Published in International orthopaedics
The purpose of this study was to compare the functional outcomes, activity levels, mortalities, implant survival rates, and complications of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with those of patients in a control group over a minimum ten year follow-up period. From January 2007 to December 2009, 46 TKAs were perf...
Published in Current Rheumatology Reports
Purpose of ReviewSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 2019, rapidly reaching global pandemic proportions. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented unique challenges to the rheumatology community. It is known that many individuals with rheumatic disease are at increased risk of severe dise...
Published in Neurocritical care
We postulated that renal replacement therapy (RRT) in ICH patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased frequency and size of perihematomal edema (PHE) expansion and worse patient outcomes. The Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Registry was queried for all patients admitted with ICH (N = 1089). Secondary causes, brai...
Published in BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundOur objectives were (1) to describe Care Transitions Measure (CTM) scores among caregivers of preterm infants after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and (2) to describe the association of CTM scores with readmissions, enrollment in public assistance programs, and caregiver quality of life scores.MethodsThe study desi...
Published in Critical Care
BackgroundCritically ill patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) have a high fatality rate likely due to a dysregulated immune response. Corticosteroids could attenuate this inappropriate response, although there are still some concerns regarding its use, timing, and dose.MethodsThis is a nationwide, prospective, multicenter, observational,...
Published in Current Oncology Reports
Purpose of ReviewThe goal of this manuscript is to present new and thought-provoking information related to the surgical care of older patients. We focused on four main areas including communication, surgical pathways, the care of emergency surgery patients, and functional recovery and quality of life. We sought to answer how these areas have evolv...
The treatment of early Barrett's esophagus (BE) has undergone a paradigm shift from surgical subtotal esophagectomy to organ-saving endoluminal treatment. Over the past 15 years, several high-quality studies were conducted to assess safe oncological outcome of endoscopic resection of mucosal adenocarcinoma and high-grade dysplasia. It became clear ...
Published in Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
The policies of insurance carriers have used the truncal vein size as a criterion for coverage. The objective of the present study was to compare the effect of great saphenous vein (GSV) size ≥5 mm vs
Published in The Knee
Opioid use prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is known to have detrimental influence on postoperative outcomes. Whether or not the same is true for tramadol is currently unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between preoperative tramadol and postoperative complications. The Truven Marketscan® Databases were used to cond...
Published in The Clinical neuropsychologist
The primary aim of this project was to apply systematic review methods to synthesize the literature on outcomes of pediatric neuropsychological services. The secondary aim was to use the results of the systematic review to identify gaps in the extant literature and describe priorities for future research. Method: We identified the relevant studies ...
