Case Rep Psychiatry
January 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted people around the world, with asymptomatic infection to severe diseases and death. There is an increasing incidence of mental health problems in patients diagnosed with COVID-19. There are some studies that discuss possible mechanisms responsible for psychotic disorders due to coronavirus as well as risk factors for developing psychosis in patients infected with the virus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In a primary care population, the relationship between treatment of depression and hypertension (HTN) under the recently revised American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association HTN thresholds for diagnosing HTN is unknown.
Objective: To compare the association between changes in severity of co-occurring depression and HTN over time using the newly revised versus previous HTN guidelines.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, outpatients ≥18 years (n = 3018) with clinically significant depressive symptoms and elevated blood pressure at baseline were divided into a 'revised' guideline group (baseline blood pressure ≥130/80 mmHg), a 'classic' guideline group (≥140/90 mmHg) and a 'revised-minus-classic' group (≥130/80 and <140/90 mmHg).
Respir Med Case Rep
September 2019
The prevalence of e-cigarette usage has increased in non-smokers and those who are planning to quit smoking since introduced in 2003. Although the potential long term adverse effects have not been studied in humans, there have been studies showing that e-cigarette vapor causes release of proinflammatory cytokines leading to cytotoxic damage to alveolar epithelial cells, increase in the release of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in the alveolar epithelial cells which leads to fibroblastic proliferation, and increased risk of staphylococcus aureus and viral infections which are implicated in the pathogenesis of diffuse alveolar damage. We describe a case of a 47-year-old woman who was diagnosed with histologically confirmed diffuse alveolar damage (DAD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Lorazepam use in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is not without risk.: This study compares AWS outcomes using a standard, symptom-triggered lorazepam dosing protocol (control group) and symptom-triggered lorazepam dosing augmented with a gabapentin loading dose and taper (GABA group).: Consecutive, non-randomized adults (n = 982; 64.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Previous studies have confirmed the relationship between sleep duration and hypertension. However, there are unanswered questions on how this relationship is affected by age and body mass index (BMI). This study examined the association between sleep duration and hypertension in US adults and evaluated interaction by age and BMI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD) at the University of North Texas Health Science Center is a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities-funded, specialized center of excellence for health disparities. TCHD organized its 12 annual conference focusing on "Evidence-Based Approaches to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Discover, Develop, Deliver, and Disseminate." At this conference, experts in health care, biomedical sciences, and public health gathered to discuss the current status and strategies for reducing cancer health disparities.
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