Publications by authors named "S L Harter"
Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease often face prolonged waiting times for kidney transplants. Historically, the use of marginal kidneys was limited due to suboptimal preservation methods. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) preserves physiological activity during the preservation process, potentially improving graft function and viability, expanding the use of marginal kidneys.
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- - The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and patient tolerance of hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFosy) compared to other tests for assessing tubal patency, using data from 20 studies published between 2012 and January 2023.
- - Results showed that HyFosy matched laparoscopy results in 94% of cases and had similar effectiveness to hysterosalpingography (HSG) for identifying tubal patency, but was associated with less pain and side effects.
- - The authors recommend using HyFosy as a first-line method for assessing tubal patency and stress the importance of updating guidelines to include and standardize this procedure.
Yttrium is a heavy rare earth element (REE) that acquires remarkable characteristics when it is in oxide form and doped with other REEs. Owing to these characteristics Y O can be used in the manufacture of several products. However, a supply deficit of this mineral is expected in the coming years, contributing to its price fluctuation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a safe and noninvasive imaging technique that can characterize and evaluate liver lesions, and has been approved for this use in the Unites States since 2016. CEUS has been shown to be similar in accuracy to computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for noninvasive diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and offers several advantages in certain patient populations who have contraindications for CT or MRI. However, CEUS has inherent limitations and has not been widely employed for evaluation of HCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Just Say Know to Drugs! is a summer pharmacology enrichment program for high school students. First-year osteopathic medical students serve as teachers, introducing students to pharmacology while acquiring teaching skills.
Objective: To assess the effects of a pharmacology program on high school students and to understand the effects of teaching this program on first-year osteopathic medical students.