Relationship between serum ECP and TIgE levels and the risk of postoperative recurrence in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the association between the likelihood of surgical recurrence and serum ECP and TIgE levels in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

Methodology: Clinical information was gathered retrospectively from 166 cases of surgically treated CRSwNP as well as 60 cases of chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP). A comparative analysis on serum levels of total immunoglobulin E (TIgE) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) was carried out between the two groups.

Predictors of Developmental Defects of Enamel in Primary Maxillary Central Incisors Using Bayesian Model Selection.

Introduction: Localized non-inheritable developmental defects of tooth enamel (DDE) are classified as enamel hypoplasia (EH), opacity (OP), and post-eruptive breakdown (PEB) using the enamel defects index. To better understand the etiology of DDE, we assessed the linkages amongst exposome variables for these defects during the specific time duration for enamel mineralization of the human primary maxillary central incisor enamel crowns. In general, these two teeth develop between 13 and 14 weeks in utero and 3-4 weeks' postpartum of a full-term delivery, followed by tooth eruption at about 1 year of age.

Prophylactic IVC filter placement in patients with severe intracranial, spinal cord, and orthopedic injuries at high thromboembolic event risk: A utilization and outcomes analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.

Purpose: To determine relationships between prophylactic inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) insertion and pulmonary embolism (PE), deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and in-hospital mortality outcomes in patients with severe traumatic pelvic/lower extremity, intracranial, and spinal cord injuries.

Methods: Adult patients with severe traumatic pelvic/lower extremity, intracranial, and spinal cord injuries admitted to level I-IV trauma centers were selected from the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). IVCFs that were inserted both ≤48 h after admission and before a lower extremity venous ultrasound were defined as prophylactic.

Comparative effectiveness of pelvic arterial embolization versus laparotomy in adults with pelvic injuries: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis.

Purpose: To compare the clinical outcomes and trends of arterial embolization (AE) versus laparotomy which are used in the management of pelvic trauma.

Materials And Methods: Adult patients with pelvic injuries were identified using the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) from 2007 to 2015. Patients with non-pelvic life-threatening injuries were excluded.

Contemporary Management of Pediatric Blunt Splenic Trauma: A National Trauma Databank Analysis.

Purpose: To quantify changes in the management of pediatric patients with isolated splenic injury from 2007 to 2015.

Materials And Methods: Patients under 18 years old with registered splenic injury in the National Trauma Data Bank (2007-2015) were identified. Splenic injuries were categorized into 5 management types: nonoperative management (NOM), embolization, splenic repair, splenectomy, or a combination therapy.

Management of Splenic Trauma in Contemporary Clinical Practice: A National Trauma Data Bank Study.

Background: To evaluate the utilization and efficacy of various treatments for management of adult patients with splenic trauma, highlighting the evolving role of splenic artery embolization.

Materials And Methods: The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) was queried for patients who sustained splenic trauma between 2007 and 2015, excluding those with death on arrival and selected nonsplenic high-grade injuries. Patients were categorized into (1) nonoperative management (NOM), (2) embolization, (3) splenectomy, (4) splenic repair, and (5) combined treatment groups.