Publications by authors named "C Ruotolo"

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of perioperative variables including PT and walking distance on length of stay (LOS) in hip fracture patients.

Methods: Design: A retrospective review.

Setting: Single level I trauma center.

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Background: Hamstring injuries can have a significant burden on a professional football player's career and performance. One in 4 players will suffer a lower extremity strain in their career, with the hamstring being the most common. These injuries are often fraught with extended periods of recovery and reinjury rates varying between 16% and 38%.

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  • * Historical famines, particularly the Dutch Hunger Winter and the Great Chinese Famine, provide critical insights into the impacts of prenatal starvation on health across generations.
  • * There is some disagreement among studies about the specific risks and timing of starvation during pregnancy, and gender differences further complicate the understanding of these effects.
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Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) lower ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; whether the same holds true in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is unknown. This information is critical to the knowledge of mechanisms of nephroprotection and safety of this therapy.

Methods: This multicenter prospective study evaluates the changes in ABP after 12 weeks of dapagliflozin 10 mg/day in a cohort of patients with type 2 DKD and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >25 mL/min/1.

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Posterolateral corner and arcuate fractures can cause significant disruption to the stability and kinematics of the knee. This study aimed to determine the biomechanical performance of a novel spiked washer (SW) and intramedullary screw technique compared with a tension slide technique (TST) for the repair of arcuate fractures. Sixteen matched fresh-frozen cadaver knees underwent repair.

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