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View article: How a Novel Portable Spacer Benefits Patients with Respiratory Disease, the Healthcare System, and the Environment
How a Novel Portable Spacer Benefits Patients with Respiratory Disease, the Healthcare System, and the Environment Open
Spacers or valved holding chambers added to pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) reduce errors in inhaler technique and improve delivery of fine dose particles to patients with obstructive airway diseases. However, despite the establis…
View article: Cardiovascular Risk Among an Underserved Chinese American Community in Chicago: A Graduate Student Health Organization Prioritizing Community Health Needs
Cardiovascular Risk Among an Underserved Chinese American Community in Chicago: A Graduate Student Health Organization Prioritizing Community Health Needs Open
Introduction: The Midwestern University Asian Healthcare Association (AHA) is an interdisciplinary student healthcare organization. In collaboration with the Midwest Asian Health Association (MAHA) located in Chicago’s Chinatown, AHA provi…
View article: Assessing Clinician Consistency in Wound Tissue Classification and the Value of <scp>AI</scp>‐Assisted Quantification: A Cross‐Sectional Study
Assessing Clinician Consistency in Wound Tissue Classification and the Value of <span>AI</span>‐Assisted Quantification: A Cross‐Sectional Study Open
This study investigated the relationship between clinician assessments and the AI‐generated scores, highlighting how correlations vary based on clinician expertise. It also explored the proportion of tissue types identified by clinicians r…
View article: Imageless optical navigation system is clinically valid for total knee arthroplasty
Imageless optical navigation system is clinically valid for total knee arthroplasty Open
Achieving optimal implant position and orientation during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a pivotal factor in long-term survival. Computer-assisted navigation (CAN) has been recognized as a trusted technology that improves the accuracy an…
View article: AI-Driven Predictive Models For Wound Deterioration: A Pilot Study
AI-Driven Predictive Models For Wound Deterioration: A Pilot Study Open
Chronic wounds impact 1-2% of the U.S. population and lead to significant healthcare costs up to $96 billion annually. Despite advancements, subjective clinician assessments can cause inconsistencies and delayed interventions. Artificial i…
View article: Validation of an Imageless Optical Computer-assisted Navigation System for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Validation of an Imageless Optical Computer-assisted Navigation System for Total Knee Arthroplasty Open
Background: Restoration of the hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle to within 3 of the neutral mechanical axis is considered a well-aligned total knee arthroplasty (TKA), with outliers associated with higher failure rates. Thus, efforts to improve…
View article: An Elective Course to Train Student Pharmacists to Provide Culturally Sensitive Health Care
An Elective Course to Train Student Pharmacists to Provide Culturally Sensitive Health Care Open
Objective. To design and implement an elective course that prepares student pharmacists to provide culturally sensitive health care by developing their knowledge, self-confidence, and clinical and communication skills for working with pati…
View article: Steroid Side Effects
Steroid Side Effects Open
Steroid Side EffectsSteroid medications, which are prescribed in many different forms for many different conditions, have a multitude of side effects.
View article: Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on antibiotic
prescribing practices for community-acquired acute uncomplicated cystitis in the emergency department
Impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention on antibiotic
prescribing practices for community-acquired acute uncomplicated cystitis in the emergency department Open
In the emergency department (ED) acute cystitis is often treated empirically. It is recommended that fluoroquinolones (FQs) be reserved for those who do not have alternative treatment options. The purpose of this study was to assess an ant…
View article: Prevalence and Predictors of Infections Due to Carbapenem-Only Susceptible Organisms After Escalation of Antibiotic Therapy in Hospitalized Patients
Prevalence and Predictors of Infections Due to Carbapenem-Only Susceptible Organisms After Escalation of Antibiotic Therapy in Hospitalized Patients Open
Clinicians are often compelled to empirically escalate from broad-spectrum antibiotics to a carbapenem when patients decompensate. Italian, Duke and Thailand models are three published predictor tools for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESB…
View article: “Turn Up the Taste”: Assessing the Role of Taste Intensity and Emotion in Mediating Crossmodal Correspondences between Basic Tastes and Pitch
“Turn Up the Taste”: Assessing the Role of Taste Intensity and Emotion in Mediating Crossmodal Correspondences between Basic Tastes and Pitch Open
People intuitively match basic tastes to sounds of different pitches, and the matches that they make tend to be consistent across individuals. It is, though, not altogether clear what governs such crossmodal mappings between taste and audi…