Publications by authors named "Nathan P Young"

Objective: To describe our practice of electronic consultations (e-consults) and assess safety and risk factors for subsequent face-to-face consultations.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study of all e-consults completed in a community neurology practice between May 5, 2018, and June 31, 2019, was completed. Clinical and demographic variables were compared between the successful and unsuccessful (defined by presence of subsequent face-to-face consultation) cohorts.

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Background: Migraine is a common and major cause of disability, poor quality of life, and high health care use. Access to evidence-based migraine care is limited and projected to worsen. Novel mobile health app-based tools may effectively deliver migraine patient education to support self-management, facilitate remote monitoring and treatment, and improve access to care.

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Background And Objectives: Developing high-value care models with limited resources for large populations of individuals with migraine requires advanced understanding of patient preferences for care delivery methods. In this study, we aimed to inform the development of migraine care models by assessing patient preferences for types of care delivery and determining differences based on migraine frequency and disability.

Methods: We analyzed unpublished data from a cross-sectional survey of 516 randomly selected individuals with migraine within a community practice associated with Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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A high school-aged right-handed adolescent boy presented with a 5-mo history of persistent proximal right arm weakness and numbness after an American football stinger injury without a documented history of a shoulder dislocation or humeral fracture. He developed diffuse deltoid muscle atrophy, persistent shoulder abduction weakness, and reduced pinprick sensation confined to the axillary distribution over 5 mos. Needle electromyography demonstrated dense fibrillation potentials and no voluntary activation in all three deltoid muscle heads, indicating a severe posttraumatic ruptured axillary mononeuropathy.

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Cardiac tissue engineering has been working to alleviate the immense burden of cardiovascular disease for several decades. To improve cardiac tissue homogeneity and cardiomyocyte (CM) maturation, in this study, we investigated altering initial encapsulation geometry in a three-dimensional (3D) direct cardiac differentiation platform. Traditional engineered cardiac tissue production utilizes predifferentiated CMs to produce 3D cardiac tissue and often involves various cell selection and exogenous stimulation methods to promote CM maturation.

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Oncoprotein expression is controlled at the level of mRNA translation and is regulated by the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) complex. eIF4A, a component of eIF4F, catalyzes the unwinding of secondary structure in the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of mRNA to facilitate ribosome scanning and translation initiation. Zotatifin (eFT226) is a selective eIF4A inhibitor that increases the affinity between eIF4A and specific polypurine sequence motifs and has been reported to inhibit translation of driver oncogenes in models of lymphoma.

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Background: Synchronous collaboration as defined by a simultaneous encounter between primary care providers (PCPs), patients, and neurologists may improve access to neurologic expertise, care value, and satisfaction of PCPs and patients. We examined a series of synchronous collaborations and report outcomes, PCP satisfaction, downstream utilization, and illustrative case examples.

Methods: Within an outpatient collaborative primary care-neurology care model, we implemented synchronous video consultations from a central hub to satellite clinics while increasing availability of synchronous telephone and face-to-face collaboration.

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The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is often activated in lymphoma through alterations in PI3K, PTEN, and B-cell receptor signaling, leading to dysregulation of eIF4A (through its regulators, eIF4B, eIF4G, and PDCD4) and the eIF4F complex. Activation of eIF4F has a direct role in tumorigenesis due to increased synthesis of oncogenes that are dependent on enhanced eIF4A RNA helicase activity for translation. eFT226, which inhibits translation of specific mRNAs by promoting eIF4A1 binding to 5'-untranslated regions (UTR) containing polypurine and/or G-quadruplex recognition motifs, shows potent antiproliferative activity and significant efficacy against a panel of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and Burkitt lymphoma models with ≤1 mg/kg/week intravenous administration.

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Our study aims to quantitate neuromuscular morbidity from radiotherapy in Hodgkin lymphoma including: (i) frequency and (ii) time of onsets for neurological localizations; (iii) degree of disabilities and (iv) number of clinical visits compared to cardiopulmonary Hodgkin lymphoma-radiation complications. Medical records from Mayo Health systems were retrieved; identifying neuromuscular radiation treated Hodgkin lymphoma-complications from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2016. Of an estimated 4100 post-radiotherapy Hodgkin lymphoma patients, 4.

