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

Tags: 2015, 80 and over, Abdelfatah Mohamed M, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Cholangiopancreatography, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, El Zoghbi Maysaa, Endoscopic Retrograde/*adverse effects, Female, Gallegos Patrick, Humans, Kandil Hossam, Male, Middle Aged, Nayfe Rabih, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Pancreas, Pancreatitis/etiology/*prevention & control, Proton Pump Inhibitors/*therapeutic use, Retrospective Studies, Shill Martin, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult

The natural history of halo nevi: a retrospective case series.

BACKGROUND: The time period between onset of depigmentation around the halo nevus (HN) to complete resolution of the nevus and halo has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: We sought to better understand the natural history of the HN. METHODS: A…

Benzodiazepine-associated atrioventricular block.

Dysrhythmias, although common in overdose situations, are not often seen after benzodiazepine exposures. We report two cases of transient atrioventricular block after benzodiazepine misuse. Case 1 is a 4-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after…

The ethical and pedagogical effects of modeling "not-so-universal" precautions.

AIM: We sought to understand current medical students' levels of training and knowledge, and their attitudes regarding universal precautions practices and underlying professional and ethical issues. METHOD: A total of 54 US medical students at two…

The ethics of HIV testing and disclosure for healthcare professionals: what do our future doctors think?

AIM: This study examined future medical professionals' attitudes and beliefs regarding mandatory human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and disclosure. METHOD: A total of 54 US medical students were interviewed regarding mandatory testing and…

Dynamic automatic ultrasound optimization: time savings, keystroke savings, and image quality.

PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to evaluate if a dynamic automatic image optimization technique decreases examination time and number of keystrokes while maintaining or improving image quality and to determine if these variables vary with…

Effects of precompression on elasticity imaging of the breast: development of a clinically useful semiquantitative method of precompression assessment.

OBJECTIVES: Elastography of the breast is a new technique for characterization of breast lesions. The reproducibility of elastographic techniques has been questioned. Precompression is known to effect elastographic results. This study determined the…

A 21-year-old woman with dyspnea and an abnormal chest radiograph.

Disease Burden Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness in a Community Setting.

This study examines the prevalence of comorbid physical health conditions within a community sample of individuals with severe mental illness (SMI), compares them to a matched national sample without SMI, and identifies which comorbidities create the…

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…

Associations between Difficulty Paying Medical Bills and Forgone Medical and Prescription Drug Care.

Problems paying medical bills have been reported to be associated with increased stress, bankruptcy, and forgone medical care. Using the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations developed by Gelberg et al as a framework, as well as data from the…

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…

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

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 …

A fixed-dose combination of adapalene 0.1%-BPO 2.5% allows an early and sustained improvement in quality of life and patient treatment satisfaction in severe acne.

INTRODUCTION: Acne has a significant negative impact on quality of life (QoL): lack of self-confidence, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. The objective was to assess the impact of an initial and continued therapy in severe acne patients…

Alterations in gene array patterns in dendritic cells from aged humans.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are major antigen-presenting cells that play a key role in initiating and regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. DCs are critical mediators of tolerance and immunity. The functional properties of DCs decline with age.…

Benign hyperostotic mass of the frontal bone.

Diagnosis of a slow-growing mass of the cranium can be challenging. We present a rare clinical report of a 19-year-old woman with a unilateral mass of the frontal bone. Pathological diagnosis was hyperostosis, which is extremely rare in this age…

Tags: 2012, Bone Transplantation/methods, Chen Oriana I, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Frontal Bone/diagnostic imaging/surgery, Humans, Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna/*diagnosis, Murthy Ananth S, Osteotomy/methods, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

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

Impact of reirradiation of painful osseous metastases on quality of life and function: a secondary analysis of the NCIC CTG SC.20 randomized trial.

PURPOSE: We previously demonstrated that 48% of patients with pain at sites of previously irradiated bone metastases benefit from reirradiation. It is unknown whether alleviating pain also improves patient perception of quality of life (QOL).…

Lifestyle factors and primary care specialty selection: comparing 2012-2013 graduating and matriculating medical students' thoughts on specialty lifestyle.

PURPOSE: To compare how first-year (MS1) and fourth-year students (MS4) ascribe importance to lifestyle domains and specialty characteristics in specialty selection, and compare students' ratings with their primary care (PC) interest. METHOD: In…

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…

Two-trocar cholecystectomy by strategic laparoscopy for improved cosmesis (SLIC).

