Publications by authors named "K Burkhart"

Background: Elbow stiffness poses a significant challenge for surgeons as well as physiotherapists during and after surgery. To date, there is no consensus regarding the subsequent rehabilitation after surgical release of the stiff elbow.

Objective: The aim is to evaluate the most important therapeutic strategies following open or arthroscopic release of the stiff elbow based on a comprehensive literature review, and to develop a consensus for or against specific therapeutic methods with the help of a survey among elbow experts of the D-A-CH Association for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DVSE).

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Public health emergencies, including climate-related and manmade disasters such as active shooter incidents, occur regularly in the United States. A comprehensive approach is needed to ensure that children's mental health needs are adequately addressed following disasters. This article summarizes the latest evidence on how health systems can effectively address children's unique developmental, social, emotional, and behavioral needs in the context of disasters.

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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has widely varying clinical severity. Currently, no single marker or panel of markers is considered standard of care for prediction of COVID-19 disease progression. The goal of this study is to gain mechanistic insights at the molecular level and to discover predictive biomarkers of severity of infection and outcomes among COVID-19 patients.

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RNA exon editing is a therapeutic strategy for correcting disease-causing mutations by inducing -splicing between a synthetic RNA molecule and an endogenous pre-mRNA target, resulting in functionally restored mRNA and protein. This approach enables the replacement of exons at the kilobase scale, addresses multiple mutations with a single therapy, and maintains native gene expression without changes to DNA. For genes larger than 5 kb, RNA exon editors can be delivered in a single vector despite AAV capacity limitations because only mutated exons need to be replaced.

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Importance: Questions have emerged as to whether standard intranasal naloxone dosing recommendations (ie, 1 dose with readministration every 2-3 minutes if needed) are adequate in the era of illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its derivatives (hereinafter, fentanyl).

Objective: To compare naloxone plasma concentrations between different intranasal naloxone repeat dosing strategies and to estimate their effect on fentanyl overdose.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This unblinded crossover randomized clinical trial was conducted with healthy participants in a clinical pharmacology unit (Spaulding Clinical Research, West Bend, Wisconsin) in March 2021.

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