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Am J Surg
January 2025
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA. Electronic address:
Approximately 22 % of the United States population communicates in a non-English language, potentially impacting healthcare communication and outcomes. Few studies have examined the association between non-English primary language (NEPL) and surgical outcomes and none to our knowledge in patients undergoing arteriovenous fistula creation within a safety net system. In this study, we conducted a retrospective analysis on adults who underwent AVF creation for hemodialysis access between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2019.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pediatr Surg
January 2025
Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Box 356410, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Background: Inequities exist in pediatric surgical outcomes. Differential outcomes have been identified across racial groups, geography, and socioeconomic standing. However, the association between preferred language, interpreter use, and surgical outcomes is not well-studied in pediatric surgical literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Strength Cond Res
December 2024
School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.
Grammenou, M, Kendall, KL, Wilson, CJ, Porter, T, Laws, SM, and Haff, GG. Effect of fitness level on time course of recovery after acute strength and high-intensity interval training. J Strength Cond Res 38(12): 2055-2064, 2024-The aim was to investigate time course of recovery after acute bouts of strength (STR) and high-intensity interval training (HIIT).
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January 2025
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Med. Klinik V, GMMG-Studygroup, Heidelberg, Germany.
The multicenter, phase III GMMG ReLApsE trial (EudraCT-No:2009-013856-61) randomized relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients equally to lenalidomide/dexamethasone (LEN/DEX, 25mg days 1-21/40mg weekly, 4-week cycles) re-induction, salvage high dose chemotherapy (sHDCT, melphalan 200mg/m2), autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and LEN maintenance (10mg/day; transplant arm, n=139) versus continuous LEN/DEX (control arm, n=138). Ninety-four percent of patients had received frontline HDCT/ASCT. We report an updated analysis of survival endpoints with a median follow-up of 99 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJMIR Perioper Med
January 2025
Societal Participation & Health, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Day surgery is being increasingly implemented across Europe, driven in part by capacity problems. Patients recovering at home could benefit from tools tailored to their new care setting to effectively manage their convalescence. The mHealth application ikHerstel is one such tool, but although it administers its functions in the home, its implementation hinges on health care professionals within the hospital.
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