Hospital resource index, race/ethnicity, and postoperative venous thromboembolism risk: A causal mediation analysis.

Background: We examined whether hospital resources mediated the association between race/ethnicity and postoperative VTE, in a national cohort.

Methods: National Inpatient Sample data were restricted to major abdominal surgeries (1993-2020) performed for malignancies. Hospital resource index was as a summary measure of hospital size, teaching status, and private payor proportions.

A Rare Case of Tongkat Ali-Induced Liver Injury: A Case Report.

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) presents a significant challenge in clinical practice, particularly with the rising popularity of herbal and dietary supplements (HDS) in the United States. Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia Jack), a Southeast Asian herb, has garnered attention for its purported health benefits, including enhancing testosterone levels. Here, we present a case of a 47-year-old male with acute liver injury following Tongkat Ali use, the first reported case of its kind in the literature.

Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue changes in the first phase of treatment of pediatric solid tumors.

Body composition is increasingly recognized as an important factor in cancer outcomes. Use of computed tomography (CT) in cancer care provides the opportunity to accurately quantify whole-body lean and adipose tissues from images at the third lumbar spine. We sought to substantiate the use of routinely captured, single-slice chest CT images at the thoracic level for evaluation of skeletal muscle, residual lean tissue, and adiposity among pediatric solid tumor patients.