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(Journal of the American Heart Association, 2019-08-20)Background-Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. Affected boys typically die from respiratory or cardiac failure. Golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD) is ...
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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Affects Patient-Reported Outcome 2 Years After ACL Reconstruction (Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2019-06-26)Background: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with worse patient-reported outcome (PRO) after orthopaedic procedures. In patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, evaluating SES by use of ...
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(Neuroimage, 2020-02-15)The objective of this study was to investigate whether phonological processes measured through brain activation are crucial for the development of reading skill (i.e. scaffolding hypothesis) and/or whether learning to read ...
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(Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2020-03)Introduction: Nivolumab monotherapy is approved in the United States for third-line or later metastatic small cell lung cancer based on pooled data from nonrandomized and randomized cohorts of the multicenter, open-label, ...
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(Medicine, 2019-03)Pleural effusions are a common medical problem not only for pulmonologists but also for general physicians, often needing thoracentesis for a definite diagnosis. However, thoracentesis cannot always reveal malignant cells ...
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(Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2019-06-18)Abstract INTRODUCTION: HLA class II allele, DRB1*03:01, is the most common genetic risk factor for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), but other unrecognized HLA related risks exist. METHODS: We compared the HLA class I (A, ...
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(Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2020)BACKGROUND & AIMS: Infections resulting from intestinal yeast and bacteria affect a large number of patients with deficits in absorptive or secretory epithelial transport mechanisms. The basolateral Na+-K+-2Cl(-) cotransporter ...
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(2018-09-18)Peri-articular injury may result in functional deficits and pain. In particular, post-traumatic elbow stiffness is a debilitating condition, precluding patients from performing activities of daily living. As such, clinicians ...
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(Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabiliation, 2019-06-20)BackgroundThe experimental study of stumble recovery is essential to better understanding the reflexive mechanisms that help prevent falls as well as the deficiencies in fall-prone populations. This study would benefit ...
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(Critical Care Medicine, 2019-10)Objectives: To provide a concise review of the literature and data pertaining to the use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, collectively called advanced practice providers, in ICU and acute care settings. ...
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(The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019-08-01)Metabolic complications relating to complex effects of viral and immune-mediated mechanisms are now a focus of clinical care among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV), and obesity is emerging as a ...
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(2019)Sport-related concussion (SRC) is an important public health concern with up to 3.8 million SRCs occurring each year. As the incidence and rate of SRC increases, reliable and valid tools for diagnosis and management are ...
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(JAMA Networks Open, 2019-08)IMPORTANCE Rotator cuff disorders remain the most common cause of shoulder pain and are among the most common reasons for patients to seek care in primary and specialty settings. Although operative and nonoperative treatments ...
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(Medicine, 2019-06)Higher trait optimism and/or lower cynical hostility are associated with healthier behaviors and lower risk of morbidity and mortality, yet their association with health care utilization has been understudied. Whether these ...
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Oral Tresprostinil in Transition or as Add-on Therapy in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial hypertension (Pulmonary Circulation, 2019-07-12)Treprostinil, a prostacyclin analogue, is approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults. Transition from parenteral to oral treprostinil has been successfully accomplished in adults with PAH ...
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(BMJ Open, 2019-11)Objectives Medication reconciliation (MedRec) is an important patient safety strategy and is widespread in US hospitals and globally. Nevertheless, high quality MedRec has been difficult to implement. As part of a larger ...
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(Arthroscopy Techniques, 2020-02)Management of chondral lesions of the femoral head can be challenging. Previously described approaches include arthroscopic surgery for small lesions and open surgical dislocation for larger lesions. In 2001, Ganz popularized ...
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(Blood Advances, 2019-06-25)HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation (Haplo-HCT) using posttransplantation cyclophosphamide (PT-Cy) has improved donor availability. However, a matched sibling donor (MSD) is still considered the optimal ...
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(American Journal of Hematology, 2019-05)The efficacy of ibrutinib has been demonstrated in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including as first-line therapy. However, outcomes after ibrutinib discontinuation have previously been limited to ...
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(Bmj-british Medical Journal, 2022-11-30)Objective To examine whether supraphysiological oxygen administration during surgery is associated with lower or higher postoperative kidney, heart, and lung injury. Design Observational cohort study. Setting 42 ...