Electronic Health Record-Based Algorithm for Monitoring Respiratory Virus-Like Illness.

Viral respiratory illness surveillance has traditionally focused on single pathogens (e.g., influenza) and required fever to identify influenza-like illness (ILI).

COVID-19 Severity in People With HIV Compared With Those Without HIV.

Background: People with HIV (PWH) may be at risk for more severe COVID-19 outcomes. We compared risk for severe COVID-19 in PWH with matched individuals without HIV.

Methods: We identified adults in Massachusetts with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test, March 2020-July 2022, using electronic medical record data from 3 large clinical practice groups.

Factors related to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among middle-income and low-income adults in the USA.

Background: Vaccine hesitancy has been an ongoing challenge in campaigns, especially the rapid development and approval of the COVID-19 vaccines. The goal of this study was to understand the characteristics, perceptions and beliefs of COVID-19 vaccination prior to its widespread rollout among middle-income and low-income US adults.

Methods: Using a national sample of 2101 adults who completed an online assessment in 2021, this study examines the association of demographics, attitudes and behaviours related to COVID-19 vaccination intentions.

Implementation science for the adductor canal block: A new and adaptable methodology process.

Background: Following the successful Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) practice for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at our institution, the need for continuous improvement was realized, including the deimplementation of antiquated PSH elements and introduction of new practices.

Aim: To investigate the transition from femoral nerve blocks (FNB) to adductor canal nerve blocks (ACB) during TKA.

Methods: Our 13-month study from June 2016 to 2017 was divided into four periods: a three-month baseline (103 patients), a one-month pilot (47 patients), a three-month implementation and hardwiring period (100 patients), and a six-month evaluation period (185 patients).

Understanding Preferences for Osteoporosis Information to Develop an Osteoporosis Patient Education Brochure.

Context: Patient education materials can provide important information related to osteoporosis prevention and treatment. However, available osteoporosis education materials fail to follow best-practice guidelines for patient education.

Objective: To develop an educational brochure on bone health for adults aged 50 years and older using mixed-method, semistructured interviews.

Correction of restricted extraocular muscle motility in surgical management of strabismus in graves' ophthalmopathy.

Objective: To compare the success rates for strabismus surgery designed to correct limitation of duction with surgery designed to correct deviation in patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Design: Retrospective nonrandomized comparative trial.

Participants: One hundred thirty-seven patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy who had undergone at least one extraocular muscle surgery were divided into two groups: those whose first surgery occurred before June 1997 (control group) and those whose first surgery occurred in June 1997 or thereafter (case group).