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Efficacy of post-operative X-rays after operatively treated ankle fractures: What is their role?
Injury
June 2024
UChicago Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: The utility of routine post-operative imaging in clinically asymptomatic patients is unclear. We sought to determine how frequently X-rays following operatively treated ankle fractures result in a change in management.
Design: Retrospective cohort study conducted with hospital electronic health record SETTING: Single level 1 trauma center in major urban city.
Environmental justice analysis of wildfire-related PM exposure using low-cost sensors in California.
Sci Total Environ
January 2023
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Electronic address:
The increasing number and severity of wildfires is negatively impacting air quality for millions of California residents each year. Community exposure to PM in two main population centers (San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles County area) was assessed using the low-cost PurpleAir sensor network for the record-setting 2020 California wildfire season. Estimated PM concentrations in each study area were compared to census tract-level environmental justice vulnerability indicators, including environmental, health, and demographic data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEncouraging Firework Safety Through Public Service Announcements.
J Hand Surg Am
June 2022
Division of Hand Surgery, Orlando Health Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orlando, FL. Electronic address:
A dramatic increase in firework-related blast injuries to the hand and upper extremity resulted in record-setting numbers at our institution over the July 4, 2018, holiday. This led our hand and upper extremity department to create a public service announcement (PSA) campaign regarding firework safety and injury prevention. This PSA was broadcast in advance of the next July 4 holiday via several media platforms including television, radio, and the internet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe global social media response to the 14th annual Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography scientific sessions.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
September 2020
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
The 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) was perhaps the most impactful meeting in recent memory for the field of cardiovascular CT. Beyond just being the highest attended ASM meeting in the society's history, the virtual impact of the meeting extended farther than ever before due to coordinated social media coverage and participation. As a result, the ASM reinforced the fact that the educational paradigm and audience of scientific meetings has changed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuality health care in extreme adversity-an action framework.
Int J Qual Health Care
November 2019
World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.
Article Synopsis
- Record numbers of individuals are living in extreme adversity, and this situation is worsening each year.
- There is a lack of solid data on the quality and safety of care in these challenging environments.
- The proposed solution is a "Quality in Extreme Adversity" framework, designed to improve healthcare quality and safety, drawing on existing research, expert input, and on-the-ground experiences with organizations and local authorities.
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