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A novel method for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in high-risk surgical candidates: pilot study experience with percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina.

OBJECT: treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in chronically ill or debilitated patients is challenging. The percutaneous remodeling of ligamentum flavum and lamina (PRLL) technique is a novel method for decompression of the hypertrophic…

Tags: 2011, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Anesthesia, Articular – Surgery, Chopko Bohdan Wolodymyr, Comorbidity, Conscious Sedation, Decompression, Disability Evaluation, Equipment Design, Female, Fluoroscopy, Follow-Up Studies, Human, Humans, Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, Ligaments, Ligamentum Flavum/*surgery, Local, Lumbar Vertebrae – Surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Minimally Invasive Procedures – Equipment and Supplies, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/*instrumentation, Pain Measurement, Pilot Projects, Pilot Studies, Postoperative Complications – Diagnosis, Postoperative Complications – Prevention and Control, Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/*prevention & control, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Spinal Stenosis – Surgery, Spinal Stenosis/*surgery, Surgical – Equipment and Supplies, Surgical/*instrumentation

A Structured Approach for Safely Reintroducing Bariatric Surgery in a COVID-19 Environment.

Due to the profound effect of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare systems, surgical programs across the country have paused surgical operations and have been utilizing virtual visits to help maintain public safety. For those…

Adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal fusion: risk factors and implications for clinical practice.

Tags: 2011, Humans, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration/*surgery, Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery, Risk Factors, Schoenfeld Andrew J, Spinal Fusion, The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society

Admission to the Intensive Care Unit is Associated With Changes in the Oral Mycobiome.

A prospective exploratory study was conducted to characterize the oral mycobiome at baseline and determine whether changes occur after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We found that ICU admission is associated with alterations in the oral…

Aeroallergen sensitization in healthy children: racial and socioeconomic correlates.

Objective: Allergic sensitization is very prevalent and often precedes the development of allergic disease. This study examined the association of race with allergic sensitization among healthy children with no family history of atopy.Study Design:…

Alcohol, drugs, and urban violence in a small city trauma center.

Substance abuse and urban trauma go hand in hand. But research focuses on large cities served by major academic medical centers. Do small cities face the same problems? Two hundred thirty-three urban trauma inpatients from a metro area of 250,000…

An outcomes analysis and satisfaction survey of 199 consecutive abdominoplasties.

Abdominoplasty is a popular body-contouring procedure. In this study the authors review retrospectively 199 abdominoplasty patients during a 15-year period to identify factors that affect overall outcome. Patients included 190 women and 9 men. The…

Angular cheilitis, part 1: local etiologies.

Angular cheilitis (AC) is a common condition characterized by erythema, moist maceration, ulceration, and crusting at the corners of the mouth. This article focuses on the common local factors that act alone and in combination to produce AC. These…

Tags: 2011, Allergic Contact/complications, Brodell Robert T, Cheilitis/*etiology/microbiology, Cutis, Dermatitis, Helms Stephen E, Humans, Infection/complications, Park Kelly K, Risk Factors

Antigenic stimulation and multiple myeloma. A prospective study.

BACKGROUND: A causal relationship between antigenic conditions and multiple myeloma was suggested by case reports. Although controlled studies identified associations with individual conditions, they failed to give overall support to the hypothesis.…

Association Between Features of Spontaneous Late Preterm Labor and Late Preterm Birth.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the association between clinical and examination features at admission and late preterm birth. STUDY DESIGN: The present study is a secondary analysis of a randomized trial of singleton pregnancies at …

Awake aortic aneurysm repair in patients with severe pulmonary disease.

BACKGROUND: We report the use of retroperitoneal aortic aneurysm repair utilizing exclusive regional anesthesia (no intubation or inhalation anesthetic) in high pulmonary risk patients. METHODS: Six patients were retrospectively reviewed. Pulmonary…

Tags: *Consciousness, 1999, Abdominal/*surgery, Administration, Aged, Albuterol/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, American journal of surgery, Anesthesia, Aortic Aneurysm, Blood Loss, Bronchodilator Agents/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Critical Care, Epidural, Forced Expiratory Volume/physiology, General, Hirko M K, Home Care Services, Hospitalization, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives/administration & dosage, Iliac Aneurysm/*surgery, Inhalation, Intravenous, Koler A J, Labat G C, Length of Stay, Lung Diseases/*complications/drug therapy/therapy, McGregor W E, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Perni V, Retroperitoneal Space, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Rubin J R, Safety, Steroids/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Surgical, Theophylline/administration & dosage/therapeutic use, Time Factors, Vital Capacity/physiology

Bacterial Pneumonia in Older Adults.

