Publications by authors named "Erin Carollo"

Objective: Patients with head and neck cancer often undergo extensive ablative and reconstructive surgery. Many risk factors are unalterable, but some operative variables are possible to adjust. The goal of this study was to estimate the association between operative variables and the incidence of perioperative complications in a contemporary tertiary care university-based head and neck patient population and a Veteran Administration hospital head and neck patient population from an earlier time period.

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Background: Inclusion of pancreaticoduodenectomy has demonstrated higher rates of curative treatment in pancreatic cancer, yet prior research has suggested increased postoperative complications in octogenarians (patients older than 80 years). This study aimed to understand the impact of age on patients undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy, focusing on postoperative outcomes and return to intended oncologic treatment.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a single-institution retrospective cohort study for patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy from 2007 to 2018.

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Background: The current study aimed to address two gaps in the literature on child maltreatment, reinforcement processing and psychopathology. First, the extent to which compromised reinforcement processing might be particularly associated with either neglect or abuse. Second, the extent to which maltreatment-related compromised reinforcement processing might be associated with particular symptom sets (depression, conduct problems, anxiety) or symptomatology more generally.

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Irritability and callous-unemotional (CU; reduced guilt/empathy) traits vary dimensionally in the typically developing population but may be particularly marked in youth with conduct disorder (CD). While these dimensional traits are positively correlated, they have been associated with divergent forms of dysfunction, particularly with respect to threat processing (i.e.

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Article Synopsis
  • Alcohol and cannabis are commonly used illegal substances among adolescents, leading to issues like alcohol use disorder (AUD) and cannabis use disorder (CUD), which negatively affect their decision-making abilities.
  • A study with 151 adolescents used fMRI during a Novelty Task to assess the relationship between AUD symptom severity, reward prediction error (RPE), and decision-making related to novel stimuli.
  • Findings indicate that higher AUD symptomatology is linked to poorer decision-making and altered brain responses in reward-related areas, with CUD symptomatology also influencing how novelty affects RPE, shedding light on the neuro-computational processes involved in adolescent decision-making and reinforcement learning.
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Background: It has been proposed that individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) show dysfunctional computations related to approach-avoidance decision-making. However, few studies have examined the neural basis of this impairment, particularly in adolescents with GAD. The goal of the current study was to address this gap in the literature.

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Background: The two most commonly used illegal substances by adolescents in the United States are alcohol and cannabis. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and cannabis use disorder (CUD) have been associated with dysfunction in decision-making processes in adolescents. One potential mechanism for these impairments is thought to be related to abnormalities in reward and punishment processing.

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