Publications by authors named "J T SELL"

Importance: Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks (UGNBs) have become a core component of multimodal analgesia for acute pain management in the emergency department (ED). Despite their growing use, national adoption of UGNBs has been slow due to a lack of procedural safety in the ED.

Objective: To assess the complication rates and patient pain scores of UGNBs performed in the ED.

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  • Autoantibodies against LGI1 are linked to autoimmune encephalitis, impacting the limbic system and causing seizures and memory issues.
  • The study focused on how these autoantibodies influence synaptic structure and function, revealing effects on neurotransmitter release.
  • Results showed that LGI1 autoantibodies enhanced neurotransmission by increasing release probability but did not affect presynaptic calcium channels; however, they reduced certain potassium channel densities.
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The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. Recent studies have resurrected several species from synonymy based on mitochondrial data, revealing U.

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Introduction: Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) (glucose <250 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) has increased in recognition since introduction of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors but remains challenging to diagnose and manage without the hyperglycemia that is otherwise central to diagnosing DKA, and with increased risk for hypoglycemia with insulin use. Our objective was to compare key resource utilization and safety outcomes between patients with euglycemic and hyperglycemic DKA from the same period.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of adult emergency department patients in DKA at an academic medical center.

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Housing insecurity can take multiple forms, such as unaffordability, crowding, forced moves, multiple moves, and homelessness. Existing research has linked homelessness to increased emergency department (ED) use, but gaps remain in understanding the relationship between different types of housing insecurity and ED use. In this study, we examined the association between different types of housing insecurity, including detailed measures of homelessness, and future ED use among a cohort of patients initially seen in an urban safety-net hospital ED in the United States between November 2016 and January 2018.

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