Contributing Factors to Delays in COVID-19-Related Hospitalization Among Latinx and Spanish-Speaking Patients/Factores Que Contribuyen a Retrasos en Hospitalizaciones Relacionadas con COVID-19 Entre Pacientes Latinos e Hispano-Hablantes.

Background: Latinx populations have been more heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic than the general population of the US, including higher rates of hospitalization due to COVID-19 in eastern Massachusetts. We conducted a qualitative study to better understand the experiences of Latinx and Spanish-speaking patients who had clinically significant COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic.

Methods: Thirteen qualitative, semistructured, phone interviews were conducted between December 2020 and April 2021 with Latinx and Spanish-speaking patients who had experienced clinically significant COVID-19 in the metro-north Boston area.

Risk Factors for Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 at a Community Ambulatory Clinic in Massachusetts During the Initial Pandemic Surge.

Among patients with COVID-19 evaluated in outpatient settings, factors associated with hospitalization remain poorly understood. Multivariable regressions were used to assess sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with increased odds of hospitalization among patients with confirmed COVID-19 between March 18, 2020 through April 25, 2020 at a community-based outpatient clinic in Massachusetts. Older age, BMI ≥ 25, self-reported dizziness/lightheadedness, temperature ≥ 99.

Coaching skills for medical education in a VUCA world.

The world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare professionals and students globally are experiencing an increasingly 'VUCA' (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) healthcare and educational climate. Our future medical workforce needs skillsets to manage the personal and emotional challenges of work, uncertainty and change.

Instance-Based Genre-Specific Music Emotion Prediction with An EEG Setup.

This paper explores a novel direction in music-induced emotion (music emotion) analysis - the effects of different genres on the prediction of music emotion. We aim to compare the performance of various classifiers in the prediction of the emotion induced by music, as well as to investigate the adaptation of advanced features (such as asymmetries) in improving classification accuracy. The study is supported by real-world experiments where 10 subjects listened to 20 musical pieces from 5 genres- classical, heavy metal, electronic dance music, pop and rap, during which electroencephalogram (EEG) data were collected.

Community health training for internal medicine residents working with community partners.

Graduate and undergraduate medical training are incorporating public health curricula into their programs to enable future physicians to participate in public health activities and improve the health of the communities. This paper highlights two approaches to a community health curriculum implemented at the Cambridge Health Alliance Internal Medicine Training Program from 2008-2010. Between 2008 and 2009, the residency program incorporated a longitudinal curriculum for first-year residents.

Evaluation of intraocular lens tilt with anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To determine the ability of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) to detect intraocular lens (IOL) tilt evaluation in relation to the limbus.

Design: Observational case series.

Methods: The IOL position of 123 eyes of 92 patients was examined with anterior segment OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, California, USA).

Glued posterior chamber IOL in eyes with deficient capsular support: a retrospective analysis of 1-year post-operative outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the post-operative outcome of fibrin glue-assisted posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in eyes with deficient capsular support after 1 year.

Methods: Eyes operated with fibrin glue-assisted posterior chamber IOL implantation from December 2007 to May 2008 were included. The post-operative best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), central macular thickness, and specular count were evaluated.

High-speed optical coherence tomography for imaging anterior chamber inflammatory reaction in uveitis: clinical correlation and grading.

Purpose: To evaluate the anterior chamber (AC) inflammatory reaction by anterior segment high-speed optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Design: A prospective, nonrandomized, observational case series.

Methods: Sixty-two eyes of 45 patients were studied for AC reaction clinically and by anterior segment OCT.

Training Latin American primary care physicians in the WPA module on depression: results of a multicenter trial.

Background: In order to improve care for people with depressive disorders and to reduce the increasing burden of depression, the American Regional Office of the World Health Organization has launched a major region-wide initiative. A central part of this effort was directed to the primary care system where the diagnosis and treatment of depression are deficient in many countries. This study evaluated the materials developed by the World Psychiatric Association in a training program on depression among primary care physicians by measuring changes in their knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP).

Proteus mirabilis and rheumatoid arthritis: no association with the disease.

Proteus mirabilis (PM) is implicated in different studies in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the structural homogeneity of its haemolysin B precursor with EQRRAA sequences in DRB 1 haplotype. The aim of the study was to compare the levels of antibodies specific to PM in the sera of patients with RA and healthy controls in our population. Serum samples from 78 consecutive RA patients and 75 healthy controls were analysed for the presence of IgG isotype and total immunoglobulins (IgG + IgA + IgM) against PM using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with two kinds of antigen preparations, whole bacteria and SDS-lysed bacterial extract.

Proteus mirabilis and rheumatoid arthritis: no association with the disease.

Proteus mirabilis(PM) is implicated in different studies in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the structural homogeneity of its haemolysin B precursor with EQRRAA sequences in DRB 1 haplotype. The aim of the study was to compare the levels of antibodies specific to PM in the sera of patients with RA and healthy controls in our population. Serum samples from 78 consecutive RA patients and 75 healthy controls were analysed for the presence of IgG isotype and total immunoglobulins (IgG+IgA+IgM) against PM using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with two kinds of antigen preparation, whole bacteria and SDS-lysed bacterial extract.

Evaluation of the PAHO/WHO training program on the detection and treatment of depression for primary care nurses in Panama.

Objective: This study evaluated the efficacy of a training program developed by Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for primary care nurses aimed at improving their capacity to detect and manage depression.

Method: Changes in knowledge and clinical practice were assessed in a group of primary care nurses in Panama who underwent the program. They were compared with a group of controls.