Publications by authors named "H D'Agostino"

Background: Interventional Radiology (IR) is a highly rewarding specialty, both for its salutary effects for patients, as will as the satisfaction it provides for the operating radiologists. Nonetheless, arduous work and long hours have led to numerous reports of burnout amongst interventional radiologists (IRs).

Materials And Methods: Six long-term academic radiologists in leadership positions briefly chronicle their becoming IRs, their type of transitioning from IR, and the pros and cons of those respective transitions.

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Importance: SARS-CoV-2 surveillance studies in US child care centers (CCCs) in the post-COVID-19 vaccine era are needed to provide information on incidence and transmission in this setting.

Objective: To characterize SARS-CoV-2 incidence and transmission in children attending CCCs (students) and their child care providers (CCPs) and household contacts.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This prospective surveillance cohort study was conducted from April 22, 2021, through March 31, 2022, and included 11 CCCs in 2 cities.

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Background: To report the evaluation of incentive spirometry (IS)-induced pressure changes in intra-abdominal drainage catheters and consider its use for maintaining catheter patency and enhancing drainage.

Methods: Prospective study of patients with indwelling intra-abdominal drainage catheters for abdominal fluid collections who had their intra-abdominal pressures measured while performing incentive spirometry. Patients were instructed in the use of an incentive spirometer.

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