Publications by authors named "E S Nussbaum"
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- * The study aimed to assess long-term outcomes of nonoperative treatment for high ankle sprains in athletes using a standardized protocol, where 31 out of 40 patients responded to follow-up surveys after an average of 25 years.
- * Results showed that a significant portion of respondents reported additional ankle injuries, with varying self-reported outcomes, but 27% of those with follow-up radiographs exhibited signs of osteoarthritis.
Fractals are patterns that are self-similar across multiple length-scales. Macroscopic fractals are common in nature; however, so far, molecular assembly into fractals is restricted to synthetic systems. Here we report the discovery of a natural protein, citrate synthase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, which self-assembles into Sierpiński triangles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Age is a major risk factor for development of atrial fibrillation (AF) and associated with increased recurrence rates in the setting of rhythm control. Current data tend to support catheter ablation in elderly patients, but uncertainties exist regarding efficacy and safety of ablation in elderly patients.
Methods: This was a prospective single-centre observational study with propensity score matching (PSM) to investigate the influence of age on efficacy and safety of cryoballoon ablation (CBA) stratified by age (< 75 years vs ≥ 75 years) and AF phenotype (paroxysmal vs persistent).
Background: We assessed the safety and efficacy of oral antibiotic step-down therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative blood stream infections in solid-organ transplant recipients.
Methods: We identified all solid-organ transplant recipients within the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospital systems from 2016 to 2021 with uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia involving an organism susceptible to an acceptably bioavailable oral antibiotic agent. Using inverse probability of treatment-weighted models based on propensity scores adjusting for potential clinical confounders, we compared outcomes of those transitioned to oral antibiotics with those who continued intravenous (IV) therapy for the duration of treatment.