Publications by authors named "T C Dowd"
Background: The aim of this study was to pilot a protocol for prospective validation of the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria in hospital patients and evaluate its feasibility and patient acceptability.
Methods: The validation protocol follows the GLIM consortium's rigorous methodological guidance. Protocol feasibility was assessed against criteria on recruitment (≥50%) and data collection completion (≥80%); protocol acceptability was assessed via patient satisfaction surveys and interviews.
Objective: To compare the rates of revision surgery for symptomatic neuromas in patients undergoing primary transtibial amputations with and without targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR).
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Level I trauma hospital and tertiary military medical center.
Osteocalcin deficient mice (OC-/-), on a mixed 129/BL6J background, were reported to show glucose intolerance, insulin insensitivity and reduced insulin secretion at 1-6 mos of age. This is controversial as two studies in OC-/- mice on different backgrounds (C3H/BL6 (5-6 mos.) and C57BL/6N (5 and 9 mos.
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- The study aims to improve the assessment of limb salvage (LS) outcomes by using existing medical codes to identify cases among U.S. Service members with lower extremity trauma.
- By analyzing diagnosis and procedure codes, researchers created a cohort of 2,018 SMs, which is 59.5% of the relevant combat-related injuries, while comparing findings with expert trauma surgeons.
- The results showed moderate agreement (Kappa = 0.55) between the data-driven method and expert opinions, suggesting this approach can facilitate larger studies on the outcomes for this patient group.