BACKGROUND: Slings with abduction pillows are used by surgeons in the postoperative rehabilitation protocol for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR); however, there is a lack of evidence demonstrating superior outcomes. The purpose of this...
Background: While cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is the number one cause of death for women in the US, age at CMD onset is 10-20 years after that of men. This stark difference in CMD incidence is attributed to menopausal estrogen withdrawal. Along...
Background: Hispanic patients exhibit a wide range of skin colors and represent one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. However, most cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) treatment and follow-up guidelines are based on...
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....
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Prior studies have investigated the association between vitiligo and sensorineural hearing loss in adults, with the knowledge that melanocytes are involved in the auditory system. While there are conflicting data regarding this...
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...
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,...