Patient Self-Report Superior to Electronic Medical Record Abstraction for Identifying Positive COVID-19 Symptoms at Illness Onset.

Introduction: Most initial COVID-19 research focused on hospitalized patients. Presenting symptomatology in the outpatient setting was poorly characterized, making it difficult for primary care physicians to predict which patients would require hospitalization. The purpose of this study was to characterize the presenting symptoms of COVID-19 infection and baseline patient characteristics and evaluate for correlation with disease severity, duration, and chronicity in the outpatient setting.

Patient survey superior to EMR extraction for eliciting positive symptoms at COVID-19 illness onset.

Context: COVID-19 has ravaged nations around the world, with New York City (NYC) and the NYC suburbs being particular epicenters of COVID-19 infection. Suffolk County, NY, has reported over 200,000 cases and 3,000 deaths to date. Most initial COVID-19 research concerned hospitalized patients.

Morphologic Severity of Atypia Is Predictive of Lung Cancer Diagnosis.

In cytologic analysis of lung nodules, specimens classified as atypia cannot be definitively diagnosed as benign or malignant. Atypia patients are typically subject to additional procedures to obtain repeat samples, thus delaying diagnosis. We evaluate morphologic categories predictive of lung cancer in atypia patients.

Predictors of 1-Year Mortality in Men Versus Women Undergoing Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Although gender-related disparities in intermediate-term outcomes have been reported after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), disparate predictors of mortality in men and women who underwent TAVI have not been well studied. This prospective institutional registry study included 297 consecutive patients (153 men, 144 women) who underwent transfemoral TAVI from December 2015 to June 2018 at an academic tertiary medical center. Baseline and clinical characteristics, procedural data, and clinical outcomes at 1 year were recorded.

Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies in a Pediatric Case of Lemierre's Syndrome due to .

Background: Lemierre's syndrome is a rare condition of internal jugular vein thrombosis following oropharyngeal infection. While it usually results from infection, atypical cases associated with other pathogens have been reported.

Objective: To describe a unique case of pediatric Lemierre's syndrome with infection resulting in cavernous sinus thrombosis and oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerve palsies.

Clinical Implications of "Atypia" on Biopsy: Possible Precursor to Lung Cancer?

Background: It is common for biopsies of concerning pulmonary nodules to result in cytologic "atypia" on biopsy, which may represent a benign response or a false negative finding. This investigation evaluated time to diagnosis and factors which may predict an ultimate diagnosis of lung cancer in these patients with atypia cytology on lung nodule biopsy.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients of the Stony Brook Lung Cancer Evaluation Center who had a biopsy baseline diagnosis of atypia between 2010 and 2020 and were either diagnosed with cancer or remained disease free by the end of the observation period.

Impact of chronic kidney disease on mortality in adults undergoing balloon aortic valvuloplasty.

Background: Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is often utilized as a bridge prior to surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly present in patients with aortic stenosis, however, its association with outcomes following BAV has not been well studied. Accordingly, we sought to assess the impact of CKD on mortality in adults undergoing BAV.