Publications by authors named "A Jameson"
Background: Resource allocation for stroke care was impacted worldwide by the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID19) pandemic. Regionally, worsened stroke outcomes varied, however comparative year-over-year in-hospital performance metrics from the pandemic are unreported. Therefore, within the large Florida Stroke Registry (FSR), we assessed the pandemic's effects upon the American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) ischemic stroke metrics and the meta-metric, Defect-Free Care (DFC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSDMPH 10-year Anniversary Conference Modified Delphi Study.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
November 2024
Objectives: The SDMPH 10-year anniversary conference created an opportunity for a researcher to present at a professional association conference to advance their research by seeking consensus of statements using Delphi methodology.
Methods: Conference attendees and SDMPH members who did not attend the conference were identified as Delphi experts. Experts rated their agreement of each statement on a 7- point linear numeric scale.
Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing can help personalise psychiatric prescribing and improve on the currently adopted trial-and-error prescribing approach. However, widespread implementation is yet to occur. Understanding factors influencing implementation is pertinent to the psychiatric PGx field.
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- The study examined the health and immune responses of newly diagnosed HIV patients over a 6-month period, focusing on how these factors relate to health literacy.
- Blood and questionnaire data were collected from twelve patients to assess stress, depression, and health literacy levels alongside HIV-related indicators.
- Results indicated improvements in viral load and CD4 counts, but health literacy remained unchanged; however, factors like decreased stress and inflammation correlated with higher health literacy scores.
Background: Pyuria is nonspecific and may result in over-treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB). The Infectious Diseases Society of America recommends against antibiotic treatment of ASB for most patients including those presenting with altered mental status (AMS). Close observation is recommended over treatment to avoid missing alternative causes of AMS and overuse of antibiotics resulting in adverse events and resistance.
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