Publications by authors named "A G Emanuels"
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- The study investigated how acute respiratory illness (ARI) impacted school, work attendance, and nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, using data collected from families in King County, Washington.
- Researchers monitored ARI symptoms weekly from November 2019 to June 2021 and analyzed how these symptoms affected behaviors, finding notable shifts in NPI use, particularly during the pre-vaccine phase of the pandemic.
- Results showed a significant decrease in school absenteeism during the pandemic, alongside a marked increase in masking and other NPIs, but no additional disruptions related to illness at school or work beyond what was observed pre-pandemic.
Purpose: Diagnosing the cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain can be difficult in the pediatric and adolescent age group. While frequently used, the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance image (MRI), as compared with intraoperative arthroscopic findings, is not well-described in this population. This study aimed to determine concordance rates between magnetic resonance and arthroscopic findings depending on the specific ulnar wrist pathology.
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- The study focused on understanding how SARS-CoV-2 spreads within households during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly noting the challenges with contact tracing.
- Participants from 346 households in Seattle used respiratory specimen kits and provided weekly health updates from October 2020 to June 2021, allowing for monitoring and testing of viral infections.
- Results showed that only 1.2% of participants tested positive, with similar genetic strains found among infected individuals in the same households, indicating effective household transmission.
Staged Intracranial Free Tissue Transfer and Cranioplasty for a Refractory Nasal-cranial Base Fistula.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
November 2023
After a transnasal endoscopic resection of a high-grade adenoid cystic carcinoma that underwent adjuvant chemoradiation, there was delayed recurrence managed by en bloc resection through an open craniofacial approach. Subsequently, the patient developed a chronic nasocranial fistula with secondary infection and bone flap resorption. This resulted in infectious episodes with secondary scalp incisional dehiscence and hardware exposure which required multiple bone debridement procedures, hardware removal, prolonged IV antibiotics, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
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- - The study examined how infections with one respiratory virus influence the likelihood of subsequent infections with the same or different viruses, noting the complexity of viral interactions.
- - Conducted between October 2019 and June 2021, the research involved active surveillance of acute respiratory illnesses, where participants self-collected nasal swabs for analysis of various respiratory viruses using advanced testing methods.
- - Findings revealed that primary viral infections, especially with rhinovirus, significantly increased the risk of detecting additional respiratory viruses within 90 days, highlighting the interconnected nature of viral respiratory infections.