Background: In infants with neurological symptoms, ischemic stroke and bacterial meningitis are possible. To rule out meningitis, clinicians often perform a lumbar puncture. However, there is minimal research describing the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of...
Background: The parent perspective on the value of family conferences in the intensive care unit is not well characterized. We aimed to characterize parents’ perspectives on the value of and opportunities to improve conferences between parents of...
Background: Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is incurable, despite recent therapeutic advances resulting in extended trajectories of disease, especially in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor-2 negative (HER2-) MBC....
Background: Congenital hypothyroidism is the most common congenital endocrine disorder, and is one of the most common and preventable causes of intellectual disability. Preterm infants with low birth weights are more likely to develop congenital...
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Differences in the rates of deep brain stimulation (DBS) based on socioeconomic and demographic variables have been investigated for indications such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and epilepsy. Descriptive studies analyzing the...
Background: The 21st Century Cures Act provides patients with access to their clinical notes, but most patients, particularly those with limited health literacy (HL), have difficulty understanding and utilizing them for health-based decisions and...
Background: In some patients who receive a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) does not improve.
Methods: We analyzed patients enrolled in the REVERSE, MADIT-CRT, and BLOCK-HF trials,...
Background: Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease associated with inflammatory pulmonary diseases. However, it is unclear whether psoriasis patients are at increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In addition, the relationship...
Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that results in significant morbidity and mortality in children. International standardized guidelines have been developed by organizations such as the Surviving Sepsis Campaign to improve...
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Long acting injectable (LAI) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to increase PrEP uptake and adherence. However, the majority of studies investigating opinions about LAI PrEP were theoretical, done prior to its approval. It is...