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Validation of Hypoxic Red Blood Cell Storage Procedure and Interrogation of its Vasoregulatory Effects

Beschreibung:	Background: Red blood cells (RBCs), in addition to carrying oxygen, generate and export vasoregulatory mediators as a function of their metabolic context. S- nitrosothiol (SNO) is exported to effect hypoxic vasodilation, a fundamental vascular...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Cerebrospinal Fluid Composition of Infants with Ischemic Stroke

Beschreibung:	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...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Social connectedness among former US military service members and veterans who died by suicide: a mixed methods exploration

Beschreibung:	Introduction: A low level of social connectedness is a risk factor and a warning sign for suicide, and it is particularly relevant to understanding suicide in veteran populations. Data from psychological autopsies may provide insights into changes...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Building Surgical Character: A Dynamic Simulation Curriculum for Resident Nontechnical Skills

Beschreibung:	Objective: Previous nontechnical skills simulation curricula in surgery have largely focused on teaching communication skills or empathy in isolation from technical skills, with feedback from one rater perspective. We aimed to develop and pilot an...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Assessing medical student wellness in the United States

Beschreibung:	There is increasing recognition of the importance of medical student wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics that are associated with lower wellness in medical students. An anonymous, IRB-approved survey was...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Gait Analysis for the Quantification of Neuropathic Foot Pain: A Step in the Right Direction

Beschreibung:	Evaluation of pain often relies on subjective patient reported outcomes (PROs) such as the Brief Pain Inventory. Supplementing such measures with objective endpoints can provide a deeper assessment of acute and chronic pain. In the present study,...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Exploring the Uneven Distribution of ALS in North Carolina using an Electronic Medical Record Tool

Beschreibung:	Background: The distribution of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) across the world appears to be uneven, which may in part be explained by environmental factors. β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, and...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Transvenous extraction of conduction system and lumenless pacing leads

Beschreibung:	Background: Conduction system pacing (CSP), often accomplished with lumenless pacing leads, is increasingly employed to achieve physiologic ventricular activation. Extraction of CSP leads has raised concerns about damage to the conduction system,...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Generation of antibodies for the diagnosis of acute and chronic Chagas Disease using phage display technology

Beschreibung:	Caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease is one of the most neglected tropical diseases in the world and poses a significant burden to the estimated eight million people living with disease. As primary infection is largely...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024

Utility of Axillary Staging in Older Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

Beschreibung:	Background: The utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in older patients remains controversial. Advancements in HER2-directed therapy have revolutionized disease response rates and prognosis, supporting efforts to reevaluate the utility of...
Datum erstellt:	August 1-2, 2024