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Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States.
Unlabelled: Widespread recognition of food as medicine interventions' role in reducing food insecurity and improving health outcomes has recently emerged. Several states have released In Lieu of Services, state-approved alternative services that may be offered by managed care organizations in place of covered benefits, or 1,115 Medicaid waivers, which may allow for expanded nutrition services to reduce food insecurity and improve health outcomes. However, there are significant gaps in understanding how to create a statewide system for delivering "healthcare by food" interventions.
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September 2022
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Introduction: This study aimed to characterize blood flow through the mesenteric circulation during hemorrhage and resuscitation in a large animal model.
Methods: Five male swine (50-70 kg) underwent anesthesia and placement of flow probes and pressure catheters around and within the superior mesenteric artery, portal vein, and inferior vena cava. A laser doppler flow probe was placed on the intestine to measure end-organ perfusion.
Surg Pract Sci
September 2022
Department of Surgery, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, 1701 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 490, Las Vegas, NV 89102, United States.
Background: This study characterizes the prehospital and trauma bay airway management of self-inflicted gunshot wounds (SI-GSWs) to the face.
Methods: We reviewed SI-GSWs to the face from 2017 to 2021. Patients with isolated temporal GSWs were excluded.
Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm
March 2025
University of Iowa, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, 180 S Grand Avenue 339 CPB, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States of America.
Objectives: To implement the Cardiovascular Practice Transformation (CPT) program and evaluate its impact on blood pressure, and to assess the feasibility of implementing the CPT program by identifying obstacles and facilitators.
Methods: Twenty-three Iowa pharmacies participated in the program, each monitoring approximately 10 hypertensive patients for 6 months. Pharmacists assessed blood pressure, medication adherence and addressed medication-related problems during patient visits.
Surg Pract Sci
March 2023
Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Introduction: Despite dramatic advances in the care of trauma patients over the last fifty years, cardiac stab wounds (CSW) remain highly lethal, and the specific relationship between serum lactate level and mortality is unknown.
Methods: A retrospective review was conducted on all patients who presented with intraoperatively confirmed CSW from January 2008 to January 2020 at a major trauma centre in South Africa. Admission serum lactate level and patients' clinical outcomes were reviewed.
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