Publications by authors named "Peter E Smith"

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global pandemic with over 23 million associated cases and 800,000 associated deaths. There is a surplus of proposed predictive models (n>145) for COVID-19 that have emerged in academic literature; however, many of these predictive models have proven unreliable or biased.1 Several studies have looked at Google Trends data as a possible predictive tool in the last months.

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The in-step plantar fasciotomy has remained a viable option for treatment of plantar fasciitis. The level of the in-step procedure has previously been described as 1.5 cm distal to the anterior heel fat pad.

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Background: Increasing amounts of diabetes-focused content is being posted to YouTube with little regulation as to the quality of the content. Diabetic education has been shown to reduce the risk of ulceration and amputation. YouTube is a frequently visited site for instructional and demonstrational videos posted by individuals, advertisers, companies, and health-care organizations.

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