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Orbital lymphangioma with intracranial extension.

We report a case of biopsy-proven orbital lymphangioma with contiguous spread intracranially in a 14-year-old boy. The patient had a history of congenital orbital lymphangioma and hydrocephalus. Multiple functional and cosmetic periorbital surgeries…

Tags: 1995, Adolescent, Assaad M, Brain Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging/*secondary, Humans, Levine M R, Lymphangioma/congenital/*pathology, Male, Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, Orbital Neoplasms/congenital/*pathology, Radiography, Zucker J L

Outcome of treatment of respiratory tract infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, including drug-resistant strains, with pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxycillin/clavulanate.

The efficacy of a new pharmacokinetically enhanced formulation of amoxycillin/clavulanate (AMX/CA) 2000/125 mg, twice daily, designed to provide adequate levels of amoxycillin over the 12-h dosing interval to eradicate penicillin-resistant…

Tags: *Treatment Outcome, 2002, 80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology/*therapeutic use, Amoxicillin/adverse effects/therapeutic use, Bacterial, Bacterial/drug therapy/immunology, Bronchitis/drug therapy/microbiology, Combination/adverse effects/*therapeutic use, Department of Internal Medicine, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Resistance, Drug Therapy, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Jacobs Michael R, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies as Topic, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia, Poole Michael D, Respiratory Tract Infections/*drug therapy/metabolism/microbiology, Streptococcal Infections/*drug therapy/metabolism/microbiology, Streptococcus pneumoniae/*drug effects, Wynne Brian

Outcomes in pharyngoplasty: a 10-year experience.

OBJECTIVE: The outcomes of 61 patients who underwent a pharyngoplasty for velopharyngeal insufficiency were reviewed to determine potential risk factors for reoperation. DESIGN: This was a retrospective chart review of 61 consecutive patients over…

Oxybutynin 3% gel for the treatment of primary focal hyperhidrosis in adolescents and young adults.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: There are no reliably effective, well-tolerated topical agents for the treatment of hyperhidrosis. We sought to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of oxybutynin 3% gel in adolescents and young adults with primary focal…

Patient Awareness and Expectations of Pharmacist Services During Hospital Stay.

BACKGROUND: There are insufficient data in the United States regarding patient awareness and expectations of hospital pharmacist availability and services. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research is to assess patient awareness and expectations of…

Tags: *Anticipation, *Awareness, *Health Knowledge, 2017, 80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attitudes, Betka Eric M, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Descriptive Statistics, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Hospital, Hospital/methods/*statistics & numerical data, Human, Humans, Inpatients, Inpatients/*psychology, Journal of pharmacy practice, King Philip K, Male, Marketing, Marketing/methods, Martin Steven J, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Patient Attitudes, patient awareness, Patient Education, patient expectations, Pharmacists/*statistics & numerical data, Pharmacy Service, pharmacy services, Practice, Pretest-Posttest Design, Professional Role, Professional-Patient Relations, Psychological, Social Marketing, Summated Rating Scaling, Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, United States, Young Adult

Pediatric airway management in COVID-19 patients: consensus guidelines from the society for pediatric anesthesia's pediatric difficult intubation collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. Rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced clinicians to care for patients with a…

Tags: 2020, Adolescent, Airway Management/ methods, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Anesthesia/methods, Anesthesiology/ methods/standards, Asaf S, Ayad I, Bhalla T, Castro P, Chiao F, Child, Consensus, Coronavirus Infections/ therapy, Crockett C, Dalesio N, Denning S, Department of General Surgery, Disma N, Engelhardt T, Evans F, Fiadjoe JE, Galvez I, Gálvez J, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Glover C, Gooden C, Greenberg R, Greenwood E, Guidelines as Topic, Gumaney H, Haydar B, Hervías M, Hsu G, Humans, Hunyady A, Infant, Infection Control, Infectious Disease Transmission, Ingelmo P, Intratracheal/ methods/standards, Intubation, Jagannathan N, Javia L, journalArticle, July 2020 List, Kiss EE, Kovatsis PG, Lardner D, Lau J, Lee JK, Lee LK, Lockman JL, Matava CT, Matuszczak M, McCloskey J, Mireles S, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newborn, Olomu P, Pandemics, Park R, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control, Pediatrics/ methods/standards, Pérez-Pradilla C, Peyton J, Pneumonia, Polaner D, Preschool, Raman VT, Rehman M, Reynolds P, Sabato S, Stein ML, Szmuk P, Szolnoki J, Taicher B, Tan J, Templeton T, Theroux MC, Thompson N, Viral/ therapy, Von Ungern-Sternberg B, Whyte S, Yaster M, Yu J

Physician assessment of patient motivation: influence on disposition for follow-up care.