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Until the advent of singleincision laparoscopic surgery, few advances were aimed at improving cosmesis with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Criticisms of the single-incision laparoscopic surgery technique include a larger…

Maternal Sense of Control During Childbirth and Infant Feeding Method.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether maternal sense of control in labor is associated with breastfeeding at 4-8 weeks postpartum. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of data from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of elective induction of labor…

Hand hygiene and face touching in family medicine offices: a Cincinnati Area Research and Improvement Group (CARInG) network study.

BACKGROUND: Family medicine offices may play an important role in the transmission of common illnesses such as upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). There has, however, been little study of whether physicians teach patients about URTI…

Dynamic tracking influenced by anatomy in patellar instability.

BACKGROUND: The current study was performed to correlate anatomical parameters related to trochlear dysplasia, tibial tuberosity position, and patella alta with in vivo patellar tracking for subjects with recurrent patellar instability. METHODS:…

The assessment and treatment of back and neck pain: an initial investigation in a primary care practice-based research network.

AIM: The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory examination of the current state of non-malignant acute and chronic back and neck pain assessment and management among primary care providers in a multi-site, practice-based research…

Is mortality due to primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors decreasing?

Primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (BT) are a rare cancer that causes morbidity and mortality disproportionate to their incidence. This study presents the most up-to-date mortality data for malignant BT in the United…

Critical Care Helicopter Overtriage: A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Overtriage (OT) of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) poses significant burden to multiple stakeholders. The project aims were to identify the following: 1) associated factors, 2) downstream effects, and 3) focus areas for …

Who do you think you are? Medical student socioeconomic status and intention to work in underserved areas.

A frequently cited rationale for increasing the participation of students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds is that it will create a workforce who will choose to work in low SES and medically underserviced communities. Two theoretical…

Direct care staff and parents'/legal guardians' perspectives on end-of-life care in a long-term care facility for medically fragile and intellectually disabled pediatric and young adult residents.

OBJECTIVE: Children and young adults with severe disabilities and their families are faced with enormous challenges throughout the lifespan, including admitting the child to a long-term care facility (LTCF) and making end-of-life (EOL) care…

Longitudinal assessment of bone growth and development in a facility-based population of young adults with cerebral palsy.

AIM: Osteoporosis is a significant clinical problem in persons with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (CP), causing fractures with minimal trauma. Over the past decade, most studies examining osteoporosis and CP have been cross-sectional in nature,…

Computed Tomography Artifact Created by Air in the X-ray Tube Oil.

A subtle artifact of patchy hypodensities in computed tomography images of the head mimicked acute or subacute cerebral infarct. The cause of the artifact was air in the oil of the x-ray tube. The artifact manifested only when the acquisition…

Early Uncomplicated Appendicitis-Who Can We Treat Nonoperatively?

This study evaluated nonoperative treatment for mild appendicitis and reviewed selection criteria to be used in introducing this option into clinical practice. A retrospective review of 73 consecutive cases of appendicitis treated by a single surgeon…

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…

Nausea, Vomiting, and Weight Loss in a Young Adult Patient With a History of a Gunshot Wound.

Assessing victims of gunshot wounds with retained bullets/bullet fragments for lead toxicity is not always considered until the patient develops signs and symptoms of toxicity. We discuss the case of a 19-year-old young man who received a diagnosis…

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospitalized patient: impact of system-based variables on outcomes in cardiac arrest.

BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the factors affecting the outcome of inpatient cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial in making key clinical decisions. We aim to study the impact of various patient-related and hospital-related variables…

Streptococcus sanguinis brain abscess as complication of subclinical endocarditis: emphasizing the importance of prompt diagnosis.

A 19-year-old male patient was diagnosed with S. sanguinis brain abscess of unknown etiopathology as a complication of subclinical endocarditis. While viridans streptococci are implicated in dental seeding to the heart, S. sanguinis brain abscesses…

Caudate body (CB) sign: new early CT sign of hyperacute anterior cerebral circulation infarction.

This case series describes the caudate body (CB) sign noted in computed tomography (CT) scans of patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) clinically manifesting symptoms suggestive of anterior cerebral circulation infarction. This sign…

Tags: *Tomography, 2011, 80 and over, Aged, Ahmed Shamima Y, Basal Ganglia – Pathology, Brain Infarction/*diagnostic imaging, Caudate Nucleus/*pathology, Emergency Medicine, Emergency radiology, Female, Humans, Infarction – Radiography, Khalaf Hamzah Suhail, Kurman Andrew J, Male, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Young Adult

Can ultrasound be used to predict malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and an indeterminate fine-needle aspiration biopsy?

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether ultrasonography is helpful in predicting malignancy in patients with a thyroid nodule and atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (AFLUS). METHODS: All patients with a…

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

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