Health Care Resource Utilization Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Findings from the RECORD-MI Registry.

The contemporary health care resource utilization after an acute myocardial infarction (MI) is not well-known. All patients admitted because of MI between January 2015 and December 2021 across 28 hospitals in the Baylor Scott & White Health system were studied. Patient characteristics and outcomes, including all-cause and cardiovascular (CV) rehospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, and outpatient visits were evaluated.

Multi-center matched cohort study of convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Background: Although frequently used in the early pandemic, data on the effectiveness of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) remain mixed. We investigated the effectiveness and safety of CCP in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in real-world practices during the first two waves of the pandemic in a multi-hospital healthcare system in Texas.

Methods And Findings: Among 11,322 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection from July 1, 2020 to April 15, 2021, we included patients who received CCP and matched them with those who did not receive CCP within ±2 days of the transfusion date across sites within strata of sex, age groups, days and use of dexamethasone from hospital admission to the match date, and oxygen requirements 4-12 hours prior to the match date.

Influence of thermal hair straightening on cannabis and cocaine content in hair.

It has been shown that cosmetic treatment like bleaching and perming may lead to an important decrease of drugs of abuse content in hair. Currently, hair straightening has become a regular hair treatment especially for women. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the effect of in vitro treatment of hair with heat straightener on cannabis and cocaine concentrations in hair.

Influence of thermal hair straightening on ethyl glucuronide content in hair.

Hair analysis of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) has become a valuable marker for the detection of moderate and chronic alcohol consumption. It has been shown that bleaching and perming may decrease EtG content in hair. So far, no studies exist about the influence of thermal hair straightening on EtG content in hair.