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View article: Evaluation of Diet Quality, Physical Health, and Mental Health Baseline Data from a Wellness Intervention for Individuals Living in Transitional Housing
Evaluation of Diet Quality, Physical Health, and Mental Health Baseline Data from a Wellness Intervention for Individuals Living in Transitional Housing Open
Background/Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate baseline health measurements among transitional housing residents (n = 29) participating in an 8-week pilot wellness intervention. Methods: Researchers measured anthropometrics, …
View article: Home Monitoring of High-Risk Individuals Receiving Opioids Post Orthopedic Surgery
Home Monitoring of High-Risk Individuals Receiving Opioids Post Orthopedic Surgery Open
Background: Postoperative patients receiving opioids are at risk for morbidity and mortality caused by opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD). Guidelines advocate electronic monitoring for OIRD during postoperative hospitalization, b…
View article: New method for collecting XPS and other spectra: A thought (Gedanken) experiment
New method for collecting XPS and other spectra: A thought (Gedanken) experiment Open
We suggest a new approach for collecting data, with accompanying statistical analysis, that could be useful for assessing sample damage in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and for target detection in XPS imagining. It is based on the…
View article: The impact of nuance DAX ambient listening AI documentation: a cohort study
The impact of nuance DAX ambient listening AI documentation: a cohort study Open
Objective To assess the impact of the use of an ambient listening/digital scribing solution (Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX)) on caregiver engagement, time spent on Electronic Health Record (EHR) including time after hours, producti…
View article: Donor Age, Sex, and Cause of Death and Their Relationship to Heart Transplant Recipient Cardiac Death
Donor Age, Sex, and Cause of Death and Their Relationship to Heart Transplant Recipient Cardiac Death Open
Background: Recent studies indicate that donor innate immune responses participate in initiating and accelerating innate responses and allorecognition in the recipient. These immune responses negatively affect recipient outcomes and predis…
View article: Donor Causes of Death and Sex and Their Relationship to AMR and CAV in Heart Transplant Recipients
Donor Causes of Death and Sex and Their Relationship to AMR and CAV in Heart Transplant Recipients Open
Background
Recent studies indicate that donor innate immune responses participate in initiating and accelerating innate responses and allorecognition in the recipient. These immune responses negatively affect recipient outcomes and predis…
View article: OC 72.3 Risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Associated with Short-Term Air Pollution
OC 72.3 Risk of Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Vein Thrombosis Associated with Short-Term Air Pollution Open
Results: 625 patients (231 women, median age 66 years) were included for a median observation time of 870 days (IQR, 391-1234 days).VTE occurred in 24 patients (3.8%), including 20 deep vein thrombosis and 7 pulmonary emboli, and VAT occur…
View article: Excluding pregnancy-associated deep vein thrombosis with whole-leg ultrasound
Excluding pregnancy-associated deep vein thrombosis with whole-leg ultrasound Open
The rate of symptomatic DVT is low in pregnant patients who have a single, negative whole-leg CUS and did not receive anticoagulation. Adequately powered studies should prospectively assess whole-leg CUS in a larger population alone and in…
View article: Evidence of Autoinflammation as a Principal Mechanism of Myocardial Injury in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Positive Medical Examiner Cases
Evidence of Autoinflammation as a Principal Mechanism of Myocardial Injury in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Positive Medical Examiner Cases Open
Background Disease from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains the third leading cause of death in the United States, after cancer and heart disease. Many patients infected with this virus develop later cardio…
View article: Evidence of Autoinflammation as the Principal Mechanism of Myocardial Injury in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Positive Autopsy Hearts
Evidence of Autoinflammation as the Principal Mechanism of Myocardial Injury in SARS-CoV-2 PCR-Positive Autopsy Hearts Open
Background Disease from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains the third leading cause of death in the United States, after cancer and heart disease. Many patients infected with this virus develop cardiovascul…
View article: Improved Outcomes Following a Care Guideline Implementation: Part 1 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Improved Outcomes Following a Care Guideline Implementation: Part 1 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty Open
OBJECTIVE: To describe the application and examine the influence of a continuous quality improvement intervention, which had a goal of standardizing care to reduce the proportion of patients who do not have a meaningful improvement in pati…
View article: Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty Open
OBJECTIVE: To describe the variation in outcomes and number of visits before and after implementing a care guideline for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) rehabilitation. DESIGN: Nonrandomized intervention study. METHODS: We compared 2558 pati…
View article: D-dimer Thresholds to Exclude Pulmonary Embolism among COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department: Derivation with Independent Validation
D-dimer Thresholds to Exclude Pulmonary Embolism among COVID-19 Patients in the Emergency Department: Derivation with Independent Validation Open
Objective To derive and validate a D-dimer cutoff for ruling out pulmonary embolism (PE) in COVID-19 patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed in an integrated healthcare syste…
View article: Predicting Clinical Improvement for Patients With Low Back Pain: Keeping It Simple for Patients Seeking Physical Therapy Care
Predicting Clinical Improvement for Patients With Low Back Pain: Keeping It Simple for Patients Seeking Physical Therapy Care Open
Objective This study sought to develop and validate an original prediction formula that estimated the probability of success for patients with low back pain (LBP) to achieve a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) on the Modified …
View article: Natural Language Processing Performance for the Identification of Venous Thromboembolism in an Integrated Healthcare System
Natural Language Processing Performance for the Identification of Venous Thromboembolism in an Integrated Healthcare System Open
Real-time identification of venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), can inform a healthcare organization’s understanding of these events and be used to improve care. In a former publ…
View article: Comparative evaluation of the clinical laboratory-based Intermountain risk score with the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices for mortality prediction
Comparative evaluation of the clinical laboratory-based Intermountain risk score with the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices for mortality prediction Open
IMRS provided the strongest ability to predict mortality, adding to and attenuating the predictive ability of the Charlson and Elixhauser indices whose mortality associations remained statistically significant. IMRS uses common, standardiz…
View article: 2002 Utah Colleges Exit Poll
2002 Utah Colleges Exit Poll Open
Congressional races, patriotism and September 11th, Olympics, Legacy highway, Leavitt performance ratings, perception of group influence and bias, environment, gun control, candidate attributes, education, candidate favorability ratings, c…
View article: Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Hematological Malignancy Unit: Carbapenem Reduction and Decreased Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection
Antimicrobial Stewardship in a Hematological Malignancy Unit: Carbapenem Reduction and Decreased Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection Open
Background Antibiotic stewardship is challenging in hematological malignancy patients. Methods We performed a quasiexperimental implementation study of 2 antimicrobial stewardship interventions in a hematological malignancy unit: monthly a…