Publications by authors named "Dana Washburn"

This project was undertaken to describe percentage differences in the grip strength between the dominant and nondominant-sides of left- and right-handed males and females across the age span. Data used in the project were from population-based samples of participants: 13,653 from the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and 3,571 from the 2011 normative phase of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox project. Depending on how percentage differences were calculated, the overall grip strength was a mean 5.

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Social media presents new challenges to the biopharmaceutical industry for conducting pharmacovigilance activities. The authors reviewed worldwide regulatory guidance documents related to monitoring of adverse events posted on social media sites and identified gaps in current regulatory definitions for pharmacovigilance. Points to consider for addressing these gaps are made to offer standards for industry consideration and a potential framework for guidance from global health authorities.

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  • This phase II trial evaluated the safety and diagnostic performance of flurpiridaz F 18 in PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), comparing it to the traditional Tc-99m SPECT MPI, focusing on image quality and accuracy in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD).
  • Results showed that PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 had significantly better image quality and diagnostic certainty, with higher sensitivity for detecting CAD compared to SPECT.
  • Flurpiridaz F 18 was found to be safe for use, with overall findings indicating it could be a superior option for myocardial perfusion imaging in clinical settings.
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