Article
Allergy
Raisa Cassim, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Rachel L. Peters, Jennifer J. Koplin, Katrina J. Allen, Mimi L. K. Tang, Adrian J. Lowe, Timothy S. Olds, Francois Fraysse, Elasma Milanzi, Melissa A. Russell
Summary: This study found no evidence of asthma hindering physical activity in young children, indicating that Australian asthma and physical activity public health campaigns are effectively communicated and adopted by the public.
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jason W. Greenberg, Stephen H. Fatuzzo, Aadhyasri Ramineni, Clifford Chin, Samuel G. Wittekind, Angela Lorts, David G. Lehenbauer, Louis B. Louis, Farhan Zafar, David L. S. Morales
Summary: This study aimed to determine whether the odds of heart transplantation offer acceptance differed for adult and pediatric candidates depending on the day on which the offer occurred. The study found that both adult and pediatric candidates had lower odds of accepting transplantation offers on weekends, holidays, and during academic conferences. This phenomenon is important for ensuring optimal organ allocation throughout the year.
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Jesse D. Schold, Anne M. Huml, S. Ali Husain, Emilio D. Poggio, R. Blake Buchalter, Rocio Lopez, Bruce Kaplan, Sumit Mohan
Summary: In the United States, over 20% of procured kidneys for transplantation are not utilized. This study examined the factors associated with nonutilization and found that deceased donors from higher distressed communities were more likely to have their kidneys not utilized. The study also found regional variations in kidney nonutilization rates and minimal impact on recipient outcomes.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Joel L. Ramirez, Greg J. Zahner, Shipra Arya, S. Marlene Grenon, Warren J. Gasper, Julie Ann Sosa, Michael S. Conte, James C. Iannuzzi
Summary: This study identified an association between depression and nonhome discharge (NHD) after revascularization for CLTI. The presence of depression was linked to an increased risk of NHD, especially in endovascular revascularization cases. There was a higher odds of NHD in men with depression compared to women with depression, suggesting a gender difference in this association.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Luke J. Kosinski, Nathan R. Aviles, Kevin Gomez, Joanna Masel
Summary: Proteins, as the workhorses of the cell, can cause harm through misfolding and aggregation. However, sometimes proteins can be born from noncoding DNA without harm. By studying the fitness of different Escherichia coli lineages expressing unique random peptides, researchers found that simple amino acid frequencies, rather than the ordering of amino acids, predicted lineage fitness. Smaller amino acids that promote intrinsic structural disorder had less harmful effects on fitness. These amino acids were also enriched in young animal proteins.
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Kirsty Logan, Fiona Pearson, Ryan P. W. Kenny, Sanjay Pandanaboyana, Linda Sharp
Summary: There are age-related inequalities in the receipt of first-line pancreatic cancer treatment, with older patients being less likely to receive treatment. Further research is needed to understand the factors influencing treatment decision-making.
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Business
Mengli Zhao, Shibin Sheng, Xiangyu Yang
Summary: This study explores the relationship between government employment and entrepreneurial intentions through the mechanisms of entrepreneurial alertness and life satisfaction. It also examines the moderating effects of tax burden and corruption. The findings show that government employment positively influences entrepreneurial intentions through entrepreneurial alertness, but negatively influences them through life satisfaction. Tax burden and corruption play different roles in moderating these effects, revealing a complex system of relationships.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Muhammad Bilal Tariq, Iman Ali, Sergio Salazar-Marioni, Ananya S. Iyyangar, Hussain M. Azeem, Swapnil Khose, Victor Lopez, Rania Abdelkhaleq, Louise D. McCullough, Sunil A. Sheth, Youngran Kim
Summary: This study explores the association between distance, stroke severity, sex, and prehospital routing to comprehensive stroke centers in patients with acute ischemic stroke. It found that despite women having higher stroke severity and living within a comparable distance to comprehensive stroke centers, they were less likely to be routed directly to these centers compared to men.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Hematology
Ingrid Glimelius, Karin E. Smedby, Alexandra Albertsson-Lindblad, Michael J. Crowther, Sandra Eloranta, Mats Jerkeman, Caroline E. Weibull
Summary: The study found that some mantle cell lymphoma patients do not undergo autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT) following initial diagnosis, with unmarried/divorced patients, those with lower education levels, and comorbid patients more likely to choose not to undergo AHCT. Receiving AHCT was associated with a reduced all-cause mortality rate, while patients not receiving AHCT had a higher mortality rate.