This study of 3,318 outpatient visits evaluated the influence of the physician-assessed level of patient motivation on the level of physician involvement in follow-up care. Data collected included patient demographics, health risk factors,…

Physiology laboratory experience for high school students.

Recently, we were charged with providing a learning opportunity for high school students participating in the Upward Bound Regional Math and Science Program, a program designed to stimulate interest in mathematics and science for students from…

Tags: *Laboratories, 1993, Adolescent, Animals, Collins H L, DiCarlo S E, Dissection, Female, Humans, Male, Muscles/physiology, Ohio, Physiology/*education/instrumentation, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Teaching/methods, The American journal of physiology

Plication augmentation of the modified Hummelsheim procedure for treatment of large-angle esotropia due to abducens nerve palsy and type 1 Duane syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Multiple procedures have been described to treat a large-angle esodeviation with an associated abduction deficit. We report a plication augmentation of the Hummelsheim procedure for the management of esotropia and severe abduction deficit…

Tags: *Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures, 2015, 80 and over, Abducens Nerve Diseases/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Binocular/physiology, Botulinum Toxins, Child, Cochran Megan, Duane Retraction Syndrome/complications/physiopathology/*surgery, El Sahn Mahmoud, Esotropia/etiology/physiopathology/*surgery, Eye Movements/physiology, Female, Granet David B, Hertle Richard W, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular, Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Khayali Salma, Kinori Michael, Male, Middle Aged, Miller Kyle E, Neuromuscular Agents/administration & dosage, Oculomotor Muscles/drug effects/physiopathology/*surgery, Patil Preeti A, Preschool, Retrospective Studies, Robbins Shira L, Suture Techniques, Tendon Transfer, Type A/administration & dosage, Vision, Young Adult

Precordial Catch Syndrome in Elite Swimmers With Asthma.

Precordial catch syndrome is a benign cause of chest pain in children and adolescents that remains underrecognized. Because of distinctive symptoms, precordial catch syndrome is not necessarily a diagnosis of exclusion. However, a detailed history…

Predictors of epinephrine autoinjector needle length inadequacy.

BACKGROUND: Self-administered epinephrine is the primary out-of-hospital treatment of anaphylaxis. Intramuscular injection of epinephrine results in higher peak plasma concentration than subcutaneous injection. With the prevalence of obesity,…

Tags: *Needles, 2013, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Anaphylaxis – Drug Therapy, Anaphylaxis/*drug therapy, Bhalla Mary Colleen, Body Mass Index, Cross Sectional Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Epinephrine – Administration and Dosage, Epinephrine/*administration & dosage, Equipment Design, Equipment Failure, Female, Frey Jennifer A, Gable Brad D, Human, Humans, Injections, Intramuscular – Equipment and Supplies, Intramuscular/instrumentation, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Needles, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prospective Studies, Quadriceps Muscle/*anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging, Quadriceps Muscles – Anatomy and Histology, Quadriceps Muscles – Ultrasonography, Reichenbach Matthew R, Sex Factors, Sympathomimetics – Administration and Dosage, Sympathomimetics/*administration & dosage, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Wilber Scott T, Young Adult

Predictors of nonattendance at the first newborn health supervision visit.

Failure to attend the first newborn health supervision visit is an important problem for the Continuity Care Clinic of Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio. The goal of this study was to use objective data from the neonatal record to…

Prevalence and Predictors of Metformin Prescribing in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A National Cross-Sectional Study.

OBJECTIVE: Metformin is the first-line oral type 2 diabetes treatment. Despite an abundance of evidence, metformin is routinely underused. This study evaluated the rates of metformin use in an appropriate outpatient type 2 diabetes population and…

Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011.

IMPORTANCE: The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria set a goal of reducing inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50% by 2020, but the extent of inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To…

Tags: 2016, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Ambulatory Care – Statistics and Numerical Data, Ambulatory Care/*statistics & numerical data, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use, Bartoces Monina, Child, Department of Internal Medicine, Enns Eva A, Female, File Thomas M Jr, Finkelstein Jonathan A, Fleming-Dutra Katherine E, Gerber Jeffrey S, Health Care Surveys, Hersh Adam L, Hicks Lauri A, Human, Humans, Hyun David Y, Inappropriate Prescribing – Statistics and Numerical Data, Inappropriate Prescribing/*statistics & numerical data, Infant, JAMA, Linder Jeffrey A, Lynfield Ruth, Male, Margolis David J, May Larissa S, Merenstein Daniel, Metlay Joshua P, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Newborn, Newland Jason G, Otitis Media, Otitis Media – Drug Therapy, Pharyngitis – Drug Therapy, Pharyngitis/drug therapy, Physicians'/*statistics & numerical data, Piccirillo Jay F, Practice Patterns, Preschool, Prevalence, Respiratory Tract Infections – Drug Therapy, Respiratory Tract Infections/drug therapy, Roberts Rebecca M, Sanchez Guillermo V, Shapiro Daniel J, Suda Katie J, Suppurative/*drug therapy, Surveys, Thomas Ann, United States, Woo Teri Moser, Zetts Rachel M

Prevalence of strangulation in survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

OBJECTIVES: Both sexual assault (SA) survivors and domestic violence (DV) survivors are populations at risk of strangulation injury. Our goal was to identify the prevalence of strangulation in patients who are survivors of SA and DV, identify…

Preventive health care for adolescents.

