The importance of multiprofessional care

Abstract

Multiprofessional care can be defined as a work methodology involving healthcare professionals "with complementary backgrounds and skills, sharing common health goals and exercising concerted physical and mental effort in assessing, planning, or evaluating patient care. This is

New challenges for lung transplantation in the era of COVID-19

“…Much of this effort can be attributed to the intensive participation of the multidisciplinary team, with special mention for the physiotherapy, nutrition and intensive care unit (ICU) staff. 4 Returning to surgical practice and the processes of donor selection, organ harvesting and operative tactics, to undertake transplantation in the midst of the pandemic, brought to light several points of note. In selecting recipients, in addition to the usual guidelines or ideal criteria, extended criteria were applied (Table 1).…”

“…Much of this effort can be attributed to the intensive participation of the multidisciplinary team, with special mention for the physiotherapy, nutrition and intensive care unit (ICU) staff. 4 …”

Biobank – the key to personalized medicine

“…3 Motivations for building a biobank are related to new goals of modern medicine and multidisciplinary practice, such as personalized medicine, early diagnosis of specific diseases like cancer or genetic diseases, and response prediction to targeted therapy with the principles of pharmacogenetics. 4,5 Biobank's biological materials are valued in terms of the digital traceability of information and presence of clear consent and assent of participants and their guardians (in case of minors), in addition to the technique of sample acquisition, storage, quality control, data collection, correlation to clinical data, data security and access. 6 Ischemia time clearly changes gene expression.…”

“…Motivations for building a biobank are related to new goals of modern medicine and multidisciplinary practice, such as personalized medicine, early diagnosis of specific diseases like cancer or genetic diseases, and response prediction to targeted therapy with the principles of pharmacogenetics. 4 , 5 …”