Accelerated development of cardiovascular risk factors mediates risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Background: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and increased cardiometabolic CVD risk factors (CVDRFs, e.g., hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or diabetes mellitus).

The Needs and Experiences of Black Families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Objectives: To identify opportunities for improvement in quality of care, we explore Black families' experiences of family support in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during their infant's hospital stay.

Methods: Semistructured qualitative interviews or focus groups (FGs) were conducted to explore Black families' experiences of NICU hospitalization. Inclusion criteria were self-identification as a Black family member and infant admission to our NICU between January 2020 and February 2022.

QBox: An Automated Portable System for Multiplex Quantum Dot Barcode Diagnostics.

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the development of automated systems for detecting molecular targets for the point-of-care. However, these systems have limited multiplexing capabilities because of the need to alter their hardware to accommodate additional targets and probes. Quantum dot barcodes address this multiplexing obstacle, but their assays have multiple steps that rely on extensive training and laboratory equipment.

Do blood contamination reduction devices work? A single institution comparison.

We compare two initial specimen diversion devices evaluated over 3 months to investigate their utility in lowering blood culture contamination rates at or below 1%. Overall contamination rates during trial periods were 2.46% and 2.

Additive effect of high transportation noise exposure and socioeconomic deprivation on stress-associated neural activity, atherosclerotic inflammation, and cardiovascular disease events.

Background: Noise exposure and lower socioeconomic status (SES) are both independently linked to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Although these factors frequently coexist, their combined impact and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the joint effects of high transportation noise exposure and lower SES on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and the role of the neural-arterial axis in mediating this relationship.