"A 30-year-old lady was admitted with two weeks of fever and right upper quadrant pain. She had a background of non-malignant, non-cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis (PVT) with cavernoma formation. There was no detected ...

with prolonged hospital stays; they may be associated with more adverse events and higher costs. The line needed for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) can complicate in 22% of cases, with almost half of them requiring emergency department visit...

pulmonary hypertension, 10 [8.3%] cardiac arrest, 24[19.8%] congestive heart failure, 1[0.8%] each for neuromuscular respiratory failure and angioedema and 13[10.4%] stroke. Conclusions: Continuous TcCO2 monitoring correlates well with PaCO2 offering...

that include measurement of intracranial pressure in such patients. In this article, we report two adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who developed acute encephalopathy; both underwent lumbar puncture and were found to have significantly elevated...

Introduction: Obesity is a risk factor for many health conditions and complications but may be regarded as a prognostic factor in other conditions. This has been described as the "obesity paradox." The debate whether this ...

A substantive gap exists in understanding the knowledge and perception of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among African Americans overall and especially those in non-urban areas. Thus, this analysis explores these issues among heterosexual African...

Traditional Chinese medicine has been influencing Chinese people for thousands of years. Vaccine, as a means of western medicine, has been on the controversial side of traditional Chinese medicine. When it comes to disease, many Chinese people make...

an early tracheostomy and 1111 received a late tracheostomy. 90-day all-cause in-hospital mortality was significantly lower in the early group compared with a late group (15.24% vs 22.41%; Odds ratio, 0.632; 95% CI, 0.485-0.823) (P= 0.0006). Tracheostomy...

Building a replacement hospital is a once in a lifetime experience for any healthcare administrator and the design decisions made during the building process can have a lasting impact on stake holders and end users for years to come. Improving...

African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, yet represent nearly 20% of persons diagnosed with a mental illness. Studies suggest African Americans experience higher levels of mental health related stigma (MHS) than whites. In addition...

States. This thesis aimed to identify the ways in which food deserts in the United States are covered being that millions of Americans live in these designated areas. The results show that themes centered on financial context, agriculture, community...

[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/31/2023] The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic brought an enormous downturn to the overall hospitality and tourism industry. Accordingly, a novel trend emerged, called 'pod travel,' reflecting travelers' needs and behavior shifts...

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States with 30.3 million Americans having the disease and a cost of $327 billion. Approximately 300,000 people are affected in Kansas, a cost of $ 2.6 billion, ...

[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/31/2023] Approximately 25 percent of all hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) begin in the perioperative area. The study purposes were to identify risk factors in adult surgical patients undergoing orthopedic spine surgery...