BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to compare the outcomes of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) in elderly patients with proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) who underwent early RTSA versus those who underwent delayed RTSA.
METHODS: A...
INTRODUCTION: In the context of value-based care, the influence of racial and socioeconomic factors on hip fracture outcomes remains underexplored. This study investigates the impact of the area deprivation index (ADI) on readmission rates and...
Funding Acknowledgement: This study was supported by a grant from the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
Background: The glenohumeral joint is the most frequently dislocated joint in the human body, and recurrent instability is common...
Background: Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of p-tau181 have been associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The retina and vitreous have shown measurable quantities of phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181). The aqueous humor, which can be...
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The state hospital at Goldsboro opened in 1880 as North Carolina’s first institution to serve the Black mentally ill, and was the second such institution to open in the American South. And while there is a growing historiography on...
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One of the most challenging groups of patients seen by neurologists today are those experiencing convulsive, seizure-like episodes – but in whom no abnormal neurologic activity is found. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures sit at the...
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is more prevalent in female patients and is frequently diagnosed during reproductive years. Patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) have a decreased risk of relapse during pregnancy and this risk increases...
Background: This study describes the illness burden in the first year of life for children with single-ventricle heart disease, using the metric of days alive and out of hospital to characterize morbidity and mortality.
Methods: This is a...
Background. Persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased risk of cardiometabolic disease. The Supervised Weight loss and Exercise Training for Rheumatoid Arthritis (SWET-RA) trial demonstrated improved RA cardiometabolic risk with a...
Background: While exercising underwater, divers experience increased ventilatory load which can predispose them to respiratory muscle fatigue and hypercapnia. Hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR) is a highly variable measure of the...