Publications by authors named "T D Rozen"

Objectives: Patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) experience a wide array of symptoms and system disorders. This study aimed to identify whether differences occurred in 115 self-reported symptoms and comorbidities in patients diagnosed with hEDS or HSD.

Methods: In this study we analysed self-reported data from an EDS Clinic intake questionnaire in patients diagnosed with hEDS, HSD or no hypermobile conditions.

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Introduction: In-office use of the Trendelenburg position has been shown to be a beneficial clinical tool to help decipher if a CSF pressure/volume component is part of the underlying etiologic process for a patient's persistent headache. Utilizing the Trendelenburg position at home could potentially be an additional diagnostic tool for the treating headache physician.

Case Series: Our headache practice has been using at-home self-Trendelenburg for the past 2 years and will present the clinical scenarios in which it seems to be the most helpful utilizing a case series of patients.

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Familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare disorder of triglyceride (TG) metabolism caused by loss of function variants in one of five known canonical genes involved in chylomicron lipolysis and clearance-, , , , and . Pathogenic variants in , which encodes the hydrolytic enzyme lipoprotein lipase, account for over 80%-90% of cases. FCS may present in infancy with hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis and is challenging to manage both acutely and in the long-term.

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  • - Pleural empyema in children complicates pneumonia treatment; traditional bacterial cultures often fail to identify pathogens, leading to ineffective antibiotic use.
  • - A new multiplex-quantitative PCR (molecular assay) was developed to improve detection of common bacteria and showed high sensitivity (99.1%) and specificity (100%) in testing.
  • - In a study with 100 children, the multiplex-qPCR identified pathogens in 90% of cases, significantly outperforming bacterial cultures (24%), and could potentially reduce unnecessary antibiotic treatment duration by 20 days on average.
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Background: There is no defined preventive treatment protocol for persistent post-craniotomy headache. In several small case series and individual case reports onabotulinumtoxinA injected into the craniotomy scar has shown possible efficacy. What is lacking is long term follow-up and if focusing on the cranial suture lines along with the craniotomy scar can enhance improvement and provide more sustained benefit.

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