Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis in Alameda County: Ten-year incidence and risk factors.

Background: Advanced pulmonary tuberculosis (APT) may reflect delays in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and contribute to ongoing disease transmission and poor outcomes. We characterized trends and factors associated with APT over ten years in a high TB-burden county within the United States.

Methods: We evaluated microbiologically and clinically confirmed TB cases reported to the Alameda County Public Health Department during 2010-2019.

The TightRope study: a cadaveric, biomechanical comparison of generations of suspensory fixation with internal brace for Rockwood grade V acromioclavicular joint injuries.

Background: Surgical treatment of Rockwood grade V acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries remains varied. We hypothesized that the addition of a second suspensory device between the clavicle and coracoid would yield superior biomechanical results over a single device. We also hypothesized that the addition of an internal brace across the AC joint to a suspensory device would yield superior results over the suspensory device in isolation.

Midterm follow-up of the Nexel total elbow arthroplasty.

Background: Aseptic loosening is one of the most common complications of total elbow arthroplasty (TEA). Modern implants, such as the Nexel, have been designed in an attempt to decrease loosening. The present study aims to report implant survivorship, radiographic assessment of loosening and lucency, and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in patients treated with the Nexel TEA at midterm follow-up.

Religious affiliation and debt among U.S. households.

Religion has been shown to have both a direct and indirect role in shaping personal values, especially pertaining to money and wealth accumulation. Existing research establishes a strong relationship between religious affiliation and wealth attainment. However, previous scholarship has largely ignored the link between religious affiliation and debt, an important yet overlooked indicator of total net worth.

Religious affiliation and women's receipt of person-centered contraceptive care: Findings from the National Survey of Family Growth, 2017-2019.

Objectives: To assess patient ratings of person-centered contraceptive care among women of different religious affiliations in the United States.

Study Design: Data from the 2017-2019 National Survey of Family Growth and a sample of female respondents ages 15-49 years who received contraceptive services in the past year and completed the Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling scale (N = 2226).

Results: Catholic and Protestant women had higher odds of reporting overall person-centered contraceptive care (odds ratio [OR] = 1.