Publications by authors named "C Luczak"
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- FDG-PET/CT is valuable for diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE) and detecting additional septic sites, with prior studies revealing osteoarthritic septic grafts (OASGs) in 19.1% of IE patients.
- A larger study included 174 patients suspected of IE, finding OASGs in 27.6% of them, predominantly located in the spine, with 43.8% of cases being asymptomatic.
- The presence of OASGs was linked to musculoskeletal pain and tricuspid valve involvement, indicating that early identification could influence antibiotic treatment and orthopedic management.
The equilibrium theory of island biogeography (ETIB) is a widely applied dynamic theory proposed in the 1960s to explain why islands have coherent differences in species richness. The development of the ETIB was temporarily challenged in the 1970s by the alternative static theory of ecological impoverishment (TEI). The TEI suggests that the number of species on an island is determined by its number of habitats or niches but, with no clear evidence relating species richness to the number of niches however, the TEI has been almost dismissed as a theory in favour of the original ETIB.
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- PVCs are common arrhythmias that can indicate underlying heart issues such as ischemia, hypertension, or inflammation, making them important for prognosis.
- Some PVCs are linked to inherited arrhythmic syndromes, while others occur without any heart problems and are generally considered harmless.
- Even in the absence of structural heart disease, a high burden of idiopathic PVCs, often originating from the right ventricle outflow tract, can lead to PVC-induced cardiomyopathy, which is diagnosed after ruling out other causes.
Objective: To determine the benefits associated with brief inpatient rehabilitation for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
Design: Retrospective chart review.
Setting: A newly created specialized rehabilitation unit in a tertiary care medical center.