیل شده است. روسیه منطقه را به عنوان حیات خلوت خود تلقی نموده و علاقمند به حفظ حضورش می باشد تا همانند گذشته گاز طبیعی را به وسیله خط لوله مرکزی دریافت و به عنوان یک واس...

Appropriateness criteria and elective procedures--total joint arthroplasty.

adapted: some have become stu­ dents of the coding procedures, but many have outsourced billing to professional coders trained to search for keywords. Although many ED physicians don’t know exactly what is billed in their name, physicians commonly re­ ceive regular feedback on their average billing performance through automated reports. Early adoption of electronic records by the ED may in part...