Publications by authors named "D D Oakes"
A Call for Diversity: Underrepresented Minorities and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Professional Development.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The representation of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in cardiothoracic anesthesiology is significantly lacking, with slow progress towards diversity.
- Despite strides in gender representation in medical schools, women and URMs remain underrepresented in this subspecialty.
- This article emphasizes the need for increased efforts to improve diversity in cardiac anesthesiology and highlights the unique challenges faced by URM physicians that require tailored solutions.
What Parkinson's disease patients say in their own words about their mood and anxiety symptoms.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to gather insights from Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients on their mood and anxiety issues by analyzing data from the Parkinson's Disease Patient Report of Problems (PD-PROP).
- - Data from over 21,000 participants revealed four key categories of non-depressive mood symptoms related to PD, with findings indicating women report these symptoms more frequently, and the issues of loneliness and isolation tend to increase as the disease progresses.
- - The research suggests that healthcare providers should pay closer attention to mood-related problems, especially anxiety, loneliness, and negative emotions in female PD patients and those with longer disease duration.
Background: This manuscript presents the challenges of treating various forms of headaches and the potential of interventional techniques targeting the greater occipital nerve (GON) to alleviate the burden on patients. Occipital neuralgia, characterized by stabbing or shooting pain in the base of the skull, is often associated with primary, cervicogenic, or migraine headaches. While occipital nerve blocks offer temporary relief, durable treatment options are limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: DATATOP was a study of early Parkinson's disease (PD) conducted in the 1980 s, before mandatory folic acid fortification in the United States. Our analysis of its baseline serum samples revealed a geometric mean vitamin B12 of 369 pg/mL and homocysteine (tHcy) of 9.5μmol/l.
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