Publications by authors named "G Gilbert"
Home dialysis rates have improved little over the past five years. Lack of pre-dialysis patient education persists as an obstacle precluding greater improvement. In this study, barriers to chronic kidney disease (CKD) education at patient and provider levels were addressed using telehealth education for patients with CKD Stages 4-5 in a nonacademic outpatient nephrology practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiotoxicity is a concern for cancer survivors undergoing anthracycline chemotherapy. Enalapril has been explored for its potential to mitigate cardiotoxicity in cancer patients. The dose-dependent cardiotoxicity effects of anthracyclines can be detected early through the biomarker cardiac troponin.
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- Intrinsic activation MR elastography (iMRE) uses heartbeats to evaluate tissue stiffness in focal liver lesions, aiming to better distinguish between malignant and benign types compared to extrinsic MR elastography (eMRE).
- In a study with 55 participants, both iMRE and eMRE were performed, revealing that malignant lesions had significantly higher shear stiffness and damping ratio than benign ones, especially observed in measurements at various frequencies.
- The effectiveness of iMRE and eMRE in differentiating lesions was quantified, with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) indicating strong overall diagnostic performance for both techniques, particularly with iMRE and eMRE's shear stiffness values.
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- * Results showed mixed feelings about screening: 30% supported it, 39% were neutral, and 29% opposed it, with the majority identifying dental caries as the main oral health issue linked to food insecurity.
- * Additionally, over half of the respondents felt comfortable helping food-insecure patients find resources, and 61% showed interest in participating in future studies related to food insecurity and dental health.
Reproduction requires high amounts of energy, and challenging environments during breeding can force parents to prioritize their current reproductive bout over self-maintenance or vice versa. However, little is known about how common stressors, such as food restriction, can influence these trade-offs during breeding, and the physiological mechanisms for these trade-off decisions. In this study, adult zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis) were subjected to a control diet (ad libitum) or a 40% food restriction while raising nestlings and fledglings, and we measured body mass, furculum fat, plasma corticosterone (CORT) and blood glucose levels of the parents at the time of pairing, when their offspring fledged, and when their offspring reached nutritional independence.
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