Comparing Traditional and Newer Glaucoma Procedures by Physician Experience and Practice Location in the United States.

Prcis: Analysis of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Payment data found that physician certification year, degree of urbanization, and estimated income by zip code were significant in predicting the proportion of traditional glaucoma procedures performed by each provider in the United States.

Objective: The prevalence of microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) compared with traditional procedures has been increasing in glaucoma management. It is important to understand whether the uptake of new glaucoma procedures is associated with aspects of the physician practice.

Association of Optic Nerve Head and Macular Optical Coherence Tomography Measures With Glaucoma-Related Disability.

Prcis: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) estimated retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness associated with glaucoma-related disability independent of the visual field (VF) damage and thus may provide additional patient-relevant disability information beyond what is captured by standard VF testing.

Purpose: To examine whether OCT metrics [peripapillary RNFL thickness and macular ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness] are associated with quality of life (QoL) measures and additional disability metrics, and whether these associations are independent of VF damage.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 156 patients with glaucoma or suspected glaucoma received VF testing and OCT scans to measure RNFL and GCIPL thickness.

Keratoplasty in the United States: Trends and Indications From 2015 to 2020.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to report trends in keratoplasty techniques and indications in the United States from 2015 to 2020.

Methods: This retrospective review of annual reports from the Eye Bank Association of America assessed domestic corneal graft distribution and surgical indication data for various types of keratoplasty. Trends in procedure volume and indications from 2015 to 2020 were analyzed using the Cochran-Armitage test.

Assessing Resident Cataract Surgical Outcomes Using Electronic Health Record Data.

Objective: To demonstrate that electronic health record (EHR) data can be used in an automated approach to evaluate cataract surgery outcomes.

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Subjects: Resident and faculty surgeons.

Combined Arterial and Venous Phase Computed Tomographic Imaging of the Skull Base in Pulsatile Tinnitus.

Objective: To describe the demographic, clinical, and radiologic findings in a consecutive series of patients presenting with a chief complaint of pulsatile tinnitus (PT).

Study Design: Retrospective review of 157 patients undergoing a combined arterial/venous phase computed tomographic (CT) imaging study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Implementation and Evaluation of Integrating an Electronic Health Record With the ACGME Case Log System.

Background: It is essential to log resident-performed procedures to assess training programs and fulfill specialty requirements, but resident case numbers are often underreported. Current systems require inefficient data entry steps, and residents and fellows report that user interfaces and administrative burden contribute to logging inaccuracy.

Objective: To determine the accuracy, feasibility, and acceptability of a single logging approach for resident case logging.

Barriers to acute care discharge from an urban center before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Timely discharge of medically ready acute care patients reduces strain on hospital resources and limits patient exposure to iatrogenic harm. The increased need for acute care beds during various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic has made addressing barriers to timely discharge even more critical. The aim of this study was to analyze discharge barriers and hospital length of stay (LOS) before vs.

Corrigendum: Elena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol.

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Elena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol.

The current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an emergency on a global scale, with huge swathes of the population required to remain indoors for prolonged periods to tackle the virus. In this new context, individuals' health-promoting routines are under greater strain, contributing to poorer mental and physical health. Additionally, individuals are required to keep up to date with latest health guidelines about the virus, which may be confusing in an age of social-media disinformation and shifting guidelines.

Detection of Wandering Behaviors Using a Body-Worn Inertial Sensor in Patients With Cognitive Impairment: A Feasibility Study.

Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD related dementias (ADRD) often experience spatial disorientation that can lead to wandering behavior, characterized by aimless or purposeless movement. Wandering behavior has been associated with falls, caregiver burden, and nursing home placement. Despite the substantial clinical consequences of wandering, there is currently no standardized approach to objectively quantify wandering behavior.

Conversational Agents as Mediating Social Actors in Chronic Disease Management Involving Health Care Professionals, Patients, and Family Members: Multisite Single-Arm Feasibility Study.

Background: Successful management of chronic diseases requires a trustful collaboration between health care professionals, patients, and family members. Scalable conversational agents, designed to assist health care professionals, may play a significant role in supporting this collaboration in a scalable way by reaching out to the everyday lives of patients and their family members. However, to date, it remains unclear whether conversational agents, in such a role, would be accepted and whether they can support this multistakeholder collaboration.

Scalp recorded spike ripples predict seizure risk in childhood epilepsy better than spikes.

In the past decade, brief bursts of fast oscillations in the ripple range have been identified in the scalp EEG as a promising non-invasive biomarker for epilepsy. However, investigation and clinical application of this biomarker have been limited because standard approaches to identify these brief, low amplitude events are difficult, time consuming, and subjective. Recent studies have demonstrated that ripples co-occurring with epileptiform discharges ('spike ripple events') are easier to detect than ripples alone and have greater pathological significance.

Renal, endocrine, and cardiovascular responses to bed rest in male subjects on a constant diet.

Background: Exposure to actual and simulated microgravity induces cardiovascular deconditioning through a variety of factors. Although the mechanisms involved remain uncertain, one involves alterations in volume-regulating systems--the hypothesis being tested in this study. To maximize our ability to detect subtle changes in the volume-regulating systems, subjects were studied on a high-average salt intake to maximally suppress these systems basally.