Publications by authors named "R V Katz"
Background: Geographic atrophy (GA) is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration leading to irreversible vision loss and negative impacts on quality of life.
Methods: To assess the experiences of living with GA, the Geographic Atrophy Insights Survey (GAINS) was conducted between October 12, 2021, and December 10, 2021, captured the responses of individuals ≥60 years with a self-reported GA diagnosis residing in the United States, Canada, Australia, and six European countries. Survey questions focused on the perceptions of individuals living with GA and covered six themes: speed of disease progression, effect on independence, impact on quality of life, emotional toll of GA, misconceptions and need for further education about GA, and clinician interactions.
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare menopause experience in rural, suburban, and urban-residing women.
Methods: A 2019 online survey of US females queried respondents on menopause symptoms, resources, and treatments. Those ≥45 years of age and in late menopause transition or postmenopause were included in the analysis.
Policy epidemiology utilizes human subject-matter experts (SMEs) to systematically surface, analyze, and categorize legally-enforceable policies. The Analysis and Mapping of Policies for Emerging Infectious Diseases project systematically collects and assesses health-related policies from all United Nations Member States. The recent proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools powered by large language models have led to suggestions that such technologies be incorporated into our project and similar research efforts to decrease the human resources required.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKey Points: In diabetes and CKD, creatinine- and cystatin C–based eGFR has a strong inverse correlation with plasma TNF receptor 1, TNF receptor 2, and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor. Higher plasma soluble TNF receptors 1 and 2 and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor were each individually associated with mortality, independent of baseline kidney measures.
Background: Several plasma biomarkers of kidney health have been associated with CKD progression in persons with diabetes, but their associations with mortality risk have been largely unexplored.
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- This study investigates how well resident ophthalmologists can identify neovascularization (NV) in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) using two imaging techniques: widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) and fluorescein angiography (FA).
- The study involved twelve resident physicians who assessed a randomized set of images from both techniques to identify NV.
- Findings indicate that while the resident physicians identified NV correctly 75.6% of the time with FA and 90.7% with SS-OCTA's vitreoretinal interface slab, there was no significant difference in detection rates across the imaging methods, suggesting SS-OCTA is a viable option for detecting NV in PDR.