Publications by authors named "Stella Radosta"
Background: The current standard of drawing two vs three blood culture sets lacks adequate guidance. Because people who inject drugs are at higher risk for bacteraemia and life-threatening infection, consideration of a third blood culture becomes more important.
Aim: To investigate the risks and benefits of obtaining two versus three blood culture sets.
Importance: Cutaneous disease in dermatomyositis has no standardized treatment approach and so presents a challenging task for patients and clinicians.
Objective: To study the efficacy and safety of apremilast as an add-on therapy in patients with recalcitrant cutaneous dermatomyositis.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This phase 2a, open-label, single-arm nonrandomized controlled trial was conducted at a single center from June 2018 to June 2021.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how metabolic syndrome (MetS)—a cluster of conditions including hypertension, obesity, and diabetes—affects outcomes in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in New Orleans during the outbreak peak.
- Among 287 hospitalized patients, 66% had MetS, which was linked to significantly higher risks of mortality, ICU admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and acute respiratory distress syndrome compared to those without MetS.
- While individual conditions like hypertension, obesity, and diabetes were analyzed, only obesity and diabetes showed associations with severe outcomes, highlighting that the combined effect of these conditions as MetS is particularly critical for understanding COVID-19 risks in diverse populations.
Background: Previous studies at single academic institutions have identified variations in the prevalence of photodermatoses among racial groups. The purpose of the study was to compare the distribution of photodermatoses between Whites and Blacks at four academic medical centers in the USA.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed at four institutions' general dermatology clinics using diagnoses consistent with the International Classification of Disease (ICD), Ninth and Tenth Revisions, codes related to photodermatoses between August 2006 and August 2016.