Publications by authors named "M R Ing"
Background And Objectives: Historically, cholecystectomy was infrequently performed in children. Lifestyle changes, delays in health care access, and increases in childhood obesity occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of these shifts on need for cholecystectomy are poorly understood.
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- Pulmonary and pleural infections related to syphilis are rare and not commonly encountered.
- Most previously documented cases relied on clinical signs and positive blood tests instead of analyzing pleural fluid or biopsies.
- This report presents a unique case of secondary syphilis confirmed by the identification of syphilitic pleural effusion through a procedure called thoracentesis.
Mixture modeling is a latent variable (i.e., a variable that cannot be measured directly) approach to quantitatively represent unobserved subpopulations within an overall population.
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- Hospitalized infants often receive opioids to manage pain during procedures, but prolonged use can adversely affect their neurodevelopment.
- A systematic review revealed 14 studies addressing opioid dosing conversions for infants under 1 year, but the conversion factors were inconsistent and mainly based on adult data.
- To improve opioid management for these infants, there is a need for a standardized, evidence-based approach that considers their unique physiological needs.
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- High-risk infants hospitalized in the U.S. face extremely high healthcare costs, especially those exposed to opioids, which are not fully understood.
- Researchers analyzed data from 126,897 high-risk infants admitted to children's hospitals between 2010 and 2020, focusing on factors like opioid usage and its financial impact on hospitalization costs.
- Findings indicate that each day of opioid use increases healthcare costs significantly, emphasizing the need for future research on the long-term implications and expenses related to opioid exposure in these vulnerable infants.