Science and Technology Journal Articles

• Pain Trajectories of Nursing Home Residents Using group-based trajectory modeling, this paper presents four distinct pain trajectories among nursing home residents. How do they differ in terms of demographics, clinical variables, and mortality?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 19, 2023
• Burkholderia thailandensis Isolated From the Environment Burkholderia thailandensis found in soil and water samples could pose a public health risk.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 18, 2023
• Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Postoperative Sleep Quality Does the perioperative administration of dexmedetomidine improve postoperative sleep quality?
  BMC Anesthesiology, May 18, 2023
• Gut Microbiota and Cardiovascular Drugs This article explores the the complex relationship between the gut microbiome and various common cardiovascular drugs. How might a patient's microbiome influence drug pharmacokinetics?
  U.S. Pharmacist, May 17, 2023
• Early Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock Patients Could methylene blue be considered as an early adjunctive therapy for ICU patients with septic shock?
  Critical Care, May 17, 2023
• Treatment Considerations for Severe Manifestations of Mpox This report presents guidance concerning the effective use of currently available therapeutic medical countermeasures for severe mpox infection.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 17, 2023
• Introduction and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant This report provides insight into the introduction and transmission of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the city of New York.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2023
• Non-invasive Fibrosis Markers in Chronic Hepatitis Delta This study evaluated the performance of eight serum fibrosis markers to non-invasively assess liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis D. Can any replace transient elastography?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, May 15, 2023
• Medication-Attributable Adverse Events in Heart Failure Trials How often are adverse events in heart failure patients actually attributable to guideline-directed medical therapies, as opposed to a manifestation of HFrEF itself or other comorbidities?
  JACC: Heart Failure, May 15, 2023
• Immunoglobulin Predicts Recurrence in Takayasu Arteritis Elevated immunoglobulins may be indicative of a greater risk for disease recurrence in Takayasu arteritis.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, May 15, 2023
• When and How to Stop Denosumab in an Osteoporosis Patient When it comes to discontinuing denosumab in patients with osteoporosis, what is the best approach?
  Clinical Endocrinology, May 15, 2023
• Bleeding Events After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement This review provides an in-depth overview of bleeding events after TAVR and their clinical impact, as well as antithrombotic management and its potential influence on bleeding complications.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 15, 2023
• US for Diagnosing Gout and CPPD in Acute Mono/Oligoarthritis This article describes a targeted US scanning protocol for diagnosing gout and CPPD in patient with acute mono/oligoarthritis. How accurate is it?
  Rheumatology, May 12, 2023
• Cronobacter sakazakii Infections in Two Infants These cases illustrate the ubiquity of Cronobacter sakazakii in the environment and the importance of hygiene in preventing potentially devastating C. sakazakii infections.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 12, 2023
• Effectiveness, Safety of Ciprofol in Gynecological Day Surgery How does the new agent ciprofol compare with propofol in terms of anesthetic effect and incidence of adverse events in gynecological ambulatory surgery?
  BMC Anesthesiology, May 11, 2023
• Acute Ischemic Stroke: Recent Advances in Reperfusion Treatment Review the latest evidence on reperfusion treatment of acute ischemic stroke, with a focus on endovascular treatment using stent retrievers, aspiration catheters, thrombolytics, and carotid stenting.
  European Heart Journal, May 10, 2023
• The Need for Efficient, Patient-oriented NASH Drug Development What are the advantages of platform trials in drug development for NASH? This review examines the current NASH clinical development landscape and considerations for trial design.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, May 09, 2023
• Pilot Evaluation of PrEP EmERGE This article describes the implementation of a newly developed mobile health application to support people using HIV-PrEP.
  HIV Medicine, May 09, 2023
• EHI to Identify Possible COVID-19 Sequelae In what ways could electronic health information be utilized to monitor and identify sequelae of COVID-19?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 09, 2023
• rWT Does Not Improve Erectile Function After Prostatectomy A study that looked at the outcomes of radial wave therapy for post-radical prostatectomy erectile dysfunction did not find substantial improvements with this therapy.
  Translational Andrology and Urology, May 08, 2023