Community-acquired pneumonia is common in the elderly person; its presentation in this population is often confounded by multiple comorbid illnesses, including those that result in confusion. Although severity-of-illness scoring systems might aid…

Bilateral axillary pustules.

Tags: 2008, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage, Axilla/*microbiology, Brodell Robert T, Community-Acquired Infections, Female, Folliculitis/drug therapy/*microbiology, Humans, Methicillin Resistance, Mupirocin/administration & dosage, Ointments, Plotner Alisha N, Risk Factors, Staphylococcal Skin Infections/diagnosis/*drug therapy/prevention & control, Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects, The Journal of family practice

Burden of community-acquired pneumonia in North American adults.

To determine the burden of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) affecting adults in North America, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the incidence, morbidity and mortality, etiology, antibiotic resistance, and economic impact…

Tags: 2010, Adult, Bacterial – Economics, Bacterial – Epidemiology, Bacterial – Microbiology, Bacterial – Mortality, Bacterial – Prevention and Control, Bacterial/economics/*epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control, Community-Acquired Infections – Economics, Community-Acquired Infections – Epidemiology, Community-Acquired Infections – Microbiology, Community-Acquired Infections – Prevention and Control, Community-Acquired Infections/economics/epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control, Cost of Illness, Department of Internal Medicine, Economic Aspects of Illness, File Thomas M Jr, Health Care Costs, Health Status Indicators, Hospitalization – Economics, Hospitalization – Statistics and Numerical Data, Hospitalization/economics/statistics & numerical data, Human, Humans, Incidence, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Marrie Thomas J, NEOMED College of Medicine, North America, North America/epidemiology, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumococcal/economics/epidemiology/mortality/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Postgraduate medicine, Risk Factors, Streptococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae

Case studies of lower respiratory tract infections: community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and potentially serious illness with significant human and economic costs to society. The recent collaborative statement from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Thoracic…

Tags: 2010, Acute – Microbiology, Adult, Adult/microbiology, Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use, Antibiotics – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents – Therapeutic Use, Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use, Community-Acquired Infections – Diagnosis, Community-Acquired Infections – Drug Therapy, Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis/drug therapy, Cough, Cough – Microbiology, Cough/microbiology/virology, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Dyspnea, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fever – Microbiology, Fever/microbiology, File Thomas M Jr, Hemoptysis – Microbiology, Hemoptysis/microbiology, Human, Human – Complications, Human – Diagnosis, Human/complications/*diagnosis, Humans, Hypotension – Microbiology, Hypotension/microbiology, Influenza, Leukopenia – Microbiology, Leukopenia/microbiology, Male, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification, Miliary/diagnosis/drug therapy, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Microbiology, Multiple Organ Failure/microbiology, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia – Diagnosis, Pneumonia – Drug Therapy, Pneumonia – Microbiology, Pneumonia – Therapy, Pneumonia/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, Practice Guidelines, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Severity of Illness Indices, Smoking, Smoking/adverse effects, Staphylococcal Infections – Diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections – Drug Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections – Microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections – Therapy, Staphylococcal Infections/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/microbiology/therapy, The American journal of medicine, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis – Diagnosis, Tuberculosis – Drug Therapy

Characterization of the incidence and risk factors for the development of lumbar radiculopathy.

STUDY DESIGN: Epidemiological study of a prospectively collected database. OBJECTIVES: This investigation sought to evaluate the incidence of symptomatic lumbar radiculopathy, and identify risk factors for its development, among individuals serving…

Childhood shingles. Herpes zoster can occur in healthy children too.

Chylous ascites as a complication of left sided robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to present a case series of the sparsely reported complication of chylous ascites (CA) after left sided robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RALPN), identify possible risk factors for the development of…

Tags: 2016, Adult, Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica, Body Mass Index, Chylous Ascites/*etiology/therapy, Humans, Laparoscopy/*adverse effects/methods, Male, Middle Aged, Nephrectomy/*adverse effects/methods, Pahouja Gaurav, Patel Kalpit, Postoperative Complications/pathology, Retrospective Studies, Ricchiuti Daniel J, Risk Factors, Robotic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects/*methods

Community-acquired pneumonia: highlights of recent guidelines: how new recommendations may affect your practice.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recently published updated guidelines for assessing and treating patients with community-acquired pneumonia. In contrast to the common practice of treating patients on the basis of clinical…

Tags: 1999, Community-Acquired Infections, Department of Internal Medicine, File T M Jr, Journal of Respiratory Diseases, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pneumonia, Pneumonia – Diagnosis, Risk Factors

Congenital anomaly of the inferior vena cava and factor V Leiden mutation predisposing to deep vein thrombosis.

