Publications by authors named "B V Vaughn"
Diet constitutes a major source of nutrient flow to the gut microbes. As such, it can be used to help shape the gut microbiome. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an increasingly promising therapy in disease states beyond recurrent infection, but diet is largely overlooked for its potential to help optimize this therapy.
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- Length of stay (LOS) in healthcare is important, as longer stays can lead to more complications; this study focuses on factors related to extended LOS (eLOS) in children and young adults after craniotomy for tumor removal.
- Over 1,200 patients were analyzed, finding that those with eLOS (more than 7 days) tended to be younger, experienced longer ICU stays, and had specific tumor types and surgical conditions linked to eLOS.
- The study provides insights beneficial for preoperative discussions, preparation by neurosurgical teams, and improving healthcare delivery by identifying factors that influence LOS in pediatric patients undergoing these procedures.
Objective: Shunt infections are costly and stressful for families, patients, and providers. Many institutions use shunt checklists in an effort to reduce the risk of infection following shunt surgery. Such protocols often aim to limit operating room (OR) foot traffic, but there is little evidence that supports the theory that greater OR traffic increases the risk of acquiring a shunt infection through contamination of the air.
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- The study examines abrupt climate changes during the Pleistocene Ice Ages, known as Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) oscillations, using Greenland ice cores to analyze temperature shifts and their potential long-term impacts.
- It introduces new ice-core records from southern and eastern Greenland to enhance understanding of DO event magnitudes and creates a multiproxy assessment of their effects across Greenland.
- The findings suggest that variations in wintertime sea ice in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre are crucial for explaining DO variability, and that changes in vapor source distribution, rather than site temperature, mainly influence Greenland's isotope signals during these climate transitions.