COVID-19 Elective Surgery Shutdown and Operative Experience for Graduating Plastic Surgery Independent Residents.

Introduction: The initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a temporary shutdown of elective procedures. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the elective surgery shutdown impacted case log numbers for graduating plastic surgery independent residents.

Methods: The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education graduate self-reported case logs were retrospectively compiled for graduating independent track plastic surgery residents for the year before the pandemic (2019), 4 months into the pandemic (2020) and 16 months into the pandemic (2021).

Patient-Centered Discussions About Disease Progression, Symptom, and Treatment Burden in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Could Facilitate the Integration of End-of-Life Discussions in the Disease Trajectory: Patient, Clinician, and Literature Perspectives: A Multimethod Approach.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) seldom discuss preferences for future care/treatments with clinicians. The lack of discussions prevents the delivery of care grounded on patient preferences. Instead, treatments become increasingly burdensome as disease progresses and patients approach the end of life.

The comparison of brief, online mindfulness and relaxation interventions to reduce stress and improve sleep-related outcomes in college students.

Objective: The current study aimed to examine whether brief online stress reduction exercises supplemented with sleep improvement strategies would reduce stress, arousal, and sleep difficulties in college students who were not required to use the sleep improvement strategies for participation.

Participants: A sample of 114 college student participants were enrolled because they were experiencing stress and/or wanted to improve their sleep.

Methods: Participants were randomized into an abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation, a mindful breathing, or a self-monitoring control condition for the 4-week intervention.

University-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 Infections, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, 2022.

We investigated a university-affiliated cohort of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 infections in Arizona, USA. Of 44 cases, 43 were among students; 26 persons were symptomatic, 8 sought medical care, but none were hospitalized.

Perceptions of people with motor neurone disease, families and HSCPs: a literature review.

Motor neurone disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rapidly progressive terminal neurodegenerative condition caused by degeneration of the upper and lower motor neurones in the central nervous system of the brain. The effects of motor neurone disease are multifaceted, leading to many adjustments in everyday life. This literature review asked what the experiences of people living with motor neurone disease was before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in terms of their condition and the support they received from health and social care services.