A previously healthy 21-year-old man presented with back pain, bilateral extremity pain, and right lower extremity weakness, paresthesias, and swelling. Sonographic examination revealed diffuse deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the femoral and popliteal…

Tags: *Mutation, 2014, Activated Protein C Resistance/*complications/diagnosis/drug therapy/genetics, Anticoagulants – Therapeutic Use, Anticoagulants/therapeutic use, Blood Coagulation Factors, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Disease Susceptibility, DNA Mutational Analysis, Erickson Cameron R, Factor V/*genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Hematologic Diseases, Hematologic Diseases – Complications, Hematologic Diseases – Diagnosis, Hematologic Diseases – Drug Therapy, Human, Humans, Inferior – Abnormalities, Inferior – Radiography, Inferior – Ultrasonography, inferior vena cava (IVC), Inferior/*abnormalities/diagnostic imaging, Kulthia Arun, Lamparello Brooke M, lower extremities, Male, Mutation, Phlebography – Methods, Phlebography/methods, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, Thet Zeyar, thrombophilic, Tomography, Ultrasonography, Vascular Health and Risk Management, Vascular Malformations – Complications, Vascular Malformations – Diagnosis, Vascular Malformations/*complications/diagnosis, Vena Cava, venography, Venous Thrombosis, Venous Thrombosis – Diagnosis, Venous Thrombosis – Drug Therapy, Venous Thrombosis – Etiology, Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology/genetics, Virparia Vasudev, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Contributions of symptomatic osteoarthritis and physical function to incident cardiovascular disease.

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with worsening physical function and a high prevalence of comorbid health conditions. In particular, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is higher in individuals with OA than the general population.…

Correlates of screening mammography in a family practice setting.

The medical records of 243 asymptomatic women aged 50 years or older were reviewed at a community-based family practice center to determine the proportion who had been referred for a screening mammogram and to identify correlates of mammography…

Tags: *Family Practice, *Mammography, *Referral and Consultation, 1988, Aged, Bourguet C C, Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Female, Gilchrist V J, Humans, Kandula M, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, The Journal of family practice

Delays in immunizations of high-risk infants during the first two years of life: special care for the high-risk infant should not mean special immunization schedules.

Because experience in our newborn intensive care unit follow-up clinic since 1982 suggested that immunizations of newborn intensive care unit graduates in the first 2 years of life were inappropriately delayed, questionnaires were sent to families…

Derivation and external validation of a simple risk tool to predict 30-day hospital readmissions after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

AIMS: Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) possess a higher risk of recurrent healthcare resource utilisation due to multiple comorbidities, frailty, and advanced age. We sought to devise a simple tool to identify TAVR…

Drug-induced acute renal failure: keys to recognizing and treating intrarenal toxicity.

Drug-induced acute tubular necrosis is a primary cause of acute renal failure (ARF); it may result from the use of such agents as aminoglycosides, amphotericin B, and radilocontrast media. To reduce the risk of aminoglycoside toxicity, prescribe the…

Drug-induced acute renal failure: recognizing and treating prerenal, postrenal, and pseudorenal injury.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and NSAIDs are among the drugs most commonly associated with acute renal failure (ARF). Patients at risk for ACE inhibitor-induced ARF include those with congestive heart failure (CHF) or compromised…

Effect of influenza on outcomes in patients with heart failure.

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine whether influenza infection increases morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND: Patients with HF may be at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from…

Elder abuse: dermatologic clues and critical solutions.

Elder abuse affects approximately 2% to 10% of older Americans. Unfortunately, it is often unrecognized and certainly underreported. Dermatologists have a unique role in the detection and reporting of elder abuse. An analysis of risk factors,…

Emergency department patients who leave before treatment is complete

Emergency department (ED) patients who leave before treatment is complete (LBTC) represent medicolegal risk and lost revenue. We sought to examine LBTC return visits characteristics and potential revenue effects for a large healthcare system.

Tags: 2021, Choice Behavior, Emergency Service – Statistics and Numerical Data, Emergency Treatment, Patient Admission – Statistics and Numerical Data, Risk Factors, Treatment Refusal – Statistics and Numerical Data

Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of patients with Fusobacterium bacteraemia.

This 10-year retrospective study assessed the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with Fusobacterium bacteraemia (FB) at a tertiary-care hospital in the

Tags: *Hospital Mortality, 2013, 80 and over, Adult, Aged, Bacteremia – Mortality, Bacteremia – Physiopathology, Bacteremia/*mortality/physiopathology, Bonilla H F, Creatinine – Blood, Creatinine/blood, Epidemiology and infection, Female, Fusobacterium Infections – Mortality, Fusobacterium Infections – Physiopathology, Fusobacterium Infections/*mortality/physiopathology, Goldberg E A, Hewit M, Hospital Mortality, Hospitals, Human, Humans, Intensive Care Units – Statistics and Numerical Data, Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data, Length of Stay – Statistics and Numerical Data, Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Special – Statistics and Numerical Data, Tertiary Care Centers/*statistics & numerical data, Treatment Outcome, Treatment Outcomes, United States, United States/epidemiology, Venkat-Ramani T

Evaluation of extended antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing indicated non-cosmetic panniculectomy at the time of gynecologic surgery.

