Vacuum Induced Management of Hemorrhage Using Intrauterine Foley Catheter: A Report of Two Cases.

Hemorrhage is a common postpartum complication and, though rare, is also a recognized risk associated with abortion. While most cases can be managed with uterine evacuation and uterotonic agents, some cases require additional surgical procedures. We present two cases, one of hemorrhage following dilation and evacuation, and the other of delayed postpartum hemorrhage, where a Foley catheter was used for vacuum-induced hemorrhage control.

Disparities in Respiratory Syncytial Virus Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Outcomes in Adults by Race, Ethnicity, and Other Social Determinants of Health in the United States.

Introduction: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination could improve health equity by protecting individuals who are disproportionally at increased risk of RSV infection and severe RSV-related outcomes. However, limited information is available about RSV-related disparities among United States (US) adults.

Areas Covered: We reviewed US-specific literature regarding disparities across adult populations in having risk factors for severe RSV disease (cardiopulmonary disease, diabetes, liver disease, kidney disease).

Evaluation of a New Mobile Virtual Reality Setup to Alter Pain Perception: Pilot Development and Usability Study in Healthy Participants.

Background: Chronic pain presents a significant treatment challenge, often leading to frustration for both patients and therapists due to the limitations of traditional methods. Research has shown that synchronous visuo-tactile stimulation, as used in the rubber hand experiment, can induce a sense of ownership over a fake body part and reduces pain perception when ownership of the fake body part is reported. The effect of the rubber hand experiment can be extended to the full body, for example, during the full-body illusion, using both visuo-tactile and cardiovisual signals.

Pod5Viewer: a GUI for inspecting raw nanopore sequencing data.

Motivation: Oxford Nanopore Technologies recently adopted the POD5 file format for storing raw nanopore sequencing data. The information stored in these files provides detailed insights into the sequencing features and enhances the understanding of raw nanopore data. However, the process of visualizing the data can be cumbersome, especially for users without programming skills.

Mathematical model of the Alzheimer's disease biomarker cascade demonstrates statistical pitfall in identifying surrogates of cognitive reserve.

Statistical interaction analyses with biomarkers of pathology on cognitive outcome have been put forward to investigate neurobiological surrogates of cognitive reserve in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, as these potential surrogates are likely affected by neurodegeneration during the course of AD, their joint alteration with biomarkers of pathology and cognitive outcome during disease progression may introduce misinterpretable interaction effects in cross-sectional studies. To demonstrate this, we conducted interaction analyses on synthetic data from a mathematical model of the AD biomarker cascade.