In the current state of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), transmission lines are vital in communicating with the transmitting and receiving networks. However, transmission lines, such as coaxial cables, operating at the radio frequencies (RF) used in MRI can be affected by common mode cable currents. These currents diminish received signals and put the patient at risk of RF burns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal health (GH) interest is rising among graduate medical education (GME) trainees, yet GH engagement is marred by the impact of colonization or racism, and there remains a lack of training to confront these challenges. To develop a modular, open-access curriculum that provides training in decolonization for GH GME and evaluate its feasibility and impact on learners' critical reflection on decolonization. From 2019 to 2022, 40 GH educators, including international and indigenous scholars from diverse organizations, created the Global Health Education for Equity, Anti-Racism, and Decolonization (GHEARD) curriculum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recognizing barriers to care is crucial for radiologists to ensure equitable access and quality care for all patients. Health equity trainings have shown promising results in helping providers understand unique patient needs.
Purpose: To perform community-based focus groups to gather needs assessment data as the foundation for a health equity curriculum for radiology professionals.
Background: In our previous study on erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) treatment in lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes from the European MDS (EUMDS) Registry, we showed that patients treated with ESAs had longer survival compared with patients who receive red blood cell transfusion (RBCT). In this study, with a longer follow up time and more patients included, we aimed to assess long-term effects on survival and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of exposure to ESAs with or without RBCT in patients with lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes.
Methods: The EUMDS Registry is a non-interventional, longitudinal, real-world registry prospectively enrolling newly diagnosed patients older than 18 years with lower risk (International Prognostic Scoring System low or intermediate-1) myelodysplastic syndromes from 16 European countries and Israel.
Background: Little is known about the very long-term outcome in Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) patients.
Objectives: To prospectively evaluate clinical outcome and quality-of-life after surgical repair of ToF.
Methods: Single-centre, longitudinal cohort-study evaluating every decade 144 ToF patients who underwent surgical repair <15 years of age between 1968 and 1980.