A randomized, controlled, blinded evaluation of augmenting point-of-care ultrasound and remote telementored ultrasound in inexperienced operators.

Background: Handheld ultrasound devices present an opportunity for prehospital sonographic assessment of trauma, even in the hands of novice operators commonly found in military, maritime, or other austere environments. However, the reliability of such point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) examinations by novices is rightly questioned. A common strategy being examined to mitigate this reliability gap is remote mentoring by an expert.

Immunogenicity trends 1 and 3 months after second BNT162B2 vaccination among healthcare workers in Israel.

Objectives: We evaluated the antibody response to the BNT162B2 vaccine among healthcare workers (HCWs) to identify factors associated with decreased immunogenicity.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included consenting HCWs who completed a questionnaire regarding background illnesses, medications, and post-vaccination allergic reactions or rash. All HCWs were tested for anti-spike antibodies (LIAISON SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG assay) 1 and 3 months after the second vaccine dose.

Rubrum Coelis: The Contribution of Real-Time Telementoring in Acute Trauma Scenarios-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Transoceanic Telementoring of Tube Thoracostomy Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Telementored Versus Unmentored Insertion of Tube Thoracostomy by Military Medical Technicians.

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Routine chlorhexidine gluconate use onboard navy surface vessels to reduce infection: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: Hand disinfection with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) is commonly used for preventing the spread of infection in medical institutions and the community, but studies on its use in military settings have been inconclusive. We examined the effects of CHG on morbidity in Israeli Navy ships.

Methods: This was a controlled, cluster randomized study that took place at a major naval base in Israel.

Assessment of the Risk of Fractures Because of Service on Diesel Submarines: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Submariners are known to have decreased bone mass following periods of long submersion. We examined whether this produces a higher predilection to fractures.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study.

Naval casualty management training using human patient simulators.

Background: Extended-evacuation or austere environments (e.g. naval immature or depleted combat zones) are characterized by the lack of resources to facilitate medical evacuation in the "Golden Hour" from moment of injury.

To operate or to radiate: the added value of the maximal standardized uptake value in PET-FDG in cervical cancer patients.

Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women with gynecological malignancies. In early stages of the disease (IB-IIA), surgical treatment alone is usually the treatment of choice. However, some high-risk patients are referred for postoperative chemo-radiotherapy, leading to increased morbidity.

Implementation of laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy: establishment of a learning curve and short-term outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the learning curve of senior urogynecologic surgeons performing laparoscopic sacral colpopexy (LSCP) and to assess outcomes and complications of LSCP.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 47 consecutive women who underwent LSCP for pelvic organ prolapse repair between March 2009 and December 2010 at one tertiary medical center. Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative, and demographic data were retrieved from patients' electronic charts.

Is mesh becoming more popular? Dilemmas in urogynecology: a national survey.

The use of vaginal mesh in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair surgery has become more common in recent years. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the common practice of Israeli urogynecologists, and to determine whether surgical practice has changed over the last two years. Methods.

Diagnostic implications of p16 expression in serous papillary endometrial cancer.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine whether the degree of expression of the p16 protein in serous papillary endometrial cancer bears a prognostic significance. The secondary objective was to establish the value of p16 immunohistochemical staining as an adjunct to diagnosis.

Study Design: Archived paraffin blocks holding specimens from the uteri of 31 serous papillary and 31 endometrioid endometrial carcinoma patients were recut and restained for p16 and p53.

Rating of textual associations in organized and nonorganized sentences for the assessment of semantic networks in schizophrenia.

Background: Collins and Quillian ( Acta Psychol 1970;33:304-314) proposed that semantic representations in the human brain could have a "networklike" theoretical construct. Thought disorders in schizophrenia have been described as disturbances in the spread of activation within semantic networks. Semantic networks are typically evaluated indirectly via reaction times of priming tasks.