Publications by authors named "G M Gross"
This study examined treatment utilization across in-person and virtual treatment modalities in veterans who were on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; N = 139). Treatment records for veterans in addiction treatment on MOUD were examined for 3-months prior to telehealth conversions ("Pre-Telehealth," 12/02/2019-03/14/2020), 3-months during the initial telehealth transition ("Telehealth," 03/15/2020-06/30/2020) and 3-months during post-telehealth transition ("Re-Entry," 07/01/2020-10/01/2020). Analyses examined the relationship between treatment modality and demographic features, psychiatric comorbidities, treatment engagement, and illness severity as measured by psychiatric emergency room (PER) utilization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe recent COVID-19 pandemic and the prospect of future global pandemics highlight the long-standing need to passively eliminate viruses and bacteria on surfaces. Conventional antimicrobial surfaces and coatings are typically constrained by a trade-off between antimicrobial efficacy and physical durability. A biphasic polyurethane coating has been developed that breaks this trade-off by incorporating a durability-imparting polycarbonate (PC) discrete phase with a continuous poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) transport phase that absorbs, stores, and releases antimicrobial active compounds for extended microbial inactivation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) affects around 30% of psoriasis patients, and the study explores how an interdisciplinary dermatological-rheumatological consultation (IDRC) can enhance diagnosis and treatment.
- In a cohort of 202 psoriasis patients, 115 with musculoskeletal symptoms participated in face-to-face evaluations, resulting in 56 being diagnosed with definite PsA, which was linked to long diagnostic delays and psychosocial challenges.
- The IDRC showed positive outcomes, significantly improving both objective and subjective disease measures while reducing the time needed for consultations, indicating a more efficient approach to managing PsA.
Background: This is the first meta-analysis to characterize intra-ophidian-species variation in whole venom. Being the largest possible meta-analysis at this time, it encompasses all known records of animal lethality studies over the past 100 years. These results were not artifacts of resistant test-animal species and showed orders of magnitude beyond the 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF