Long-term Follow-up of Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis After Surgical Treatment.

Objective: To study the long-term outcomes of pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) after surgical treatment.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey of patients who were treated surgically for CRS as children more than 10 years ago. Survey included SNOT-22 questionnaire, additional functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) since last treatment, status of allergic rhinitis and asthma, and availability of any CT scan sinus/face for review.

Complications and Outcomes of Endovascular Embolization for Intractable Epistaxis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objectives: Endovascular embolization has emerged as an effective treatment for intractable epistaxis. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to calculate the rates of success, rebleeds, and complications and to identify the etiologies and complications of patients who undergo endovascular embolization.

Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted per the guidelines set forth by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).

The Appalachia Mind Health Initiative (AMHI): a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of adjunctive internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for treating major depressive disorder among primary care patients.

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disease morbidity. Combined treatment with antidepressant medication (ADM) plus psychotherapy yields a much higher MDD remission rate than ADM only. But 77% of US MDD patients are nonetheless treated with ADM only despite strong patient preferences for psychotherapy.

Designing mental health promotion campaigns: segmenting U.S. Veteran audiences to address public stigma.

Background: Public stigma is a significant deterrent to mental health service use for U.S. veterans.

Factors Associated With a Prolonged Diagnosis-to-Treatment Interval in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Objective: Evaluate factors associated with treatment delays and their effect on survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: National Cancer Database.

Pre-marital predictors of marital violence in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys.

Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health problem. Existing research has focused on reports from victims and few studies have considered pre-marital factors. The main objective of this study was to identify pre-marital predictors of IPV in the current marriage using information obtained from husbands and wives.

Opioid-Related Outcomes in West Virginia, 2008-2016.

Objectives: To examine opioid-related outcomes by using hospitalization and mortality data as an indicator of the current opioid crisis in West Virginia.

Methods: We used data from the West Virginia University Medicine health care system to examine the trend in opioid overdoses and percentage of patients with a repeat overdose from 2008 to 2016. We obtained the opioid overdose death rate for the state from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER (Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research) mortality data for 2008 to 2016.