"Developing a manual clinical trials screening process in a diverse southern gynecologic oncology practice".

Objective: There is no standard clinical trial screening process in gynecologic oncology. In our low resource, highly diverse gynecologic oncology patient population, we sought to create an equitable, adaptable, manual screening process.

Methods: Our objective is to describe our clinical trial screening process and success in improving trial enrollment.

Brivaracetam to Treat Partial Onset Seizures in Adults.

Purpose Of Review: Seizures are a hyperexcitable, and hypersynchronous imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory factors (E/I imbalance) in neurotransmission, and epilepsy is the recurrent manifestation of seizures within a reasonable time frame and without being attributable to a reversible cause. Brivaracetam is a derivative of the antiepileptic agent, levetiracetam, that is used as adjuvant therapy for focal onset seizures. It was approved by the FDA in 2016 and has shown promising results with minimal adverse effect reactions in clinical trials.

MDMA to Treat PTSD in Adults.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become one of the most common psychiatric diagnosis in the United States specifically within the veteran population. The current treatment options for this debilitating diagnosis include trauma-focused psychotherapies along with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI). MDMA has recently been shown as a novel therapeutic agent with promisingly results in the treatment of PTSD.

Elevation of Serum Copper in the New Orleans Bariatric Clinic Population: the Norm or Geographically Localized Findings?

Introduction: Circulating micronutrient levels of both serum copper and zinc have been studied to varying degrees in both the general public and patients having undergone bariatric surgery. According to the 2019 ASMBS clinical guidelines, copper supplementation is recommended for patients undergoing metabolic surgery, especially after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and duodenal switch. Copper excess has not been previously reported to any significant degree in any population.

Persistent oro-nasal fistula after primary cleft palate repair: minimizing the rate via a standardized protocol.

Objectives: Multiple methods are described for cleft palate repair. Similarly, a wide range of postoperative oro-nasal fistula rates are described, depending on technique and series examined. We describe long-term outcomes and fistula rates for primary cleft palate repair for a single surgeon using a standardized protocol.