Patient Engagement with Radiology Report Content: A Retrospective Analysis of 60,572 Radiology Report Views.

Rationale And Objectives: To evaluate patient use of plain language radiology report content.

Methods: Webpage-style radiology reports delivering patient-centered content were made available to patients via an online patient portal. Simple language explanations of terms and phrases in the reports were accessible to patients via a clickable hyperlink.

HIV-Associated Heart Failure: Phenotypes and Clinical Outcomes in a Safety-Net Setting.

Background: HIV is associated with increased risk of heart failure (HF) but data regarding phenotypes of HF and outcomes after HF diagnosis, especially within the safety net where half of people with HIV in the United States receive care, are less clear.

Methods And Results: Using an electronic health record cohort of all individuals with HF within a municipal safety-net system from 2001 to 2019 linked to the National Death Index Plus, we compared HF phenotypes, all-cause mortality, HF hospitalization, and cause of death for individuals with and without HIV. Among people with HF (n=14 829), 697 individuals had HIV (4.

Enhanced Recovery Pathway Reduced Opioid Use and Pain Scores in Elective Spine Surgery.

The purpose of this study was to determine if implementation of an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP) for elective spine surgery reduced opioid use and pain scores in elective spine surgery. A historical cohort study of 171 patients undergoing elective spine procedures between 2017 and 2021 was performed. The primary outcomes were opioid use and average daily pain scores.

Pharmacology of spinal interventions: review of agents used in spine pain procedures.

Spine procedures are commonly performed to diagnose and treat various spinal conditions, ranging from degenerative disc disease to vertebral fractures. These procedures often involve the use of pharmaceutical agents to enhance the efficacy of the intervention and improve patient outcomes. This review provides an overview of the pharmaceuticals commonly utilized in spine procedures, including corticosteroids, anesthetics, antibiotics, radiographic contrast, neurolytic agents, and materials used in kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty.

Ecometrics demonstrates that the functional dental traits of carnivoran communities are filtered by climate.

Terrestrial carnivorans, with their diverse diets and unique adaptations such as the carnassial tooth, offer insights into the connections between functional traits and the climatic and environmental conditions they inhabit. They shed light on functional trait-environment relationships at the highest trophic levels across a broad range of environmental conditions. In this study, we evaluate the relationship between relative blade length (RBL) of the lower carnassial tooth, a key dietary adaptation among terrestrial carnivorans for slicing and grinding food items, and climate.