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Importance: Transient global amnesia (TGA) is usually considered a benign event with a low recurrence rate. However, recurrence rates vary considerably among studies and there are no known risk factors for TGA.

Objective: To examine risk factors for the recurrence of TGA.

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Chronic illness is often comorbid with the psychological state of loneliness. Models of care for patients who experience chronic migraines may often lack an understanding of psychosocial influences of the illness. Addressing the effects of loneliness on the health behaviors of chronic migraine patients may further elucidate gaps in care that exist beyond the biomedical approach to migraine treatment.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Dysregulation of protein translation contributes significantly to cancer progression, with eIF4A playing a crucial role in regulating protein synthesis by being part of the eIF4F complex.
  • - The natural product flavagline, particularly rocaglamide A, inhibits protein synthesis by creating a non-functional complex with certain messenger RNAs and eIF4A, showing promise as an anticancer agent but facing challenges in drug development due to poor properties and complexity.
  • - Researchers focused on improving drug properties through a design strategy, resulting in Zotatifin, a compound with great physicochemical characteristics and strong anti-cancer effects, making it a candidate for further clinical testing.
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Background: Vertebral arteriovenous fistulas (VAVFs) are uncommon high-flow communications between a vertebral artery and surrounding venous plexus that occur spontaneously or secondary to trauma.

Case Description: A woman aged 57 years presented with a multiday history of rapidly progressive numbness and weakness in the left C5-C6 dermomyotomes. Her physical examination findings and subsequent electrophysiological testing were suggestive of a brachial radiculoplexopathy.

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Objective: To assess the impact of a triage system of emergency department (ED) referrals for outpatient cardiology appointments.

Patient And Methods: We implemented a triage system of ED referrals for outpatient cardiology appointments among patients with a cardiovascular chief complaint deemed safe to leave the ED but needing outpatient follow-up. There were 303 and 267 unique patients in the pre-triage implementation and post-triage implementation cohorts, respectively.

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Objective: To inform migraine care model development by assessing differences between patients with chronic migraine (CM) and episodic migraine (EM) in the current state of treatment, disability, patient satisfaction, and quality improvement opportunities.

Background: Efficient and focused use of scarce resources will be needed to address challenges within large populations of migraine patients.

Methods: We deployed a cross-sectional survey study of randomly selected migraine patients within a community primary care practice.

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AMPK, a conserved sensor of low cellular energy, can either repress or promote tumor growth depending on the context. However, no studies have examined AMPK function in autochthonous genetic mouse models of epithelial cancer. Here, we examine the role of AMPK in murine Kras-mediated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a cancer type in humans that harbors frequent inactivating mutations in the LKB1 tumor suppressor-the predominant upstream activating kinase of AMPK and 12 related kinases.

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Background Neuroimaging for headache commonly exceeds published guideline recommendations and may be overutilized. Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of all outpatient community patients at Mayo Clinic Rochester who underwent a neuroimaging study for a headache indication in 2015. We assessed the neuroimaging utilization pattern, clinical application of red flags, and concordance with neuroimaging guidelines.

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Background: The primary care medical home (PCMH) aims to promote delivery of high-value health care. However, growing demand for specialists due to increasingly older adults with complicated and chronic disease necessitates development of novel care models that efficiently incorporate specialty expertise while maintaining coordination and continuity with the PCMH. We describe the effect of a model of integrated community neurology (ICN) on health care utilization, diagnostic testing, and access.

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The authors present a case and image of a patient with refractory tongue weakness and characteristic triple furrowed pattern of atrophy due to autoimmune myasthenia gravis.

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Background: The prevalence and clinical impact of chronic conditions (CCs) have increasingly been recognized as an important public health concern. We evaluated the prevalence of coexisting CCs and their association with 30-day mortality and readmission in hospitalized patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Methods: In a retrospective study of patients aged ≥18 years hospitalized for first-ever stroke and TIA, we assessed the prevalence of coexisting CCs and their predictive value for subsequent 30-day mortality and readmission.

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