The Fallacy of Follow-up: When Orthopaedic Trauma Patients Actually Return to Clinic

Study: 293 patients were treated for a traumatic injury during the months of January and July 2016. Of these 241 patients, 157 were requested to return for additional clinical care. Clinical care had been completed in 18% of patients prior to one year.

The Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on STEMI care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. In-hospital mortality was higher during the pandemic, however this varied with factors such as geographical location and income status of a country.

The Correlation Between Immunohistochemistry Findings and Metastasis in Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common type of skin cancer. Only 2% to 5% of SCCs metastasize. immunohistochemistry is widely used by pathologists to characterize skin cancers.

Panretinal Photocoagulation vs Intravitreous Ranibizumab for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Main outcome was the mean visual acuity change at 2 years. DME development was more frequent. One eye in the ranibizumab group vs the PRP group, and the other in the fourth eye.

Latent Class Analysis of Individual-Level Characteristics Predictive of Intervention Outcomes in Urban Male Adolescents

New techniques are needed to identify what types of interventions work best for whom to prevent behavioral problems. The current investigation applies a latent class modeling structure to identify characteristics that interrelatedly predict responses to a brief administration of Positive Adolescent Choices Training.

Neurological disease in adults with Zika and chikungunya virus infection in Northeast Brazil: a prospective observational study

Since 2015, arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) have spread across the Americas causing outbreaks. These outbreaks have been accompanied by increases in immune-mediated and infectious neurological diseases. Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome who had chikungunya dual infection had more aggressive diseases.

Coronavirus disease 2019 and first-trimester spontaneous abortion: a case-control study of 225 pregnant patients

The disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was named coronavirus disease 2019 and classified as a global public health emergency. The study evaluated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections as a risk factor for early pregnancy loss. Coronavirus disease 2019 was compared between women with spontaneous abortion and those with ongoing pregnancy. No difference in the incidence of symptoms was noted between the 2 groups.

Modern psychometrics applied in rheumatology--a systematic review

IRT applications have markedly increased within rheumatology over the past decades. To date, IRT has primarily been applied to patient-reported outcomes

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