Publications by authors named "V J Ward"
Microaggressions undermine health professionals' performance in patient care, research, and education. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an intervention addressing microaggressions in healthcare settings by empowering bystanders to act as upstanders across an academic medical center (AMC). This was achieved through an educational intervention that included a novel framework, didactics, video demonstrations, and practice with realistic scenarios.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Inequities in health care access lead to inequities in outcome. In recent years, health outcome disparities have been documented in children with acute appendicitis and sociodemographic predictors of imaging utilization have not been adequately assessed.
Objective: The purpose of our study is to assess sociodemographic predictors for the diagnostic imaging of children with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain.
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- Human norovirus (HuNV) is a major cause of gastroenteritis globally, primarily from genogroups I and II, and its lifecycle depends on proteins produced during viral replication, including the functional protease-polymerase (ProPol).
- The study of ProPol's enzymatic activity revealed that it performs similarly or better than the mature polymerase regarding RNA templates, with unique activity on a poly(A) template and varying responses to antiviral compounds.
- Advanced cryo-electron microscopy was utilized to determine the structure of the ProPol polymerase domain, revealing similarities to the mature polymerase, thus enhancing the understanding of HuNV replication mechanisms.
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- * Out of over 3.6 million hospital stays, 0.08% of discharges were AMA, with non-Hispanic Black patients being more likely to leave AMA, while Hispanic patients were less likely.
- * Leaving AMA was linked to a higher chance of readmission within 14 days, indicating that this decision can pose significant risks to patient health.