Publications by authors named "J Ferraro"
Context.—: Quality communication between clinicians and pathologists is required for optimal cancer care. The College of American Pathologists provides anatomic site-specific cancer protocols that facilitate synoptic reporting for efficient communication, contributing to accuracy and completeness of cancer staging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) induces a generalized seizure under anesthesia with an electrical current for treatment-resistant patients and may be underutilized. To our knowledge, no large-scale, American, nationwide hospital system retrospective study has examined how ECT affects psychiatric rehospitalization chances.
Methods: We analyzed initial inpatient encounters for adults aged > 18 years at HCA Healthcare Behavioral Health Units from 2016 to 2021 with diagnoses of major depressive disorder with/without psychosis, bipolar disorder with/without psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia.
Background: Breast cancer-related lymphedema is a devastating condition that negatively affects the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. We sought to identify risk factors that predicted the timing and development of lymphedema.
Methods: Women with breast cancer that underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) at our institution between 2007 and 2022 were identified and sociodemographic and clinical information was extracted.
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- The text presents the first systematic review focused on metacarpal stress fractures specifically in athletes, highlighting the lack of existing literature on this injury.
- The review included 11 studies with 29 cases, noting that the average patient age was 17, and tennis and badminton were the most common sports involved.
- Nonoperative treatment proved effective, allowing all patients to return to play within an average of 9 weeks, emphasizing the importance of proper technique and training to prevent these injuries.
Introduction: Nonclinical evaluation of the cardiovascular effects of novel chemical or biological entities (NCE, NBEs) is crucial for supporting first-in-human clinical trials. One important aspect of these evaluations is the assessment of potential QT/QTc prolongation risk, as drug-induced QT prolongation can have catastrophic effects. The recent publication of E14/S7B Q&As allows for the situational incorporation of nonclinical QTc data as part of an integrated risk assessment for a Thorough QT (TQT) waiver application provided certain best practice criteria are met.
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