Bedolla-Barajas, Martín Morales-Romero, Jaime Fonseca-López, Juan Carlos Pulido-Guillén, Norma Angélica Larenas-Linnemann, Désireé Hernández-Colín, Dante Daniel
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
To determine the frequency of anxiety and depression in adult patients with asthma and to identify factors associated with them. This cross-sectional study included 164 consecutively recruited patients with asthma aged ≥ 18 years. Participants were clinically assessed and the mental state was analyzed through of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), th...
Faraone, Antonio Beltrame, Chiara Crociani, Andrea Carrai, Paolo Lovicu, Elena Filetti, Simona Sbaragli, Serena Alessi, Chiara Cameron Smith, Michela Angotti, Chiara
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Internal and emergency medicine
The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in COVID-19 patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) is uncertain, as no direct evidence exists to support NIPPV use in such patients. We retrospectively assessed the effectiveness and safety of NIPPV in a cohort of COVID-19 patients consecutively admitted to the COVID-19...
MacDonald, Adam Lu, Brianna Caron, Maxime Caporicci-Dinucci, Nina Hatrock, Dale Petrecca, Kevin Bourque, Guillaume Stratton, Jo Anne
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Ependymal cells are ciliated-epithelial glial cells that develop from radial glia along the surface of the ventricles of the brain and the spinal canal. They play a critical role in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) homeostasis, brain metabolism, and the clearance of waste from the brain. These cells have been implicated in disease across the lifespan incl...
Thurber, Katherine A Banks, Emily Joshy, Grace Soga, Kay Marmor, Alexandra Benton, Glen White, Sarah L Eades, Sandra Maddox, Raglan Calma, Tom
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International journal of epidemiology
Despite generally high smoking prevalences, stemming from colonization, the relationship of smoking to mortality has not been quantified reliably in an Indigenous population. We investigate smoking and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia, where current adult daily smoking prevalence is 40.2%. A prospective stud...
Deonarain, Ashley R Harrison, Robert V Gordon, Karen A Looi, Thomas Agur, Anne M R Estrada, Marvin Wolter, Nikolaus E Propst, Evan J
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The Laryngoscope
To create and validate a synthetic simulator for teaching tracheostomy and laryngotracheal reconstruction (LTR) using anterior costal cartilage and thyroid ala cartilage grafts. A late adolescent/adult neck and airway simulator was constructed based on CT scans from a cadaver and a live patient. Images were segmented to create three-dimensional pri...
Abousaud, Marin I Rush, Marie C Rockey, Michelle
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Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners
At Wake Forest Baptist Health, an adult tumor lysis syndrome pocket card was created in order to optimize management of tumor lysis syndrome and outline specific recommendations for the use of rasburicase. Due to the increased use of rasburicase at our institution and its cost, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the utilization of rasburicas...
Hughes, James A Alexander, Kimberly E Spencer, Lyndall Yates, Patsy
AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To examine the factors associated with time to first analgesic medication in the emergency department. BACKGROUND: Pain is the most common symptom presenting to the emergency department, and the time taken to deliver analgesic medication is a common outcome measure. Factors associated with time to first analgesic medication are l...
Chung, Andrew S Crandall, Dennis Revella, Jan Adeniyi, Biodun Chang, Yu Hui H Chang, Michael S
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Global spine journal
Retrospective cohort study. To determine if local administration of liposomal bupivacaine (LB) reduces postoperative pain scores and narcotic use in spinal deformity patients. Adult patients undergoing elective spinal fusion (7 or more levels) for scoliosis or kyphosis were selected for inclusion. Patients received either periincisional injections ...
Jiang, Wei Yang, Hanbo Li, Sizhao Tian, Xiaolan Wang, Guochun
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Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
The occurrence of calcinosis cutis as a clinical feature of dermatomyositis in adult patients is not well understood. Cohort studies of adult patients with calcinosis are rare. We systematically describe the clinical features, treatments and outcomes of adult patients with calcinosis. We initially enrolled 627 adult DM patients. Of those enrolled, ...
Muse, Abdilahi Ibrahim Osman, Mohamed Omar Ibrahim, Ahmed Mohammed Wedajo, Girma Tadesse Daud, Fuad Ismail Abate, Kalkidan Hassen
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Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine
Background Tuberculosis and undernutrition are the public health concerns of people living in middle and low-income countries. When patient develops TB, undernutrition is not only a risk factor for progression of latent TB infection to active disease, but also intensifies the risk of drug toxicity, relapse and death. Nutritional supplementation in ...
