Arsenic in Rice: A Call to Change Feeding Substitution Practices for Pediatric Otolaryngology Patients.

Rice products are ubiquitous in the diets of American children and are often utilized to thicken feeds as part of treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. However, a 2015 Food and Drug Administration investigation demonstrated that they contain unsafe levels of inorganic arsenic. Inorganic arsenic exposure has been linked to serious health issues including skin, lung, and bladder cancer.

Symptoms and signs did not predict outcome after surgery: a prospective study of 143 patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Objective: To determine the utility of symptoms, signs, comorbidities and background variables for the prediction of outcome of treatment in iNPH.

Methods: A prospective observational study of consecutively included iNPH patients, who underwent neurological, physiotherapeutic and neuropsychological assessments before and after shunt surgery. The primary outcome measure was the total change on the iNPH scale, and patients were defined as improved postoperatively if they had improved by at least five points on that scale.

Adherence to anti-seizure medications in the Swedish Prospective Regional Epilepsy Database and Biobank for Individualized Clinical Treatment (PREDICT).

The aim of this study was to describe the extent of, and risk factors for, non-adherence to anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in adult people with epilepsy (PWE) in Sweden. A cross-sectional multi-centre study was performed of PWEs in western Sweden, with data from medical records, and a questionnaire filled in by the participants including self-reports on how often ASM doses had been forgotten during the past year. Participants were categorized into if they forgot at 0-1 occasion, and if they forgot at 2-10 or >10 occasions.

Prevalence and nature of patient-reported antiseizure medication side effects in a Swedish regional multi-center study.

Purpose: Side effects is one of the major clinical problems in epilepsy care. We assessed the prevalence of ASM side effects in participants in a large regional multicenter observational study in western Sweden and aimed to identify risk factors and inventory the nature of side effects with different ASM regimes.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of survey answers and clinical characteristics of 406 adult participants recruited to a regional observational study between December 2020 and March 2023.

Postoperative optimization of cochlear implantation for single sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss: a systematic review.

Objective: Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of methods for improving postoperative cochlear implant (CI) hearing performance in subjects with single-sided deafness (SSD) and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL).

Data Sources: Embase, PubMed, Scopus.

Review Methods: Systematic review and narrative synthesis.