Open Med (Wars)
October 2021
All autopsy studies demonstrated widespread thrombosis and alveolar-capillary microthrombi as the cause of death among patients with COVID-19. The autopsy studies are the gold-standard for diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic strategies for any clinical scenarios. The author initially observed that patients already taking therapeutic dose of oral direct factor Xa inhibitors for an unrelated reason, have significantly better survival rates than those not taking any anticoagulants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Although there is growing evidence that symptoms of depression influence the development of coronary artery disease, information on the underlying subclinical atherosclerotic process is scant in young adults. The study examined the association between symptoms of depression and subclinical atherosclerosis, determined by carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young individuals.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in Bogalusa, Louisiana, a semi-rural biracial (black-white) community.
Background: There is growing evidence that symptoms of depression influence the development of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the direct and indirect relationships between symptoms of depression, body mass index (BMI), and hypertension in a biracial (African American-white) rural population.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 1017 study participants (aged 12 to 62 years, 60% white, and 52% women) from 561 families of the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Objective: To evaluate racial differences in potentially unnecessary cesareans in the United States.
Methods: The 2001 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample database was used to analyze various maternal demographic and clinical parameters among women having cesarean deliveries. For the purpose of our study, if there were no diagnoses related to cesarean delivery on the discharge certificate, the cesarean was classified as potentially unnecessary
Results: Using our methodology, 11% of 540,174 primary and 65% of 371,863 repeat cesareans for the year 2001 in the United States were classified as potentially unnecessary.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the temporal trends and factors that are associated with cesarean deliveries and potentially unnecessary cesarean deliveries.
Study Design: The Louisiana birth certificate database was evaluated to identify a total of 57 potential indications/risk factors and maternal demographic factors that are associated with methods of delivery over the period from January 1993 to December 2000. A cesarean delivery without any potential indications/risk factors in the birth certificate was classified as unnecessary.
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