Background:
Tracheostomy is a high-risk procedure in children under three years old, with a rate of major post-operative complications as high as 24%. The rate of accidental decannulation (AD), a common complication of tracheostomy associated with...
Background
Despite causing significant morbidity and mortality, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is significantly underdiagnosed. Clinical indices developed to easily identify patients with hepatic steatosis and risk for more advanced disease...
Background: It remains unclear whether food insecurity as a marker of poverty is a barrier to accessing health care in low-resource settings, or rather increases care utilization due to more frequent need for care. This study used baseline data from...
Funding: National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute StARR Program R38 (5R38-CA245204 to E.J.V.); National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (K08-CA2560450 to Z.J.R.).
Background: Primary central nervous system lymphoma...
Purpose
The diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases is largely based on clinical suspicion with limited confirmation antemortem. However, neuropathological changes occur years prior to disease presentation. Changes in the retina, an embryologically...
Purpose: Few studies have looked at repeatability of the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in different OCT imaging modalities. We performed a retrospective image analysis to compare a handheld swept-source research OCT system (UC3) to a gold standard...
Introduction: The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (2015) outlined several factors needed to sustain a workforce in austere settings. Yet, there is a paucity of literature exploring the personal narratives of these workforce members. There is...
Background
Anthracyclines are effective chemotherapeutics used in >60% of pediatric cancer cases but have a well-documented risk of cardiotoxicity. Existing cardiotoxicity risk calculators do not include cardiovascular risk factors present at the...
Introduction: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) following joint arthroplasty is a devastating complication. Prior studies have documented an association between PJI and increased prevalence of preoperative depression and elevated risk of new mental...
Antibodies perform both neutralizing and non-neutralizing functions that protect against certain pathogens. A human antibody directed at the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein N-terminal domain (NTD), DH1052, was recently shown to be non-neutralizing yet...