Publications by authors named "B D Gartrell"
Determination of acid-base status contributes important information about patient health, including for patients under anesthesia. There is a paucity of information about the determinants of acid-base status of large felids managed under anesthesia, and advancement of such knowledge may contribute to patient safety. This study serially monitored the individual metabolic acid-base status of 11 large felids, including lions (), tigers (), and cheetahs (), under general anesthesia.
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- - The SPOTLIGHT study aimed to improve representation of African American (AA) patients in prostate cancer clinical trials, finding that 17% of enrolled patients were AA, which is above the typical rate of 8.5% in oncology trials.
- - Using a novel diagnostic tool, F-flotufolastat, the study evaluated its effectiveness in detecting prostate cancer in AA patients, recording a 93% detection rate which varied with prostate-specific antigen levels.
- - Although the overall detection rate for AA patients was slightly higher in those with intact prostates, both AA and non-AA patients had similar performance after prostate surgery, with verified detection rates at 64% and positive predictive values at 68% for AA patients
Case History: In 2023, the New Zealand Department of Conservation seized 63 endemic reptiles that were being held without a permit. This group included three adult female West Coast green geckos ( that had been illegally removed from the wild 2 years earlier. They had been held in an outdoor enclosure with a pair of goldstripe geckos ().
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- Metastases, which are the spread of cancer cells to different organs, play a crucial role in the severity of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with common sites being the lungs, bones, liver, and lymph nodes.
- This study analyzed 657 tumor samples from both primary renal tumors and various metastatic sites to identify genomic and transcriptomic differences.
- The findings reveal significant variations in tumor characteristics and the tumor microenvironment across different metastatic locations, highlighting the importance of these factors in creating targeted cancer treatments.
Context: Treatment decision-making (TDM) for patients with localized (LPC) or locally advanced (LAPC) prostate cancer is complex, and post-treatment decision regret (DR) is common. The factors driving TDM or predicting DR remain understudied.
Objective: Two systematic literature reviews were conducted to explore the factors associated with TDM and DR.