Background: High-risk pregnancies are associated with a higher risk of antenatal and postpartum depression. ACOG recommends early perinatal depression screening, and SSRIs as first-line pharmacotherapy with follow-up using validated screening...
One-fifth of US adults experience chronic pain, which is associated with increased tobacco and cannabis use. While bidirectional relationships between tobacco and pain have been demonstrated, pathways between pain, cannabis use, and co-use of...
BACKGROUND: The impact of social drivers of health (SDOH) on readmissions and costs after Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is poorly understood. Policies such as the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) have...
Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, like those used in diabetic retinopathy screening, require large amounts of data to train. Models for diseases with limited public data like microbial keratitis (MK), a top five cause of blindness...
Background: Most breast reconstructions following mastectomy utilize a two-stage tissue expander (TE) to implant approach. Prior studies on both prepectoral and subpectoral breast reconstructions have identified formulas for predicting final...
Background: Race, sex, and age have been shown to influence disparities in work relative value units (wRVUs) generated during adult dermatology encounters.1 Our study investigates whether similar influences exist in pediatric dermatology visits....
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. Food insecurity is associated with increased adiposity, obesity-related comorbidities, and lower socioeconomic status. Body composition is commonly measured by bioelectrical impedance; however, artificial intelligence now allows for...
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Short-term nutritional ketosis may be associated with prolonged latency to central nervous system oxygen toxicity (CNSOT). Ketone food product administration may raise ketone levels more quickly and predictably than dietary...
Background: Distress is common among cancer patients, and impacts morbidity and mortality. Head and neck cancer (HNC) is considered one of the most emotionally distressing of all cancers, and given the stark racial disparities in HNC outcomes, we...