Publications by authors named "J B Singer"
Family members of incarcerated persons may experience grief related to the incarceration. We examined laypeople's perceptions of family members grieving the loss of an individual to incarceration. Participants ( = 1,095) were randomized to read vignettes that varied by grief trajectory (prolonged vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Clinical inertia is common when blood pressure (BP) is high in the office. Little is known about the extent of clinical inertia after ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM).
Methods: This was an electronic health record-based retrospective cohort study of patients with high office BP (≥140/90 mmHg) referred for ABPM at a medical center in New York City between 2016 and 2020.
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- Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and often late-diagnosed malignancy, where most patients receive 5-FU-based chemo-immunotherapy as the primary treatment option.
- A study of 49 patients with stage IV CRC showed that a positive response to first-line therapy significantly correlated with better outcomes in second-line treatment and overall survival, with those achieving complete response having a median survival of 80 months.
- The study also found that BRAF mutations indicated a poor prognosis, while other factors like sex and tumor location had no significant impact on overall survival in this patient group.
Purpose: To collect and analyze radiation dose-related data as part of international cooperation; to define diagnostic reference levels (DRL) for 24 X-ray projections in plain radiography (DX) considering anatomical region, clinical task, and procedural technique; and to harmonize the exposure practice across country borders.
Methods: A multicenter study was performed in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland in 2022-23 to provide dose-related data. Healthcare facilities were asked to provide processed data from their dose management systems.
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- The study investigates differences in thrombo-inflammatory responses and outcomes between non-COVID-19 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and COVID-19 CAP in hospitalized adults in Canada.
- Non-COVID-19 CAP patients displayed lower 28-day mortality rates and fewer complications compared to those with COVID-19, indicating a more effective immune response developed over time against bacterial infections.
- The findings suggest that the complexities of the immune response to COVID-19 resulted in higher mortality rates, highlighting the challenges posed by emerging viruses compared to known pathogens.