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A review of the different ways to determine the target mass from anatomical to functional approaches is presented. Main clinical and dosimetric published results of RIT are summarized according to clinical goals. Endogenous TSH stimulation using an ATD preparation has promising results in reducing big autonomously functioning goiters. Finally, we report preliminary successful results of preventive RIT using short term LT3 suppression in compensated TFA, with low administered activities and low rate of hypothyroidism.Graves' disease (GD), the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, is an autoimmune disease directly caused by circulating autoantibodies that bind and activate the TSH receptor, inducing metabolic activation of the thyroid gland; this may be associated with important cardiac (atrial fibrillation) and ocular (ophthalmopathy) complications. Treating GD with real curative intent implies the full elimination of the functioning thyroid parenchyma using surgery or radioactive iodine therapy (RAI). RAI has been used in humans with hyperthyroidism since 1941, thanks to the pioneering work of a physician (Dr. Saul Hertz) and a physicist (Dr. Arthur Roberts). The rationale of RAI is based on the effect of radiation of 131I on target cells leading to DNA damage, both directly, through breakage of molecular bonds, and indirectly through the formation of free radicals. In particular, irradiation causes a broad spectrum of cellular damage due to the production of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation of the plasma membrane. Thus, RAI-related cellular death takes place through both apoptosis and necrosis. The aim of this review was to summarize indications, efficacy, safety profile, and dosimetric aspects of RAI treatment in patients affected by GD.
Plastic surgeons are increasingly choosing to practice as employed physicians either in an academic position, a single-specialty or multispecialty group, or within a franchise-type business. Employment offers advantages with regard to immediate income, minimal investment in practice start-up costs, and easier access to prospective patients. Surgeons considering such employment must perform due diligence to determine whether the position offered is a good fit. Once the decision is made to offer the plastic surgeon a position, an employment contract is negotiated. It is imperative that all parties understand the provisions of the contract, so that there are no misunderstandings between the employer and employee for the duration of the term. This article introduces physician recruitment offers and employment contracting. The key components of a contract are described, and compensation options are explained. Negotiation of the contract is critical so that all aspects are understood and agreed on, and the responunderstood and agreed on, and the responsibilities of all parties are delineated.
Spurred on in part by government policies that base a portion of reimbursement around patient satisfaction, in 2016, Texas Children's Hospital instituted a patient-focused communication course entitled Breakthrough Communication. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of this training on provider-specific Press Ganey scores within the Department of Surgery, and to assess whether changes in Press Ganey scores correlate to hospital volume and revenue.

The intervention period was defined as calendar year 2017. Full-time faculty between 2016 and 2018 who completed the course in 2017 and had at least 10 returned Press Ganey surveys before and after the course were included in this study. Patient volume and revenue were analyzed. A subgroup analysis was conducted to compare participant against nonparticipant plastic surgeons.

For the 56 surgeons who met the inclusion criteria, mean provider Press Ganey ratings increased from 92.0 to 94.3 following participation (p = 0.003). When compared to before intervention, clinical encounters increased by 26.2 percent, the number of patients increased by 26.0 percent, payments increased by 25.2 percent, and charges increased by 21.2 percent. In our subgroup analysis, there was a relative increase of 11 percent in the number of patients and 10 percent in the number of encounters for participant plastic surgeons. Participants reported 113 percent increases in charges and 71 percent increases in payments, whereas nonparticipants had decreases of 10 percent in charges and 4 percent in payments.

The authors' findings indicate that improving surgeons' patient-centered communication skills is associated with an increase in patient satisfaction and an accompanying increase in both volume and reimbursements.
The authors' findings indicate that improving surgeons' patient-centered communication skills is associated with an increase in patient satisfaction and an accompanying increase in both volume and reimbursements.
Prescription opioid misuse has been recognized as a national epidemic. The implications of this problem are especially important to consider, as postoperative opioid abuse can give rise to true addiction for surgical patients. The concept of enhanced recovery after surgery is increasingly used across various specialties to decrease the overabundance of postoperative opioid use.

This study prospectively examined 143 patients undergoing cosmetic elective surgery. Patients were randomized into one of two groups based on postoperative pain management regimen multimodal (enhanced recovery after surgery) analgesia or traditional opioid analgesia. Data regarding postoperative pain scores, amount of postoperative opioids consumed, and duration of postoperative pain pill use were analyzed.

Multimodal (enhanced recovery after surgery) regimen patients experienced a 13.0 percent reduction in their pain scores after admission to the postanesthesia care unit and a 34.2 percent reduction in pain score at discharge, compared with traditional opioid patients (p = 0.049 and p = 0.0036, respectively). AM095 Enhanced recovery after surgery patients experienced a 35 percent reduction in the number of pills taken in the postoperative period and an 18.4 percent reduction in the duration of consumption (p = 0.0007 and p = 0.0539, respectively).

The results demonstrate that multimodal postoperative pain management is an important tool for decreasing the amount of opioids prescribed and needed in the postoperative period. The overprescribing of opioids after surgery is a precursor to abuse and the increase in the national opioid reservoir.

Therapeutic, II.
Therapeutic, II.
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