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Health Care Sciences & Services
Michal Shani, Alex Lustman, Doron Comaneshter, Yochai Schonmann
Summary: This study found that individuals aged 50-74 with diabetes or hypertension who maintained higher levels of medication adherence were associated with fewer ER visits and hospitalizations.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Urology & Nephrology
Iryna M. Crescenze, Sara M. Lenherr, Jeremy B. Myers, Sean P. Elliott, Blayne Welk, Diana O'Dell, John T. Stoffel
Summary: This study tracked hospitalizations and emergency room visits of patients with spinal cord injuries over a 1-year period and found urological causes to be the primary driver for medical care. Urinary tract infections were the most common reason for admission. Factors such as indwelling catheter use, clean intermittent catheterization, physical health scores, diminished hand function, and unemployment were associated with an increased risk of urology related hospitalization/emergency room visits.
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
(2021)
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Infectious Diseases
Tobias Tenenbaum, Maren Doenhardt, Natalie Diffloth, Reinhard Berner, Jakob P. Armann
Summary: Public health measures implemented to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the worldwide transmission of endemic respiratory viruses such as RSV, as well as other typical, seasonal, and viral respiratory pathogens. German pediatric hospitals monitored RSV cases from October 18, 2021 to March 31, 2022 using a newly established national Clinician-Led Reporting System.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Amir Moslemi, Kalysta Makimoto, Wan C. Tan, Jean Bourbeau, James C. Hogg, Harvey O. Coxson, Miranda Kirby
Summary: Computed tomography (CT) lung imaging measurements combined with conventional measurements can provide more accurate prediction of future healthcare utilization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to conventional measurements alone, offering valuable prognostic information for COPD patients.
ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY
(2023)
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Pediatrics
Haticre Ezgi Baris, Nicel Yildiz Silahli, Nuriye Ayca Gul, Lubna Qutranji, Jeffrey Goldhagen, Perran Boran
Summary: Comparison between the emergency department presentations of Syrian refugee children and resident children in Istanbul, Turkey, reveals that refugee children have higher acuity conditions, younger age, higher rates of hospitalization, and longer NICU stays. Strategies to improve access to preventive healthcare services for young refugee children should be implemented to reduce the reliance on emergency and inpatient care and improve health outcomes.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2022)
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Oncology
Olli Haltia, Outi M. Hirvonen, Tiina Saarto, Juho T. Lehto
Summary: Establishing a palliative care (PC) pathway connected to secondary hospitals can reduce revisits to the emergency room and admissions to secondary hospitals for cancer patients.
ANTICANCER RESEARCH
(2021)
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Oncology
Lorenzo Sabatelli, Mikko Keranen, Elisabet Viayna, Montserrat Roset, Nuria Lara, Daniel Thunstrom, Minja Pfeiffer, Malin Nicklasson, Maija Itala-Remes
Summary: Moderate-to-severe acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is associated with significant healthcare resource utilization in Finland and Sweden, particularly in patients who receive multiple lines of therapy.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Julia Herteux, Simon Johannes Geiger, Christina Starchl, Johanna Windisch, Theresa Lerchl, Adelina Tmava-Berisha, Gerit Wuensch, Kathrin Eller, Astrid Fahrleitner-Pammer, Karin Amrein
Summary: This study retrospectively analyzed the medical history of 198 patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism (HP), and found that emergency room visits and hospitalizations were not primarily caused by HP-related acute symptoms, but rather by comorbidities and chronic organ damages. The causes of death in the studied group were also unrelated to HP.
ENDOCRINE CONNECTIONS
(2023)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Simon B. Ascher, Rebecca Scherzer, Jame A. de Lemos, Michelle M. Estrella, Vasantha K. Jotwani, Pranav S. Garimella, Alexander L. Bullen, Walter T. Ambrosius, Christie M. Ballantyne, Vijay Nambi, Anthony A. Killeen, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Jarett D. Berry
Summary: Elevations in hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP are associated with higher risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) in hypertensive patients. The impact of blood pressure treatment on SAE risk varies across different biomarker categories, which may help identify individuals with more favorable benefit-harm profiles for intensive blood pressure lowering.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
L. Negrotto, V. C. Iut, A. Etchepare, M. D'Eramo, A. Grinspan, A. Assefi
Summary: This study analyzed the baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Argentina Patient Support Program for cladribine tablets, and evaluated treatment persistence, adverse event reports, and relapse characterization. The results showed that the treatment had a high persistence level in Latin American MS patients, with a low incidence of lymphopenia and infections.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS
(2022)
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Fisheries
Chaozhong Zheng, Junming Cao, Shuyan Chi, Xiaohui Dong, Qihui Yang, Hongyu Liu, Shuang Zhang, Shiwei Xie, Beiping Tan
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of dietary phosphorus supplementation on the replacement of fishmeal with Clos-tridium autoethanogenum protein (CAP) in the diet of L. vannamei. The results showed that moderate phosphorus supplementation could improve histology, enhance immune response, and increase disease resistance and antioxidant capacity in shrimp, while excessive phosphorus could damage gut histology and increase the abundance of harmful bacteria.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Marion Tissot, Marie-Blanche Valnet-Rabier, Thomas Stalder, Samuel Limat, Siamak Davani, Virginie Nerich
Summary: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology and economic burden of serious adverse drug reactions reported to a regional pharmacovigilance center between 2015 and 2018. The results show that serious adverse drug reactions incur significant costs and a portion of them are preventable.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Teodor T. Postolache, Deborah R. Medoff, Clayton H. Brown, Li Juan Fang, Sanjaya K. Upadhyaya, Christopher A. Lowry, Michael Miller, Julie A. Kreyenbuhl
Summary: This study compared the risk of psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department visits between individuals using lipophilic and hydrophilic statins and those not using statins. It found that patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder prescribed either type of statin had a lower risk of hospitalization or ED visits compared to non-users, with hydrophilic statins showing a significantly lower risk of hospitalization.
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Urology & Nephrology
Hendrik Borgmann, Julian P. Struck, Angelika Mattigk, Mike Wenzel, Adrian Pilatz, Jennifer Kranz, Richard Weiten, Nicolas von Landenberg, Philipp Julian Spachmann, Cem Aksoy, Axel Haferkamp, Katharina Boehm
Summary: The study found that during the COVID-19 era, there was a decrease in emergency room visits for pyelonephritis, but an increase in severe adverse disease outcomes. Health authorities should actively conduct information campaigns to encourage patients to utilize emergency room services when experiencing severe symptoms.
UROLOGIA INTERNATIONALIS
(2021)
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Oncology
Ryan J. Summers, Vanessa M. Monroig, Nicholas P. DeGroote, Zachary E. West, Elizabeth Katafias, Tamara P. Miller
Summary: This retrospective study evaluated clinically relevant adverse events (AEs) experienced by children with T-ALL/LLy during early intensive chemotherapy. The results indicated that significant AEs, especially infectious AEs, are common during induction and consolidation therapy. Patients treated with dexamethasone during induction had higher rates of nonsepsis infection and/or sepsis during consolidation compared to those who received prednisone.
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2023)
