Racial, ethnic and language disparities in healthcare utilization in pediatric patients following tonsillectomy.

Importance: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States. However, there is little known about the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, and language and how these factors influence post-tonsillectomy outcomes such as ED utilization and hospital readmission rates.

Objective: To examine disparities in emergency department (ED) utilization and hospital readmissions for post-tonsillectomy complications based on insurance status, patient race, ethnicity and language spoken.

Skeletal Muscle Adiposity and Lung Function Trajectory in the Severe Asthma Research Program.

Extrapulmonary manifestations of asthma, including fatty infiltration in tissues, may reflect systemic inflammation and influence lung function and disease severity. To determine if skeletal muscle adiposity predicts lung function trajectory in asthma. Adult SARP III (Severe Asthma Research Program III) participants with baseline computed tomography imaging and longitudinal postbronchodilator FEV% predicted (median follow-up 5 years [1,132 person-years]) were evaluated.

Acquired hemophilia A in the setting of dual anticoagulation therapy and lupus anticoagulant: a case report.

Background: Acquired hemophilia A is a disorder caused by autoantibodies against coagulation factor VIII that may present with severe bleeding. We report a rare case of acquired hemophilia A presenting with coexisting lupus anticoagulant.

Case Presentation: An 81-year-old Caucasian female presented with large ecchymoses over the torso and extremities in the setting of an enoxaparin bridge to warfarin.

Clinical, haematological and pathomorphological findings in Mycoplasma suis infected pigs.

Background: Mycoplasma suis (M. suis) belongs to the group of haemotrophic mycoplasmas and is known as the causative agent of infectious anaemia in pigs. In the last few years valuable insights into the mechanism of adhesion and invasion, shedding patterns and cell tropism of M.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in men with penile carcinoma is associated with increased prevalence of human papilloma virus infection and younger age at presentation.

Background: We investigated the prevalence of HIV and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in men with penile carcinoma.

Methods: This retrospective study investigated all men with penile carcinoma at the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa (January 2000-December 2008). Patients' age, HIV status, histological type of carcinoma and evidence of HPV infection were recorded.