International Validation of Echocardiographic AI Amyloid Detection Algorithm.

Background: Diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is often missed or delayed due to confusion with other causes of increased left ventricular wall thickness. Conventional transthoracic echocardiographic measurements like global longitudinal strain (GLS) has shown promise in distinguishing CA, but with limited specificity. We conducted a study to investigate the performance of a computer vision detection algorithm in across multiple international sites.

Home dialysis: there's no place like home.

Purpose Of Review: The rapid rise in incidence and prevalence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) over the past 50 years was matched by a drop-off in use of home dialysis and a proliferation of in-center hemodialysis across the United States. There is renewed interest in improving access to home dialysis modalities for patients with ESKD. The aim of this review is to update kidney care providers with clinical outcome data and new guidelines that promote patient-centered choices, and to address barriers to home dialysis uptake and continued use.

Providing Quality Family Planning Services in the United States: Recommendations of the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (Revised 2024).

This update, titled Providing Quality Family Planning Services in the United States: Recommendations of the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (Revised 2024), provides recommendations developed by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.

Therapeutic plasma exchange is associated with increased survival in heart transplant recipients experiencing severe primary graft dysfunction.

Background: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) remains the leading cause of 30-day mortality post-heart transplantation (HTx). HTx recipients experiencing severe PGD have been found to have high levels of circulating proteins associated with PGD occurrence and post-HTx survival. Whether treating these patients with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can attenuate ongoing immunological and inflammatory processes and improve post-transplant outcomes has not been well-investigated.

Clinician Staffing and Quality of Care in US Health Centers.

Importance: Health centers are vital primary care safety nets for underserved populations, but optimal clinician staffing associated with quality care is unclear. Understanding the association of clinician staffing patterns with quality of care may inform care delivery, scope-of-practice policy, and resource allocation.

Objective: To describe the association of clinician staffing models and ratios with quality-of-care metrics in health centers.