Sheng, Jim Ebeling, Callie
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We present a patient being treated with intravenous dihydroergotamine (DHE) complicated by brachial artery vasospasm secondary to extravasation of DHE from an infiltrated peripheral intravenous catheter. She subsequently developed symptomatic vasospasm of the brachial artery, which ultimately required surgical intervention. Severe vasospasm remains...
Bernard, Bradley Maloney, Taylor Shalan, Gregg Cox, Mougnyan Thacker, Ike
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Endovascular treatment for dural sinus thrombosis is typically reserved for a small subset of patients who fail medical management. Conventional neurovascular aspiration catheters are suboptimal for use in dural sinus thrombosis given their relatively small caliber with respect to the large dural sinuses and risk of significant blood loss if contin...
Adams, Kadilee Wahab, Laith Rhodehouse, Bryce C Acton, Tayler J Yakubik, Taylor B Stafford, Joseph A Costa, Steven M
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Beginning in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many outpatient chest pain evaluations to be performed via telemedicine. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of telemedicine on management and outcomes of patients who presented with chest pain. This retrospective chart review study included 771 unique patients, age >18 years, wh...
Driver, Simon Brown, Katelyn D Gilliland, Taylor Reynolds, Megan Bennett, Monica McShan, Evan Kim, Chol Ho J Freese, Eric Belling, Patrick Gottlieb, Robert L
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Wearing a cloth face mask has been shown to impair exercise performance; it is essential to understand the impact wearing a cloth face mask may have on cognitive performance. Participants completed two maximal cardiopulmonary exercise tests on a cycle ergometer (with and without a cloth face mask) with a concurrent cognitive task. Blood pressure, h...
Nair, Muktha Moss, Nathaniel Bashir, Amna Garate, David Thomas, Devon Fu, Shangyi Phu, Daniel Pham, Christine
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Student mental health concerns can manifest in several forms. Medical students juggling a multitude of trials (i.e., intense academic rigor, financial debt, sleep deprivation, lack of control, continual exposure to sickness and death, and training mistreatment) can help explain the higher prevalence of psychological disorders within this population...
Kasliwal, Nimit Abdallah, Mahdi Stoler, Robert C Hebeler, Robert F Gunn, Daniel C Ramamoorthy, Saravanan
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As the incidence of aortic stenosis is increasing in correlation with the aging population, symptomatic patients commonly require valve replacement procedures. If left untreated, symptomatic aortic stenosis can lead to death in 2 to 3 years. Often, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures are performed with the assistance of oxygena...
Ayala, Michael Nookala, Vikas Fogel, Joshua Fatehi, Mary
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This study was undertaken to evaluate if there are differences between visual estimation of blood loss (EBL) and quantitative blood loss (QBL) for maternal outcomes related to obstetrical hemorrhage. This retrospective study compared EBL (n = 500) to QBL (n = 501) for outcomes of length of stay, readmission within 30 days of discharge, percent rece...
Brandt, Maryann McCullor, Kimberly Harris, Don Ratzlaff, Zachary Thompson, Eric Pfeifer, Cory M
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The aim of our study was to evaluate a protocol utilizing serum separator tubes (SST) to facilitate a faster, cost-effective, direct method for rapid sensitivity testing and identification of positive blood cultures. Spiked cultures were inoculated into either Becton Dickinson (BD) BACTECTM Aerobic Plus or Anaerobic/F bottles containing sterile hum...
Rasheed, Waqas Dharmarpandi, Gnanashree Al-Jobory, Ola Dweik, Anass Anil, Muhammad Islam, Sameer
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Upper gastrointestinal bleeding results in significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden. This study aimed to evaluate inpatient outcomes of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) during the year 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Inpatient Sample databases were used to identify NVUGIB-related hospitalizations. Outc...
Shekhar, Aditya C Boyd, J Wesley
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