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Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 9(5): 376-84, 2011 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21334459

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cholecystokinin-cholescintigraphy (CCK-CS) provides a physiologic, noninvasive, and quantitative method for assessing gallbladder contraction and calculation of a gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF). At present, it is used most commonly to identify patients with suspected functional gallbladder disorder. However, the methodology of CCK infusion and normal values differ markedly among imaging centers. METHODS: This document represents the consensus opinion of an interdisciplinary panel that gathered to assess the current optimal method for performing CCK-CS in adults, potential uses and limitations of CCK-CS, and questions that require further investigation. RESULTS: The panel recommended the use of a single, standardized, recently described CCK-CS protocol that involves infusion of 0.02 µg/kg of sincalide over 60 minutes with a normal gallbladder ejection fraction defined as ≥38%. The panel emphasized the need for a large, multicenter, prospective clinical trial to establish the utility of CCK-CS in the diagnosis of functional gallbladder disease. Although not without controversy regarding its clinical utility, the primary indication for CCK-CS at present is the well-selected patient with suspected functional gallbladder disorder. CONCLUSIONS: Agreement was reached that the adoption of this standardized protocol is critical to improve how CCK-CS is used to direct patient care and will represent an improvement over the diverse methods currently in use by eliminating the current lack of uniformity and adding both reliability and credibility to the results.


Asunto(s)
Colecistoquinina/metabolismo , Enfermedades de la Vesícula Biliar/diagnóstico , Vesícula Biliar/fisiopatología , Cintigrafía/métodos , Cintigrafía/normas , Adulto , Humanos
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Fam Pract Manag ; 29(1): 26-31, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35014779
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Fam Med ; 47(8): 628-35, 2015 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26382121

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Health information technology (health IT) and health technology, more broadly, offer tremendous promise for connecting, synthesizing, and sharing information critical to improving health care delivery, reducing health system costs, and achieving personal and community health. While efforts to spur adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) among US practices and hospitals have been highly successful, aspirations for effective data exchanges and translation of data into measureable improvements in health outcomes remain largely unrealized. There are shining examples of health enhancement through new technologies, and the discipline of family medicine is well poised to take advantage of these innovations to improve patient and population health. The Future of Family Medicine led to important family medicine health IT initiatives over the past decade. For example, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Center for Health Information Technology and the Robert Graham Center provided important leadership for informing health IT policy and standard-setting, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services EHR incentives programs (often referred to as "meaningful use."). As we move forward, there is a need for a new and more comprehensive family medicine strategy for technology. To inform the Family Medicine for America's Health (FMAHealth) initiative, this paper explores strategies and tactics that family medicine could pursue to improve the utility of technology for primary care and to help primary care become a leader in rapid development, testing, and implementation of new technologies. These strategies were also designed with a broader stakeholder audience in mind, intending to reach beyond the work being done by FMAHealth. Specific suggestions include: a shared primary care health IT center, meaningful primary care quality measures and capacity to assess/report them, increased primary care technology research, a national family medicine registry, enhancement of family physicians' technology leadership, and championing patient-centered technology functionality.


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Atención a la Salud/organización & administración , Registros Electrónicos de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria/organización & administración , Atención Primaria de Salud/organización & administración , Intercambio de Información en Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Sistemas de Información/estadística & datos numéricos , Monitoreo Ambulatorio/métodos , Participación del Paciente , Telemedicina/métodos , Estados Unidos , Tecnología Inalámbrica
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Clin Nucl Med ; 37(1): 63-70, 2012 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22157031

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cholecystokinin-cholescintigraphy (CCK-CS) provides a physiologic, noninvasive, and quantitative method for assessing gallbladder contraction and calculation of a gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF). At present, it is used most commonly to identify patients with suspected functional gallbladder disorder. However, the methodology of CCK infusion and normal values differ markedly among imaging centers. METHODS: This document represents the consensus opinion of an interdisciplinary panel that gathered to assess the current optimal method for performing CCK-CS in adults, potential uses and limitations of CCK-CS, and questions that require further investigation. RESULTS: The panel recommended the use of a single, standardized, recently described CCK-CS protocol that involves infusion of 0.02 µg/kg of sincalide over 60 minutes with a normal GBEF defined as ≥38%. The panel emphasized the need for a large, multicenter, prospective clinical trial to establish the utility of CCK-CS in the diagnosis of functional gallbladder disease. Although not without controversy regarding its clinical utility, the primary indication for CCK-CS at present is the well-selected patient with suspected functional gallbladder disorder. CONCLUSION: Agreement was reached that the adoption of this standardized protocol is critical to improve how CCK-CS is used to direct patient care and will represent an improvement over the diverse methods currently in use by eliminating the current lack of uniformity and adding both reliability and credibility to the results.


Asunto(s)
Colecistoquinina , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Cintigrafía/normas , Enfermedades de la Vejiga Urinaria/diagnóstico por imagen , Adulto , Humanos , Estados Unidos
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Fam Pract Manag ; 9(4): 51-2, 2002 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11993045
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