Time and Note Characteristic Effects of an Electronic Health Record Template for Internal Medicine Resident Notes.

Inpatient internal medicine (IM) residents spend most of their time on indirect patient care activities such as clinical documentation. We developed optimized electronic health record (EHR) templates for IM resident admission and progress notes, with the objective to reduce note-writing time, shorten note length, and decrease the percentage of progress note text that was copy-forwarded from prior notes. In 2022, a multidisciplinary team created, over an 8-month period, optimized EHR templates for IM resident admission and progress notes.

Case Series of End-Stage Liver Disease Patients with Severe Coccidioidomycosis.

Liver disease causes relative compromise of the host immune system through multiple overlapping mechanisms and is an established risk factor for invasive fungal diseases including candidiasis and cryptococcosis. This immunologic derangement also leads to rapid progression of disease with resultant increases in morbidity and mortality. We describe severe coccidioidomycosis cases in the setting of liver dysfunction.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Firearm Use and Risk of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Among Veterans.

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a tauopathy that has a multifactorial etiology. Numerous studies that have investigated lead exposure and traumatic brain injury (TBI) as risk factors for other tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease, but not for PSP. We sought to investigate the role of firearm usage, as a possible indicator of lead exposure, and TBI as risk factors for PSP in a population of military veterans.

Description of Mexican Cleft Surgeons' Experience With Foreign Surgical Volunteer Missions in Mexico.

Background And Purpose: Mexican cleft surgeons provide multidisciplinary comprehensive cleft lip and palate care to children in Mexico. Many Mexican cleft surgeons have extensive experience with foreign, visiting surgeons. The purpose of this study was to characterize Mexican cleft surgeons' domestic and volunteer practice and to learn more about Mexican cleft surgeons' experience with visiting surgeons.

Predictors, Quality Markers, and Economics of Volunteering Internationally: Results from a Comprehensive Survey of American Society of Plastic Surgeons Members.

Background: Plastic surgeons have a long history of international volunteer work. To date, there have been no outcome-based studies among surgeons who volunteer internationally. The purpose of this study was to describe predictors of volunteering, clinical quality markers, and economics of international volunteering among American plastic surgeons.

The Role of Stress as a Risk Factor for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

Background: PSP, like Alzheimer's disease (AD), is a tauopathy. The etiopathogenesis of PSP is not well known and the role of stress has not yet been examined. Recent studies have shown that stress increases the risk for developing AD.