Publications by authors named "Eric Bass"
Objectives: To systematically review the (1) incidence, prevalence, and severity of mental health issues and occupational stress issues among emergency telecommunicators, and (2) effectiveness and harms of interventions to promote resistance and resilience regarding these issues.
Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov, journals, and websites from January 1, 2001, through June 30, 2024.
Objectives: To systematically review the effectiveness and harms of interventions to promote resistance and resilience regarding mental health and occupational stress issues among emergency medical service (EMS) clinicians.
Methods: We registered the systematic review prospectively on PROSPERO (CRD42023465325). We searched Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this American Urological Association (AUA) guideline amendment is to provide a useful reference on the effective evidence-based treatment strategies for early-stage testicular cancer.
Methodology/methods: The original methodology protocol included searches of PubMed®, Embase®, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) from January 1980 through August 2018. The search strategy used medical subject heading (MeSH) terms and key words relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of early-stage testicular cancer.
Objectives: This study evaluated the impact of standardized care protocols, as a part of a quality improvement initiative (J10ohns Hopkins Community Health Partnership, J-CHiP), on hospital readmission rates for patients with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after being discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
Design: A retrospective study comparing 30-day hospital readmission rates the year before and 2 years following the implementation of the care protocol interventions.
Settings And Participants: Patients discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital or Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center to the participating SNFs diagnosed with CHF and/or COPD.
Introduction: Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is an established treatment for large vessel occlusion strokes with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 6 or higher. Data pertaining to minor strokes, medium, or distal vessel occlusions, and most effective MT technique is limited and controversial.
Methods: A multicenter retrospective study of all patients treated with MT presenting with NIHSS score of 5 or less at 29 comprehensive stroke centers.
Purpose: Many medical school curricula include Scholarly Concentrations (SC) programs. While studies have examined how these programs affect students' future research involvement, the association of SC programs with students' specialty choices is uncertain. This study examines the SC program factors associated with congruence between the specialty focus of students' SC projects and the clinical specialty they matched into for residency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The aim of this review was to summarize current evidence from the United States on the effectiveness of practices and interventions for preventing, recognizing, and controlling occupationally acquired infectious diseases in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) clinicians.
Report And Methods: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and SCOPUS were searched from January 1, 2006 through March 15, 2022 for studies in the United States that involved EMS clinicians and firefighters, reported on one or more workplace practices or interventions that prevented or controlled infectious diseases, and included outcome measures. Eleven (11) observational studies reported on infection prevention and control (IPC) practices providing evidence that hand hygiene, standard precautions, mandatory vaccine policies, and on-site vaccine clinics are effective.
Objective: Despite advances in endovascular techniques, mechanical thrombectomy (MT) fails to achieve successful reperfusion in approximately 20% of patients. This study aimed to identify common etiologies and predictors of failed thrombectomy in a contemporary series.
Methods: A prospectively maintained database of MT patients between January 2013 and August 2021 was interrogated.
Objective: The role of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in patients presenting with "minor" stroke is uncertain. We aimed to compare outcomes after MT for ischemic stroke patients presenting with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 5 and - within the low NIHSS cohort - identify predictors of a favorable outcome, mortality, and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a prospectively maintained, international, multicenter database.
Mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion strokes beyond 24 hours.
J Neurointerv Surg
December 2023
Background: Recent clinical trials have shown that mechanical thrombectomy is superior to medical management for large vessel occlusion for up to 24 hours from onset. Our objective is to examine the safety and efficacy of thrombectomy beyond the standard of care window.
Methods: A retrospective review was undertaken of the multicenter Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR).
A review of infectious disease epidemiology in emergency medical service clinicians.
Am J Infect Control
August 2023
Background: The emergency medical service (EMS) workforce is at high risk of occupationally-acquired infections. This review synthesized existing literature on the prevalence, incidence, and severity of infections in the EMS workforce.
Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and SCOPUS from January 1, 2006 to March 15, 2022 for studies in the US that involved EMS clinician or firefighter populations and reported 1 or more health outcomes related to occupationally-acquired infections.
Article Synopsis
- The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) aims to support breastfeeding among low-income women, but previous reviews indicated negative effects on breastfeeding outcomes prior to 2009.
- This systematic review assessed the relationship between WIC participation and breastfeeding outcomes, comparing the effects of WIC participants before and after revised food package guidelines implemented in 2009.
- Results indicated no significant difference in breastfeeding initiation due to WIC participation, with limited evidence suggesting that the 2009 changes may improve breastfeeding exclusivity and that WIC support services may positively influence initiation and duration.
Objectives: We developed guidance to inform decisions regarding the inclusion of nonrandomized studies of interventions (NRSIs) in systematic reviews (SRs) of the effects of interventions.
Study Design And Setting: The guidance workgroup comprised SR experts and used an informal consensus generation method.
Results: Instead of recommending NRSI inclusion only if randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are insufficient to address the SR key question, different topics may require different decisions regarding NRSI inclusion.
Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is intended to improve maternal and child health outcomes. In 2009, the WIC food package changed to better align with national nutrition recommendations.
Purpose: To determine whether WIC participation was associated with improved maternal, neonatal-birth, and infant-child health outcomes or differences in outcomes by subgroups and WIC enrollment duration.