BACKGROUND: Panniculectomy at time of gynecologic surgery is used to improve visualization and prevent major complications in morbidly obese patients. We examine the role of extended antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention of surgical site infections…

Evaluation of indicated non-cosmetic panniculectomy at time of gynecologic surgery.

OBJECTIVE: To report postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing indicated non-cosmetic panniculectomy at the time of gynecologic surgery. METHODS: Medical charts were retrospectively reviewed for patients who underwent panniculectomy coupled…

Tags: *Abdominoplasty/adverse effects, *Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects, 2017, 80 and over, Abdominal/*surgery, Abdominoplasty – Adverse Effects, Adipose Tissue – Surgery, Adult, Aged, Body Mass Index, Female, Female – Complications, Female – Surgery, Female/complications/*surgery, Genital Diseases, Gynecologic – Adverse Effects, Gynecologic surgery, Hopkins Michael P, Humans, Infection, International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Obesity, Obesity – Complications, Obesity – Surgery, Obesity/complications/*surgery, Panniculectomy, Patibandla Jay R, Rasmussen Ryan W, Retrospective Design, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Subcutaneous Fat, Surgery, Surgical Wound Infection – Etiology, Surgical Wound Infection/*etiology, Wound complication, Wound Healing

Evaluation of the patient with seizures: an evidence based approach.

Statistics tell us that as many as 1 in 20 members of the population will suffer a seizure at some point in their lifetime, a figure which becomes even more likely if one lives to the age of 80. Thus, a careful evidence based approach to the patient…

Factors Predicting Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Hospitalized Patients: Retrospective Study of More Than 2000 Patients.

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in incidence and severity worldwide, causing direct costs estimated to range from US $3.2 billion to $4.8 billion. The aim of this study was to investigate and identify factors that…

Family practice residents' identification and management of obesity.

This study, involving 25 family practice residents and 2746 patients in a family practice residency programme, addressed four hypotheses regarding the identification and management of obesity in the primary care setting: (i) the physician-identified…

Final Two-Year Outcomes for the Sentry Bioconvertible Inferior Vena Cava Filter in Patients Requiring Temporary Protection from Pulmonary Embolism.

PURPOSE: To report final 2-year outcomes with the Sentry bioconvertible inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in patients requiring temporary protection against pulmonary embolism (PE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a prospective multicenter trial, the…

Frailty and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis: The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Frailty and cardiovascular disease share many risk factors. We evaluated whether frailty is independently associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis and whether any relationships differ by HIV-serostatus. METHODS: We…

Tags: 2017, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/diagnosis/*epidemiology, Asymptomatic Diseases, Atherosclerosis, Atherosclerotic, Bolan Robert K, Brown Todd T, Budoff Matthew J, Cardiac CT, Computed Tomography Angiography, Coronary Angiography/methods, Coronary artery calcium, Coronary Artery Disease/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology, Coronary atherosclerosis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Exercise, Frailty, Frailty/diagnosis/*epidemiology/physiopathology, Guallar Eliseo, Health Status, HIV-Infection, Humans, Jacobson Lisa P, Korada Sai Krishna C, Linear Models, Male, Margolick Joseph B, Martinson Jeremy J, Michos Erin D, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Muscle Strength, Muscle Weakness, Palella Frank J, Plaque, Post Wendy S, Prevalence, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Tibuakuu Martin, United States/epidemiology, Vascular Calcification/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology, Weight Loss, Zhao Di

From mechanisms to management: translating the neuropathic pain consensus recommendations into clinical practice.

Chronic neuropathic pain poses a treatment challenge, and is associated with significant psychologic distress, physical disability, and impaired functioning, which impact the activities of daily living. Efforts to provide relief are often inadequate…

Gallstone pancreatitis: a prospective randomized trial of the timing of surgery.

The correct timing of surgery in cases of gallstone pancreatitis is debatable. To delineate more clearly the influence of the timing of surgery in the treatment of the disease, a prospective randomized clinical study of early surgery (less than 48…

Gender differences in the association between antidepressant use and restless legs syndrome.

Contradictory results have been reported for the association between antidepressant use and Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Our aim was to clarify the relationship and examine possible gender differences. We interviewed 1,693 veterans receiving primary…

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