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January 2025
Department of Statistics, Purdue University, Mathematical Sciences Building, 150 N. University Street, Room 231, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
Background: Methods to elicit the vital capacity (VC) include forced vital capacity (FVC) and slow vital capacity (SVC). Because the FVC maneuver can be affected by air trapping or inefficiencies in lung emptying vs. the SVC, the SVC-FVC difference may be substantial and diagnostically meaningful in elderly individuals and patients with respiratory obstruction.
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January 2025
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: The healthcare sector contributes significantly to global greenhouse emissions, with inhalers being major contributors.
Objective: To develop a framework for reducing the environmental footprint of inhalers in Spain by implementing greener prescription practices.
Methods: A multidisciplinary working group was formed, including hospital pharmacists, pulmonologists, and environmental experts.
Noise Health
January 2025
Department of EICU, Wenzhou Central Hospital; The Dingli Clinical College of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the levels and sources of noise in the emergency intensive care unit (EICU) of an emergency department and investigate their effects on the sleep quality of conscious patients.
Methods: A study was conducted on patients admitted to the EICU from December 2020 to December 2023. They were categorised according to their sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
Nurs Rep
October 2024
School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Health Professions and Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Background/objectives: Cerebellar strokes account for only 2-3% of all strokes occurring annually in the United States but represent a disproportionally higher share of morbidity and mortality. Evidence examining the effect of inpatient rehabilitation on functional outcomes following a cerebellar stroke is limited. This study aimed to examine the effects of inpatient rehabilitation on balance and walking speed in individuals with cerebellar stroke.
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September 2024
From the Center for Ultrasound Research and Translation, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, White Bldg, Rm 270, Boston, MA 02114 (T.T.P., A.O., X.W., Q.L., D.H., M.M., H.E., A.E.S.); Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass (T.T.P., A.O., Q.L., A.E.S.); Pfizer, Cambridge, Mass (S.P.S.); Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash (G.M.C.); Department of Ultrasound, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, China (Q.L.); Department of Radiology, Liver Imaging Group, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Calif (M.S.M., Y.C., C.B.S., K.J.F.); MGH Fatty Liver Program, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass (K.E.C.); BioAge Labs, Richmond, Calif (S.S.S.); Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, Md (H.H., T.N.K.); Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY (R.A.C.); Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, NAFLD Research Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif (R.L.); Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (N.A.O.); and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Va (A.J.S.).
Background US shear-wave elastography (SWE) and vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) enable assessment of liver stiffness, an indicator of fibrosis severity. However, limited reproducibility data restrict their use in clinical trials. Purpose To estimate SWE and VCTE measurement variability in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) within and across systems to support clinical trial diagnostic enrichment and clinical interpretation of longitudinal liver stiffness.
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