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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical results of transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy for lumbosacral junction adolescent lumbar disc herniation with high iliac crest. METHODS: From February 2014 to September 2020, a retrospective analysis of 96 patients less than 21 years old with intervertebral disc h…

This study's goal was to characterize the utility of symptom screening in staff and students for COVID-19 identification and control of transmission in a school setting. We conducted a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data for staff, students and associated household members in a Georgia school district exposed to…

BACKGROUND: To assess preoperative image tumor characteristics and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels to predict early recurrence after liver resection (LR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: This retrospective study's enrolled patients underwent LR for newly diagnosed HCC between 2011 and 2018. Multivariate log…

BACKGROUND: Surgical management of small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) is variable. Patients may undergo formal oncologic resection, encompassing regional lymphadenectomy, or enucleation. This study's aim was to understand if enucleation is adequate treatment for PNETs <2&#xa0;cm METHODS: The US National Can…

PURPOSE: To develop a new method that makes it easy to detect accuracy deficiencies of any intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation formulas and to test it on 9 different formulas. SETTING: IOA, Madrid, Spain. DESIGN: Retrospective observational case series. METHODS: This study's first stage included 3519 eyes from…

The average wear time of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems steadily increased over the last years. Increased wear times are likely achieved by using adhesives with a longer adherence time, which may have a more pronounced effect on the skin than adhesives with shorter adherence time.In this project, a structu…

BACKGROUND: Following major organizations' recommendations, healthcare professionals' education has been reformed in the last decade into competency-based education (CBE) to better prepare them with core competencies. This change was intended to prepare new graduates for the reality of health systems and future challen…

This study's purpose was to examine the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with stalking victimization among a diverse sample of college students.Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey administered in November 2015 to students 18 and older on 8 academic universities in a Southwestern unive…

To examine the effect of pirfenidone on the survival of patients hospitalized due to acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF).The outcomes of 11 consecutive AE-IPF patients who were receiving pirfenidone treatment when they were admitted to a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) for acute respirat…

BACKGROUND: In recent decades, much effort has been made in China to reduce the burden of cervical cancer. OBJECTIVE: Our study's purpose was to examine trends of cervical cancer mortality in each 5-year age group for urban and rural Chinese women, respectively. DESIGNS: Retrospective analysis of cervical cancer mort…

Introduction Evidence suggests that newly licensed physicians are not adequately prepared to prescribe safely. There is currently no national pre-licensure prescribing competency assessment required in North America. This study's purpose was to survey Canadian medical school leaders for their interest in and perceived…

The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), on the campus of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was developed to help improve the lives of active duty service members (SMs) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and comorbid behavioral health (BH) conditions. During the NICoE intensive outpatient program,…

OBJECTIVES: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is an analgesic technique. Adding dexmedetomidine can enhance regional anesthesia. This study's aim was to evaluate whether dexmedetomidine prolonged analgesic time of TAP block after gastrectomy. METHODS: Patients scheduled for gastrectomy were randomly assigned to…

A high risk for obstetric complications has been reported among women infected with, the causative agent of Q fever, but recent studies have failed to confirm these findings. We reviewed national data collected in Denmark during 2007&#x2013;2011 and found 19 pregnancies in 12 women during which the mother had a positiv…

A subclinical form of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) can lead to subtle morphologic abnormalities, such as cam-type femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Femoroacetabular impingement is a mechanical hip abnormality that typically affects young populations and leads to hip pain and premature osteoarthritis. Imag…

OBJECTIVE: The study's objective was to determine the impact of care directed by a specialty-trained nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) on use of basal-bolus insulin therapy and glycemic control in a population of noncritically ill patients with diabetes. METHODS: A retrospective review of diabetes pa…

BACKGROUND: Active recreation sessions taking place within after-school programs (ASP) present an opportunity for attending children to attain part of the recommended 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). This cross-sectional study's purpose was to assess relationships between microlevel AS…

PURPOSE: Cerebral tissue oxygenation (PbrO(2)) is most frequently monitored using a Licox CC1.SB system (LX, Integra Neuroscience, France) but recently a new probe--the Neurovent-PTO (NV)--was introduced by a different manufacturer (Raumedic, Germany). There are no prospective data on how these probes compare in clinic…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Cancer incidence increases with age and several cancer types are observed in older patients, so the need for radiotherapy (RT) in treatment of older patients with cancer is also on the rise. This study's aims to evaluate retrospectively the pattern of care and the feasibility of RT in elderly patie…

INTRODUCTION: Typhoid fever is a food- and water-borne disease, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, responsible for high rates of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Typhoid is also a public health problem in Algeria. Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance must be applied to prevent the emergen…