The Epidemiology and Treatment Outcomes of Facial Nerve Palsy Using a Population-Based Method.

Purpose: To update the epidemiological patterns of facial nerve palsy (FNP) in Olmsted County, MN.

Methods: A retrospective chart review using the Rochester Epidemiology Project database was conducted. Patients aged ≥18 years receiving a diagnosis of FNP within the Rochester Epidemiology Project database from the years 2000 to 2010 were included in the study.

Impact of coincident lower extremity deep vein thrombosis on symptomatic and incidental pulmonary embolism outcomes. A single-center prospective cohort study.

Background: The prognostic implications of co-incident DVT at the time of PE diagnosis remains unclear.

Objectives: Study aims were to assess the impact of co-incident lower extremity (LE) deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on clinical outcomes of pulmonary embolism (PE) including venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence and mortality.

Methods: Consecutive patients with confirmed acute symptomatic or incidental PE (March 1, 2013 to June 30, 2021) who underwent ultrasound imaging were divided into two groups depending on the presence or absence of LE DVT.

Atrial arrhythmia predicts late events and mortality in patients with D-transposition of the great arteries and atrial switch repair.

Aims: Patients with D-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) and atrial switch experience late morbidity and mortality related to atrial arrhythmias and systemic right ventricular (SRV) failure. We sought to analyze the influence of atrial arrhythmias on long-term outcomes in this group.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients with D-TGA and atrial switch followed at a tertiary care center was performed.

Similarities and differences in self-reported symptoms and comorbidities between hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders.

Objectives: Patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) experience a wide array of symptoms and system disorders. This study aimed to identify whether differences occurred in 115 self-reported symptoms and comorbidities in patients diagnosed with hEDS or HSD.

Methods: In this study we analysed self-reported data from an EDS Clinic intake questionnaire in patients diagnosed with hEDS, HSD or no hypermobile conditions.