Publications by authors named "A Zaas"
Problem: Incivility in the health care workplace is increasing and negatively impacts everyone in the environment, including health care team members and the patients and families they serve. This study examined the efficacy and impact of Civility Champions (CCs), a novel training program for a multidisciplinary cohort of faculty and graduate medical education (GME) trainees based in principles of trauma-informed care, nonviolent communication, and restorative practices.
Approach: Participants were 39 faculty and GME trainees representing 6 departments in a major academic medical center.
Article Synopsis
- Pneumonia can be caused by various pathogens, and distinguishing between typical bacterial, atypical bacterial, and viral infections is challenging, prompting the use of host response-based diagnostics alongside traditional methods.
- Researchers conducted experiments on mice infected with different types of pneumonia (including influenza) to analyze gene expression and develop diagnostic signatures that reflect the host's immune response.
- The study found that these signatures were highly accurate, with a superb area under the receiver operator curve (auROC), and showed promising validation in human data, indicating a consistent host response across species.