Medical care in clinical genetics: an experience of decentralization in southern Brazil.
Kevin Francisco Durigon MeneghiniSimone de Menezes KaramVictor Francis Pereira MadrugaAndrea Schulz Silva UngarettiEduarda Cecilia PinguelloRafaely SeveroPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Genetic consultations have shown to be an important tool for inpatient care, reducing the waiting time to initiate treatment, attenuating potential associated costs, and guiding the families of patients. Outpatient care provided diagnosis and genetic counseling for users from the city and surrounding region, decreased costs and offered a training environment in medical genetics.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- palliative care
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- genome wide
- quality improvement
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- pain management
- copy number
- affordable care act
- risk assessment
- climate change
- human health
- chronic pain
- human immunodeficiency virus
- combination therapy
- virtual reality
- replacement therapy