Physicians, parents or guardians, and the community all have an important role in preventive care for adolescents. Adolescents desire more interaction with their primary care providers. Physicians can influence the health care of adolescents by…

Tags: *Adolescent Health Services, *Preventive Health Services, 1994, Adolescent, Alexander E, Family, Gilchrist V, Humans, Physician-Patient Relations, Physician's Role, Physicians, primary care, Psychology

Proton pump inhibitors impact on post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.

Pruritic rash.

Psychiatric Diagnostic Uncertainty: Challenges to Patient-Centered Care.

In this case and commentary, a patient's request to be treated for depression without a stigmatizing diagnostic label of bipolar II disorder challenges a clinician's obligation to provide a clinically and ethically appropriate diagnosis and safe…

PTSD symptom severity and psychiatric comorbidity in recent motor vehicle accident victims: a latent class analysis.

We conducted a latent class analysis (LCA) on 249 recent motor vehicle accident (MVA) victims to examine subgroups that differed in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity, current major depressive disorder and alcohol/other drug use…

Pure embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the fallopian tube.

Rhabdomyosarcoma is a neoplasm of childhood which commonly arises in the genitourinary tract. Reported locations include the bladder, prostate, paratestis, vagina, uterus, cervix, and ovary. Rhabdomyosarcomas have been reported to occur in the…

Tags: 1997, Adolescent, Buchwalter C L, Department of Radiology, Embryonal/*pathology, Fallopian Tube Neoplasms/*pathology, Female, Fromm M, Gynecologic oncology, Hart W R, Humans, Jenison E L, Mehta V T, NEOMED College of Medicine, Obstetrics and gynecology, Rhabdomyosarcoma

Recognition of depression by internal medicine residents.

We studied the ability of internal medicine residents to recognize depressive symptoms in a population of lower socio-economic primary care patients. Four hundred twenty patients completed the short form of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).…

Recognition of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The medical records of 109 patients who presented to the emergency department during a five-year period with proven nontraumatic, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical presentation, diagnostic…

Reduction mammaplasty: an outcome analysis.

Reduction mammaplasty is usually performed to relieve painful symptoms and physical signs of macromastia. Justification for reduction mammaplasty should be based on the probability of relieving these clinical signs and symptoms. This retrospective…

Tags: *Mammaplasty/adverse effects, 1995, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Annals of plastic surgery, Dabbah A, Fat Necrosis/etiology, Female, Humans, Lehman J A Jr, Middle Aged, Parker M G, Retrospective Studies, Tantri D, Treatment Outcome, Wagner D S

Reliability and Validity of Gaze-Dependent Functional Vision Space: A Novel Metric Quantifying Visual Function in Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome.

Purpose: This study presents test-retest reliability of optotype visual acuity (OVA) across 60 degrees of horizontal gaze position in patients with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS). Also, the validity of the metric gaze-dependent functional vision…

Results through skeletal maturity of planned fibular nonunion for the treatment of genu varum in achondroplasia: An observational retrospective study

Current surgical options for treating genu varum in achondroplasia include tibial and fibular osteotomy and growth modulation using plates and screws. However, a single surgeon consistently treated genu varum using a planned fibular nonunion (PFN).…

Retrotendinous calcification of the infrapatellar tendon: unusual cause of anterior knee pain syndrome.

Bilateral anterior knee pain is a common presentation to the orthopaedist. Correct diagnosis is based on careful history and physical examination aided by proper radiographs. Erroneous diagnosis may lead to improper treatment. This report describes a…

Tags: *Knee Joint, 1988, Adolescent, Arthroscopy, Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association, Calcinosis/*complications/pathology/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Ewing J W, Female, Humans, Pain/etiology, Tendons/*pathology, Voto S J

Revisiting classification of pain from bone metastases as mild, moderate, or severe based on correlation with function and quality of life.

