Publications by authors named "Lauren Michelle"
Background: The high prescription drug cost in the United States may negatively affect patient prognosis and treatment compliance.
Objective: To fill the knowledge gap and inform clinicians regarding rhinology medications price changes by evaluating trends in price changes of highly used nasal sprays and allergy medications.
Methods: The 2014-2020 Medicaid National Average Drug Acquisition Cost database was queried for drug pricing information for the following classes of medications: intranasal corticosteroids, oral antihistamines, antileukotrienes, intranasal antihistamines, and intranasal anticholinergics.
Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension can lead to dural defects and spontaneous leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the skull base. Skull base CSF leaks are rarely reported in pregnancy but pose unique challenges for obstetricians and anesthesiologists.
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old G4P1021 at 14 weeks developed debilitating headaches and CSF rhinorrhea.
This systematic review and meta-analysis investigates the objective evidence regarding outcomes in head and neck free flap surgeries using vasoactive agents in the perioperative period. A search was performed in PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. Inclusion criteria were clinical studies in which vasopressors were used in head and neck free flap surgery during the intraoperative and perioperative period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: While female head and neck surgeons have made significant contributions to the field, women's achievements in scientific communication have traditionally been underreported.
Methods: A search of high-impact journals in the field of head and neck surgery was performed in the Elsevier's Scopus database to identify the top 100 most-cited articles.
Results: The top 100 most-cited articles (during the span of 1953 and 2016) had the highest total number of citations between 2005 and 2009.
While isotretinoin has been the gold-standard of therapy for severe acne since its approval in 1982, its anti-inflammatory properties makes it a potentially applicable and versatile therapy for a wide variety of dermatologic conditions yet to be explored. This systematic review comprehensively recounts the success of oral isotretinoin in non-acne cutaneous diseases and provide insight into future directions of isotretinoin utility. A systematic literature review was performed using PubMed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Periorbital hyperpigmentation (POH) is an aesthetic concern for patients. Etiologies of the condition include pigmentary, structural, vascular, and mixed causes.
Objective: To systematically review the current literature for treatment of POH.
Article Synopsis
- Topical minoxidil has been used for nearly 40 years to treat hair loss, and there's increasing evidence for the effectiveness of low-dose oral minoxidil as an off-label treatment.
- A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the use of oral minoxidil across different types of alopecia, analyzing 10 studies with over 19,000 patients.
- Results showed that oral minoxidil was especially effective for androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata, with many patients experiencing significant improvement and fewer issues with adherence compared to topical treatments, despite some side effects like hypertrichosis and postural hypotension.