Publications by authors named "B Ruben Brandsema"
Article Synopsis
- A multidrug-resistant pathogen is causing serious health issues in adults and newborns, particularly those with pre-existing health conditions.
- A case study from the Netherlands documents a neonate suffering from meningitis that is genetically linked to a sample from an automated infant milk dispenser at home.
- The report emphasizes the need for better molecular surveillance in healthcare facilities to monitor this emerging threat, marking the first known instance of such a connection between the dispenser and a neonatal infection.
Background: Electrodiagnostic tests (EDx) can determine when symptoms and signs suggestive of idiopathic ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome; CubTS) is due to measurable ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE), cervical radiculopathy, or median neuropathy at the carpal tunnel, and when there is no measurable neuropathology associated with the symptoms. The role of EDx in management of CubTS is debated.
Questions: (1) What is the percentage of patients with CubTS (both including and excluding patients with a previous electrodiagnosis of idiopathic UNE) that have EDx results consistent with idiopathic UNE, other neuropathology, and no detectable neuropathology (2) What factors (e.
Background: Discrete radiographic thresholds of scapular fracture deformity proposed as a guide for when to utilize operative treatment are a matter of debate. The purpose of the present study was to determine how many patients would have received operative treatment according to these criteria and how many actually received operative treatment.
Methods: Three hundred and thirty patients with an extra-articular fracture of the scapula at two level 1 trauma centers were retrospectively analyzed.