Publications by authors named "Sejal Lahoti"
Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Examination and Changes in Vital Signs.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
August 2021
Background And Objective: Dilation and examination during retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening can cause systemic complications and even life-threatening adverse events (AEs). The main objective of this study is to assess the prevalence and significance of AEs and changes in vital signs during ROP screenings, and to correlate birth weight, gestational age, and length of exam as possible predictors of these changes.
Patients And Methods: This is a prospective, observational study that includes 1,360 screening exams from 680 premature infants in two neonatal intensive care units.
Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the superior limbus and superior bulbar and tarsal conjunctivae. Patients also often have fine punctate staining of the limbus and adjacent area, superior limbic proliferation seen as thickening of the limbal epithelium and surrounding conjunctiva, and occasionally filaments at the superior limbus and upper cornea. SLK frequently presents with ocular irritation, foreign body sensation, and photophobia.
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- Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) were first created to help patients with type 2 diabetes but are now also studied for their benefits in heart and kidney health.
- Clinical trials show that SGLT2i can reduce major cardiovascular risks and diabetic kidney disease by focusing on microvascular protection, which is crucial for their effectiveness.
- There's emerging evidence that SGLT2i may also protect vision in diabetic patients by addressing inflammatory and retinal damage pathways, but more research is needed to confirm their potential benefits in preventing diabetic retinopathy.
Introduction: This study estimated the percentage of breast cancer cases, total number of incident cases, and total annual medical care costs attributable to alcohol consumption among insured younger women (aged 18-44 years) by type of insurance and stage at diagnosis.
Methods: The study used the 2012-2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, cancer incidence data from two national registry programs, and published relative risk measures to estimate the: (1) alcohol-attributable fraction of breast cancer cases among younger women by insurance type; (2) total number of breast cancer incident cases attributable to alcohol consumption by stage at diagnosis and insurance type among younger women; and (3) total annual medical care costs of treating breast cancer incident cases attributable to alcohol consumption among younger women. Analyses were conducted in 2016; costs were expressed in 2014 U.
Objectives: To examine whether health locus of control mediated relations of self-reported neighborhood vigilance and biochemically verified, continuous short-term smoking abstinence among 200 smokers enrolled in a cohort study.
Methods: A nonparametric bootstrapping procedure was used to assess mediation.
Results: Health locus of control-chance mediated relations between neighborhood vigilance and smoking abstinence in analyses adjusted for sociodemographics and tobacco dependence (p < .