Publications by authors named "F C Ross"
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- The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid for children, leading to differences in coverage between states that adopted the expansion and those that did not.
- A study analyzed data on pediatric cardiac surgeries from 2010 to 2019 to see if Medicaid expansion improved surgical outcomes like mortality, complications, and length of hospital stay.
- Results showed no significant improvement in surgical outcomes in states that expanded Medicaid, indicating that while overall surgery mortality declined, Medicaid expansion did not lead to better results compared to non-expansion states.
Total Contact Casting Remains an Effective Modality for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers.
Vasc Endovascular Surg
November 2024
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- * The study found that patients without healing had significantly higher rates of amputation and noncompliance compared to those whose ulcers healed, highlighting the importance of TCC adherence in treatment success.
- * Subgroup analysis revealed that patients undergoing revascularization interventions had better healing outcomes (66.7% healed) and noted lower ABI scores, indicating more severe vascular issues, compared to those who did not require additional procedures. *
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is currently considered a public health problem due to the socioeconomic conditions of the world population and the increase in other infections such as that due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Pulmonary involvement is the most common form of clinical presentation, although in recent decades extrapulmonary involvement has increased.
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- TASK-1/3 channels in carotid body type 1 cells are key for sensing low oxygen levels, affecting potassium currents and ultimately influencing breathing patterns.
- Recent studies questioned whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) directly inhibits TASK-3 channels in response to hypoxia, although a recognizable phosphorylation motif was found in human TASK-3.
- Experiments with various AMPK activators indicated that two compounds, A-769662 and 991, inhibit hTASK-3 currents, while establishing that AMPK does not regulate TASK-3 currents as initially proposed.