Article
Oncology
Melissa D. Porterhouse, Shirlene Paul, Jordan L. Lieberenz, Lisa R. Stempel, Mia A. Levy, Rosalinda Alvarado
Summary: The study aimed to assess the underestimation of breast cancer risk in Black women by the TC8 model. The results showed that Black women had higher rates of obesity, lower breast density, and lower high-risk TC8 scores compared to White women.
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Marco Del Giudice
Summary: The discussion mainly focuses on Trafimow's argument that more complex causal models are less likely to be true, pointing out the misleading nature of this argument and emphasizing the importance of evaluating model complexity with different criteria. The comment also addresses Trafimow's claim about the difficulty of gathering sufficient quality evidence to support low-probability models, highlighting the potential for even low-probability models to receive strong support.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Irfan A. Khan, Justin A. Magnuson, Kerri-Anne Ciesielka, Eric A. Levicoff, Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, Chad A. Krueger, Yale A. Fillingham
Summary: This study found that only 9% of patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures had advanced care planning documents uploaded in their electronic medical records (EMR) before or during their surgical admission. The presence of these documents was also associated with socioeconomic status, with patients from distressed communities being less likely to have them. Therefore, there is a need to promote advanced care planning, particularly among patients with low economic well-being.
CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Juncai Ye, Qiao Li, Jing Nie
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, characteristics, and associated factors of wrist fractures in Americans aged 50 and above by analyzing data from NHANES. The results showed that the prevalence of wrist fractures among Americans in this age group was 12%.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Susan G. Wardle, Sanika Paranjape, Jessica Taubert, Chris Baker
Summary: Despite our fluency in reading human faces, we sometimes perceive illusory faces in objects. In a large-scale behavioral study, it was found that these illusory faces can be perceived with specific emotional expressions, age, and gender. Interestingly, there is a strong bias to perceive these illusory faces as male rather than female, which cannot be explained by preexisting associations or visual features.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
David Latsch, Julia Quehenberger, Rahel Portmann, Andreas Jud
Summary: Decisions in child protection greatly impact the lives of children and young people, and their participation is an ethical requirement stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Despite increased awareness and research on child participation, there is a lack of formalized predictors and reliance on narrative accounts rather than actual case data.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2023)
Letter
Orthopedics
Jae-Young Park, Min Bom Kim, Hyuk-Soo Han
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-EUROPEAN VOLUME
(2020)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Seung Hoo Lee, Min Bom Kim, Wonik Lee, Hyo-Jin Kang, Young Ho Lee
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
(2020)
Article
Orthopedics
Kelly E. Cline, James E. Tibone, Hansel Ihn, Masaki Akeda, Byung-Sung Kim, Michelle H. McGarry, Teruhisa Mihata, Thay Q. Lee
Summary: The study compared the biomechanical characteristics of superior capsule reconstruction using different graft types for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. Results showed that fascia lata and double-layer dermal allografts effectively restored shoulder joint movements and reduced subacromial contact pressure, while single-layer dermal allograft was less effective. When tensioned at 20° glenohumeral abduction, double-layer dermal allograft or fascia lata may be preferable for superior translation and subacromial contact pressure restoration in SCR.
ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Seung Hoo Lee, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee, Hyo-Jin Kang
Summary: For displaced olecranon fractures without significant dorsal cortex comminution, reduction based on the posterior ulnar cortex may be reliable for fractures with preoperative contour defects under 2 mm, but not for those with contour defects exceeding 2 mm.
ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Seung Hoo Lee, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee
Summary: The trans-olecranon approach for intra-articular distal humeral fractures repaired by tension band wiring with ring pins achieved anatomical reduction and bony union in all osteotomy sites. Clinical outcomes were good in the majority of patients during a mean follow-up of 49.9 months.
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-ASIAN-PACIFIC VOLUME
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Min Bom Kim, Jeong Hyun Lee, Young Ho Lee
Summary: The study found that ACD is a useful parameter for quantitatively evaluating volar Barton fractures, with high sensitivity and specificity.
ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yohan Lee, Bong Wan Cho, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee
Summary: This study shows that posterior plate fixation is more stable than double-plate fixation when only 2 screws can be inserted.
Article
Dermatology
Sung Yoon Jung, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee
Summary: The medial plantar sensory flap is a safe and effective option for the reconstruction of posterior heel defects, providing good sensation and successful outcomes for patients. All twelve patients in the study had successful flap survival with no major complications, and there were no significant differences in sensation levels between the transferred flap area and contralateral heel area.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOWER EXTREMITY WOUNDS
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Ji Sup Hwang, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee
Summary: The study demonstrates that non-operative treatment can effectively treat non-union of clavicle fractures, regardless of the presence of radiographic abnormalities. Patients had low pain scores, good shoulder range of motion, and positive self-rated outcomes. Most patients were satisfied with the treatment and were able to return to their pre-injury level of sports participation.
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-ASIAN-PACIFIC VOLUME
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Min B. Kim, Seung H. Lee, Jeong H. Lee, Hanbual Yang
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate a technique for treating complex transverse olecranon fractures (CTOF) and assess the value of the arc centre distance (ACD) method. The results showed that the fixation technique using absorbable pins and autogenous bone grafting was effective for CTOF with large impacted articular fragments (IAF), and the restoration of the joint improved ACD.
JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY-ASIAN-PACIFIC VOLUME
(2022)
Article
Orthopedics
Seung Hoo Lee, Min Bom Kim
Summary: This study demonstrates the feasibility of using bone SPECT/CT for localization and eradication of osteomyelitis lesions in chronic osteomyelitis (COM) of the lower extremities, and it has shown favorable clinical outcomes. In the treatment process, surgical treatment was successfully performed without the need for bone transport or an external fixator by thorough debridement, dead space management, and appropriate antibiotic therapy.
INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS
(2023)
Article
Dermatology
Seong Ju Choi, Young Ho Lee, Min Bom Kim, Kee Jeong Bae, Segi Kim, Yohan Lee
Summary: This study evaluated the use of intrinsic adipofascial flaps for reconstructing dorsal foot defects. Nine patients with soft tissue defects were treated with this technique, and the outcomes include flap viability, bulkiness, ability to wear shoes, and donor site morbidity. The results showed that the intrinsic adipofascial flap is a simple and suitable method for complex dorsal foot defect reconstruction.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOWER EXTREMITY WOUNDS
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Min Bom Kim, Jeong Hyun Lee
Summary: In the COVID-19 era, surgical resident education relies heavily on virtual materials. Educational videos made with POV cameras have become widely used for surgical training to demonstrate procedures. This study used a head-mounted video recording system with a laser point targeting device (LPTD) to make training movies on the surgical approach to distal radius fractures, and found that the majority of trainees believed that the videos made with a POV camera were more efficient.
CLINICS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Byung Sun Choi, Seung Hoo Lee, Min Bom Kim, Young Ho Lee
Summary: The study demonstrates that using mini-screws for fixation of small fragments in medial malleolus fractures is an effective and safe technique, leading to ideal clinical and fracture healing outcomes. This method is not only simple and easy to operate, but also helps to avoid implant irritation symptoms, reducing the risk of implant removal.
CLINICS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Orthopedics
Yohan Lee, Young Ho Lee, Min Bom Kim, Jisu Park, Goo Hyun Baek
CLINICS IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
(2019)