Publications by authors named "M D McGoldrick"

Home care clinicians have transported equipment and supplies to their patients' homes for decades using a bag that's been referred to as a "nursing bag" or "medical bag," among others. Regardless of what the bag is called, how it and its contents are managed is essential to prevent the transmission of potentially pathogenic microorganisms from one patient's home to another when making home visits. Bag technique is a component of the standard precautions implemented in home care and an essential practice that applies to all patients receiving in-home care, regardless of their suspected or confirmed infectious state.

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Audience: Clerkship-level medical students, sub-interns, junior and senior residents, attending physicians.

Introduction: Bite injuries and envenomation are core content found in the model of the clinical practice of emergency medicine.1 However, depending on the geographic location of training or clinical practice, physicians may or may not be exposed to these pathologies.

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Vaccines are complex and a very diverse group of products with relatively long product life cycles. The manufacturing programs for these vaccines need to be continually updated to comply with evolving regulatory expectations. Members of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Vaccines Interest Group (VIG) authored and published PDA (TR 89), which seeks to provide context to vaccine developers and manufacturers regarding key aspects of new or legacy vaccines such as control strategy from process development to vaccine life cycle management, comparability and life cycle management including technical, validation, quality, and regulatory perspectives.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate how the length of time patients spend on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) affects their outcomes while waiting for lung transplants.* -
  • Researchers analyzed data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) for patients aged 18 and older who were bridged with VV-ECMO from 2016 to 2020, categorizing them by ECMO duration into four groups.* -
  • Results showed that longer periods on ECMO increased the likelihood of dying while waiting for a transplant, but once transplanted, the duration on ECMO did not affect 1-year survival outcomes, suggesting that earlier transplants could improve waiting list survival
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  • Biologic therapies are commonly used to treat pediatric Crohn's disease, but a significant number of patients discontinue these treatments, often leading to limited options.
  • A study analyzed data from 823 pediatric patients across 7 U.S. centers, finding that many discontinue biologics due to reasons like inefficacy and side effects, with proactive therapeutic drug monitoring reducing discontinuation rates.
  • The findings highlight the need for better strategies to maintain treatment effectiveness, as many patients stop biologics without trying higher doses or undergoing proper evaluations.
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