Background: While scientific knowledge of post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) is growing, there remains significant uncertainty in the definition of the disease, its expected clinical course, and its impact on daily functioning. Social media platforms can generate valuable insights into patient-reported health outcomes as the content is produced at high resolution by patients and caregivers, representing experiences that may be unavailable to most clinicians.
Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the validity and effectiveness of advanced natural language processing approaches built to derive insight into PCC-related patient-reported health outcomes from social media platforms Twitter and Reddit.
Background: Acute type B aortic dissections (TBADs) can become complicated at any time point, necessitating surgical repair. We sought to investigate the effect of interhospital transfer on the development of delayed complications in acute type B aortic dissection (dcTBAD).
Methods: All patients who presented with acute TBAD to a tertiary aortic center from 2015 to 2019 were analyzed.
Objective: Racial disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and disease outcomes have been well documented. A knowledge gap exists regarding the role that health maintenance plays in the development and outcomes of type B aortic dissection (TBAD). In the present study, we evaluated the comparative presentation and short-term outcomes of patients with TBAD across race.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: It is not uncommon for medical students seeking surgical residencies to apply to and rank two or more surgical specialties. Level of interest in a specialty is consistently cited as one of the most important factors for program directors when evaluating applicants for 0 + 5 integrated vascular surgery (IVS) programs. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in poly-specialty application submission to IVS and poly-specialty ranking of IVS to determine the percentage of applicants to IVS residencies with vascular surgery as their true preference.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this study was to examine trends in application submission, rank lists, and applicant quality for vascular surgery integrated residency.
Methods: The National Resident Matching Program Results and Data reports and the Electronic Residency Application Service Statistics from 2007 to 2017 were compiled and mined for trends in terms of application submission and the number of applicants a program needed to rank to fill all residency positions. Applicant pool depth and percentage of programs applied to were calculated.