PURPOSE: The objective of our study was to determine the optimal cut points for classification of pain scores as mild, moderate, and severe based on interference with function and quality of life (QOL). METHODS: We evaluated 822 patients who…

Tags: *Quality of Life, *Severity of Illness Index, 2016, 80 and over, Adolescence, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Babington Scott, Bone metastases, Bone Neoplasms, Bone Neoplasms – Complications, Bone Neoplasms/*complications/secondary, Brief pain inventory, Brundage Michael, Chow Edward, Demas William F, Ding Keyue, Female, Functional interference, Funding Source, Hartsell William F, Hoskin Peter, Human, Humans, Male, Meyer Ralph M, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Nabid Abdenour, Ong Francisca, Pain – Classification, Pain – Etiology, Pain Measurement – Methods, Pain Measurement/*methods, Pain severity, Pain/*classification/etiology, Parulekar Wendy R, Quality of Life, Questionnaires, Re-irradiation, Roos Daniel, Severity of Illness Indices, Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Survival, van der Linden Yvette M, van Tienhoven Geertjan, Wilson Carolyn F, Wong Rebecca K S, Wu Jackson S Y, Young Adult, Zhu Liting

Rising Prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder and Predictors for Opioid Use Disorder Among Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, impact, and predictors of opioid use disorder (OUD) in hospitalized chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was performed using the National Inpatient Sample …

Risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhea in hospitalized adult patients: a case-control study–sucralfate ingestion is not a negative risk factor.

OBJECTIVES: To assess risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile diarrhea in hospitalized adult patients, and to test the hypothesis that sucralfate ingestion is associated with nondetection of C difficile cytotoxin in stool specimens.…

Screening for adolescent depression in a pediatric emergency department.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to describe their demographics and outcomes compared with adolescents endorsing low levels of depressive symptoms. METHODS:…

Tags: *Adolescent Behavior, 2006, Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Akron Children's Hospital, Alexander Heather, Christopher Norman C, Comorbidity, Cross-Sectional Studies, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Depression/classification/*diagnosis/*epidemiology, Emergency Service, Female, Fenn Robin L, Hospital/*statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Logistic Models, Luxmore Brett, Male, Mass Screening/*instrumentation/*statistics & numerical data, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio/epidemiology, Patient Participation/statistics & numerical data, Pediatrics/*statistics & numerical data, Prevalence, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Scott Emily Gale, Transportation of Patients/statistics & numerical data, Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology

Shear-wave elastography of the breast: value of a quality measure and comparison with strain elastography.

PURPOSE: To determine whether addition of quality measure (QM) of shear-wave (SW) velocity (Vs) estimation can increase SW elastography sensitivity for breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With written informed consent, this institutional review…

Side effects of the use of botulinum toxin for treatment of benign essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm.

From April 1983 to April 1988, 381 botulinum toxin injections for lid spasms were administered to 106 patients. Sixty-nine had bilateral blepharospasm and 37 had hemifacial spasm. Of the 381 injections, 308 had been given to patients who returned for…

Tags: 1990, Adolescent, Blepharoptosis/chemically induced, Blepharospasm/*drug therapy, Botulinum Toxins/*adverse effects/therapeutic use, Diplopia/chemically induced, Dry Eye Syndromes/chemically induced, Eyelid Diseases/*drug therapy, Facial Muscles/*drug effects, Female, Humans, Kalra H K, Magoon E H, Male, Ophthalmic surgery, Prognosis, Spasm/*drug therapy, Vision Disorders/chemically induced

Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation mass casualty triage methods for sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values.

OBJECTIVE: Two common mass casualty triage algorithms are Simple Triage Algorithm and Rapid Treatment (START) and Sort, Assess, Lifesaving, Interventions, Treatment, and Transportation (SALT). We sought to determine the START and SALT efficacy in…

Spermatic cord torsion with preserved testis perfusion: initial anatomical observations.

PURPOSE: Despite the high sensitivity and specificity of scrotal ultrasonography, there continue to be reports of missed torsion. These "false-negative" scans are attributed to technical factors and intermittent torsions. We hypothesize that patients…

Tags: *Ultrasonography, 2004, Adolescent, Bentley Dennis F, Child, Doppler, Humans, Male, McMahon Daniel R, Nasrallah Phillip F, Regional Blood Flow, Retrospective Studies, Ricchiuti Daniel J, Spermatic Cord Torsion/*diagnostic imaging, Spermatic Cord/anatomy & histology/diagnostic imaging, Testis/*blood supply, The Journal of urology

Supplements and drugs used to enhance athletic performance.

The temptation of using drugs and supplements as shortcuts to improving athletic performance or even to enhance appearance is very seductive to adolescents. This age group is often characterized by a desire for quick results and a lack of concern for…

Tags: *Dietary Supplements, 2002, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior/*psychology, Congeni Joseph, Doping in Sports/prevention & control/*psychology, Humans, Miller Stephen, Pediatric clinics of North America

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