Publications by authors named "M G Dinsdale"
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- A pilot study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of the Primary Eyecare Glaucoma Service (PEGS) for low-risk glaucoma patients treated in primary care optometry.
- Out of 98 patients, 93.8% remained suitable for primary care monitoring, with only 4.9% needing referral back to secondary care, and a high agreement rate of 97.8% was found between primary and secondary care management plans.
- Patient satisfaction was 100%, optometrists felt confident in their care role, and the service significantly reduced carbon emissions by lowering patient travel distance compared to hospital visits.
Background: Kaiser Permanente Southern California began offering a 4-week supplemental benefit of home-delivered meals to Medicare Advantage members after discharge from a hospitalization for heart failure and other medical conditions in 2021. The purpose of this study is to explore the associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and food insecurity with patient uptake of and satisfaction with the meals.
Methods: Data for this cross-sectional study were drawn from survey and electronic medical record data for members referred for the meals benefit (n = 6169) and linked to a hospitalization encounter (n = 2254) between January and December 2021.
Article Synopsis
- It can be challenging to distinguish between actual glaucoma and conditions that resemble it.
- The text offers tips to help avoid misdiagnosing glaucoma when another issue is present.
- Understanding these differences is crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Bacteriophage therapy can be developed to target emerging diarrhoeal pathogens, but doing so in the absence of microbiome disruption, which occurs with antibiotic treatment, has not been established. Identify a therapeutic bacteriophage that kills diarrhoeagenic enteroaggregative (EAEC) while leaving the human microbiome intact. Phages from wastewater in Portland, OR, USA were screened for bacteriolytic activity by overlay assay.
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