Publications by authors named "J Brake"
Mercury has caused severe harm to the environment and human health. A novel biological screen method was developed and identified a Hg chelator BDTH2. Both biological and chemical methods demonstrated BDTH2 displayed a high specificity and strong binding capacity for Hg.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The traditional treatment of traumatic hemothorax (HTX) is large bore chest tubes (CT) ≥28Fr. Recent evidence shows 14Fr pigtail catheters are as effective in drainage of HTX as larger CT. However, this has not been shown in 14Fr Thal tubes, a straight chest tube placed utilizing Seldinger technique.
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- The study examined the impact of transitioning to an Acute Care Surgery (ACS) model at a community hospital on Emergency General Surgery (EGS) patients, focusing on access to care and mortality rates.
- It analyzed data from 467 patients before the transition and 238 patients after, noting an increase in older, Black, and underinsured patients post-transition, but no significant changes in mortality rates or hospital stay length.
- However, there was a notable increase in hospital readmissions after the transition, suggesting that while access improved, the quality of care necessitates further examination.
Heavy metal ions such as cadmium, mercury, lead, and arsenic in the soil cannot be degraded naturally and are absorbed by crops, leading to accumulation in agricultural products, which poses a serious threat to human health. Therefore, establishing a rapid and efficient method for detecting heavy metal ions in agricultural products is of great significance to ensuring the health and safety. In this study, a novel optimized spectrometric method was developed for the rapid and specific colorimetric detection of cadmium ions based on N-(2-Acetamido)-iminodiacetic acid (ADA) and Victoria blue B (VBB) as the chromogenic unit.
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