Publications by authors named "M E Gooden"
Background/aims: Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 103.4 million cases and 1.1 million deaths have occurred nationally as of November 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical chatbots are increasingly used to help integrate genetic testing into clinical contexts, but no chatbot exists for Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genetic testing of living kidney donor (LKD) candidates of African ancestry. Our study aimed to culturally adapt and assess perceptions of the Gia® chatbot to help integrate APOL1 testing into LKD evaluation. Ten focus groups and post-focus group surveys were conducted with 54 LKDs, community members, and kidney transplant recipients of African ancestry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo samples, one of natural iridium and the other of enriched Ir, were irradiated with a monoenergetic neutron beam of energy 6.0 MeV at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. The product of the Ir [Formula: see text] Ir reaction was determined by means of measuring X-rays following electron conversion of the isomeric state at 80.
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- The paper discusses a rare case of a 62-year-old man who experienced heart failure due to cardiac amyloid deposition, which was the first sign of multiple myeloma (MM).
- The patient had symptoms like worsening lower leg swelling, high levels of specific cardiac markers in lab tests, and abnormal protein levels indicating potential MM.
- A biopsy confirmed the presence of amyloid, and notably, the patient did not show common MM symptoms such as fatigue or bone pain, highlighting the uniqueness of the case.
Hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to identify potential differences using validated clinical outcome instruments between patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM) after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR).
Methods: Six-hundred eighty-four patients (32 with and 652 without DM) who underwent arthroscopic RCR were prospectively followed using the visual analog pain scale, Simple Shoulder Test, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, and Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (mental and physical component scores) preoperatively and at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively.
Results: Patients with DM experienced significantly more pain ( = .