Communication between nurses and physicians is essential to providing patient care in the emergency department. The American College of Graduate Medical Education includes interpersonal and communicat...
We used Kern's Six-step approach to develop and implement this program. We then evaluated the program's impact with a pre-program and post-program 12-question survey to evaluate participation, perceiv...
13 interns and 22 nurses participated in the program. All 13 interns and 19 of 22 nurses completed the pre-program survey. 10 of 13 interns and 11 of 22 nurse mentors completed the post-program survey...
We were able to successfully implement a one-year nurse-intern mentorship program aiming to promote communication, collaboration and professional development. Our results show differing attitudes betw...
The clinical relevance of cardiac troponin (cTn) elevation in takotsubo syndrome (TTS) remains uncertain. The present study sought to investigate the role of cardiac troponin (cTn) elevations in morta...
Patients enrolled in the International Takotsubo (InterTAK) Registry from January 2011 to February 2020 with available data on peak cTn levels were included in the analysis. Peak cTn levels during the...
Out of 2'938 patients, 222 (7.6%) patients died during 1-year follow-up. A more than 28.8-fold increase of cTn above the upper reference limit was identified as threshold for clinically relevant myoca...
This study for the first time determined a troponin threshold for the identification of TTS patients at excess risk of mortality. These findings advance risk stratification in TTS and assist in identi...
There are limited data on the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for pediatric patients. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize indications and outcomes specific to pediatric cranial S...
A systematic review, using the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), analyzed English-language articles on SRS, published between 1989 and 2021...
Of the 113 articles identified for review, 68 met the inclusion criteria. These articles described approximately 400 pediatric patients with benign and malignant brain tumors and 5119 with AVMs who un...
This review is the first to summarize outcomes specific to SRS for pediatric brain tumors and AVMs. Although data reporting is limited for pediatric patients, SRS appears to provide acceptable rates o...
Grit refers to a combination of perseverance and passion, which is essential for long-term success. Grit is associated with higher education attainment and a lower likelihood of burnout. Understanding...
We conducted a prospective study involving internal medicine residents enrolled in training programs from July 2022 to July 2023, except for the second-third-year residents of dermatology and neurolog...
Of 122 internal medicine residents in all three years of training, one resident dropped out during training, and another declined to participate. A total of 120 residents were included. Grit did not s...
Of all residents, grit did not change over a year. However, only the first-year residents reported a decrease in grit during a training year. Throughout first-year residents' internal medicine residen...
To investigate use of puberty-blocking hormones (gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues [GnRHa]) for gender dysphoria in New Zealand. Specifically, to describe demographic characteristics and time t...
The national Pharmaceutical Collection was used to identify all dispensing from 2006 to 2023 to those aged <18, by sex/gender and age. Cumulative incidence of first prescriptions between ages 12 and 1...
In New Zealand, prescription of GnRHa for gender dysphoria started around 2011; prevalence of use increased to 2014, then more steeply to 2022, followed by a decline. Incidence data show the decline s...
The high rate of prescribing for probable gender dysphoria in New Zealand, and the decline after 2021, require further investigation....
As the population and life expectancy of people with Down syndrome increases, identifying common skin conditions throughout the lifespan will help inform clinical care and research. We sought to evalu...
This multicenter retrospective study analyzed demographic and outpatient visit International Classification of Diseases codes of patients with Down syndrome evaluated at outpatient dermatology clinics...
A total of 1529 patients with Down syndrome were identified from eight academic medical centers: 50.8% were children (0-12 years), 25.2% were adolescents (13-17 years), and 24% were adults (18 years a...
Dermatologic conditions in patients with Down syndrome vary by age, but are most often eczematous, adnexal, and cutaneous autoimmune disorders. This multicenter retrospective review identifies skin di...
This study investigated the moderating role of family factors on victimization experiences and internalizing and academic outcomes. Data (collected 2017-2019) on 471 Black urban ninth graders (51% mal...
Background Most physicians receive little or no teaching about health policy during residency, despite accreditation organizations emphasizing the need to do so. Lack of time, expert faculty, and inst...
While it is currently assumed that liver assessment is only possible during normothermic machine perfusion (NMP), there is uncertainty regarding a reliable and quick prediction of graft injury during ...
Perfusate samples of human livers from 10 centers in 7 countries with HOPE-experience were analyzed for released mitochondrial compounds, i.e. flavin mononucleotide (FMN), NADH, purine derivates and i...
We collected 473 perfusate samples of human DCD (n=315) and DBD livers (n=158). Fluorometric assessment of FMN in perfusate was validated by mass spectrometry (R=0.7011,p<0.0001). Graft loss due to pr...
This first international study validates the predictive value of the mitochondrial co-factor FMN, released from complex I during HOPE, and may therefore contribute to a better risk stratification of i...
Analysis of 473 perfusates, collected from 10 international centers during hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE), revealed that mitochondria derived flavin mononucleotide (FMN) values in perfusate i...
Radiometals play an important role in nuclear medicine, both for imaging and therapy. Binding studies represent an important step in the development of new radiolabeled ligands, as valuable insights i...
