Publications by authors named "B L Meyers"
The Specialized Donor Care Facility Model Improves Operating Room Efficiency.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
September 2024
Background: Organ procurement organizations coordinate organ donation through 2 distinct models of care: the conventional model, in which donors are managed at hospitals where brain death occurs, and the specialized donor care facility (SDCF) model, where brain dead donors are transferred to a freestanding facility. The aim of this study is to compare operating room efficiency for procurements between the SDCF and conventional models of care.
Methods: We performed a prospective analysis of operating room efficiency between thoracic donor procurement operations performed at a SDCF and other organ procurement organizations using the conventional model of care.
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- Transgenic plants can express double-stranded RNA that silences mRNAs in fungal pathogens, but how this RNA crosses cell membranes during infection is unclear.
- A new protocol allowed researchers to isolate RNA from the leaf surface, revealing a unique pattern distinct from intercellular RNA, suggesting it might be secreted directly rather than through stomata.
- The isolated surface RNAs, primarily from Arabidopsis and including various RNA types, may play a vital role in establishing microbial communities on leaf surfaces.
Background: Head and squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) in the locally advanced setting is challenging to treat and remains an area of significant morbidity and mortality. For patients who are cisplatin-ineligible and considered unresectable, there is no clear standard of care including the choice of radiosensitizer.
Methods: OVID Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched.
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- Socioeconomic deprivation negatively affects access to timely surgical care and quality measures for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
- A study analyzed 9,704 Veterans with stage I NSCLC, revealing that those from areas of high socioeconomic deprivation were less likely to receive essential preoperative evaluations and timely surgery compared to those from less deprived areas.
- Post-surgery, Veterans in high deprivation areas had a higher risk of 30-day hospital readmission and were less likely to meet recommended care quality standards than their counterparts with lower deprivation levels.
The basal endosperm transfer layer (BETL) of the maize (Zea mays L.) kernel is composed of transfer cells for nutrient transport to nourish the developing kernel. To understand the spatiotemporal processes required for BETL development, we characterized 2 unstable factor for orange1 (Zmufo1) mutant alleles.
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