Publications by authors named "Whitney Wright"
Article Synopsis
- - A global trend is shifting outpatient procedures, including sleeve gastrectomy (SG), to ambulatory surgical settings, but more research is needed to confirm safety before broad implementation.
- - This study focuses on collecting data from 365 patients who underwent outpatient laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, ensuring it meets the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery’s criteria for safety.
- - Results showed low complication rates (1.6%) and no reported mortalities, indicating that same-day discharge after SG can be safe for carefully selected patients in experienced medical centers.
The complete cessation of menstruation for 12 months with associated vasomotor symptoms is termed menopause. Apart from playing a role in reproduction, estrogen significantly affects the central nervous system (CNS). Population-based studies highlighted a substantial difference in the prevalence of dementia between men and women, with Alzheimer-associated dementia being more prevalent in women, indicating that estrogen deficiency might be a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInformation about specificity and affinity is critical for use of carbohydrate-binding antibodies. Herein, we evaluated eight monoclonal antibodies to the blood group A (BG-A) antigen. Antibodies 87-G, 9A, HE-10, HE-24, HE-193, HE-195, T36 and Z2A were profiled on a glycan microarray to assess specificity, relative affinity and the influence of glycan density on recognition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBullying among nursing staff: relationship with psychological/behavioral responses of nurses and medical errors.
Health Care Manage Rev
December 2015
Aim: The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between three types of bullying (person-related, work-related, and physically intimidating) with two types of outcomes (psychological/behavioral responses of nurses and medical errors). In addition, it investigates if the three types of bullying behaviors vary with age or gender of nurses and if the extent of bullying varies across different facilities in an institution.
Background: Nurses play an integral role in achieving safe and effective health care.
Purpose: This study was conducted to identify novel genes with importance to the biology of adult acute myelogenous leukemia (AML).
Experimental Design: We analyzed DNA from highly purified AML blasts and paired buccal cells from 95 patients for recurrent genomic microdeletions using ultra-high density Affymetrix single nucleotide polymorphism 6.0 array-based genomic profiling.