Publications by authors named "Eric Lentz"
We present an approach to detecting (linear) gravitational wave memory in a Galactic core-collapse supernova using current interferometers. Gravitational wave memory is an important prediction of general relativity that has yet to be confirmed. Our approach uses a combination of linear prediction filtering and matched filtering.
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- Injection drug use is a significant public health issue, with many individuals experiencing frequent hospitalizations for infectious diseases.
- A study analyzed hospital records from 2013-2018, revealing that among 240 people who inject drugs, a substantial number (33%) were admitted to the ICU, 36% had surgery, and 9% died due to various infectious conditions.
- Most affected individuals had stable housing and a family physician, but a majority of those who left the hospital against medical advice returned to the emergency department or were readmitted within 30 days, highlighting the need for better understanding and care strategies for this population.
Background And Aim: Vedolizumab is a novel monoclonal antibody used in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, often affecting women of child-bearing age. We aimed to compare maternal and fetal adverse outcomes in pregnancies of women with inflammatory bowel disease exposed to vedolizumab versus those on other treatment.
Methods: We performed a systematic literature search through December 2020 looking for studies including outcomes from pregnancies of female inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with vedolizumab.
Background: Physician rating websites are commonly used by the public, yet the relationship between web-based physician ratings and health care quality is not well understood.
Objective: The objective of our study was to use physician disciplinary convictions as an extreme marker for poor physician quality and to investigate whether disciplined physicians have lower ratings than nondisciplined matched controls.
Methods: This was a retrospective national observational study of all disciplined physicians in Canada (751 physicians, 2000 to 2013).
Background: It is not known if sex differences in the risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) vary by whether a woman had preeclampsia or not. The current study determined whether prior preeclampsia brings a woman's risk of CVD closer to that of a male counterpart.
Methods: A population-based cohort study was completed in Ontario, Canada, from 1993 to 2017.
Objective: This study aimed to examine whether prenatal biochemical screening analytes are associated with an increased risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) or maternal mortality.
Study Design: This population-based cohort study includes all women in Ontario, Canada, who underwent prenatal screening from 2001 to 2011. Increasing fifth percentiles of the multiple of the median (MoM) for alphafetoprotein (AFP), total human chorionic gonadotropin, unconjugated estriol (uE3), dimeric inhibin-A (DIA), and pregnancy-associated plasma protein A were evaluated.
Background: To examine antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) structure among high-performing hospitals and determine which components of the 2016 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA) ASP guidelines are implemented at each site.
Methods: A survey of the highest-ranking hospitals, compiled from the 2015-2016 US News and World Report's Best Hospital Rankings, was conducted from August to December 2016. This corresponded to 138 adult and 62 pediatric unique hospitals.