Cross-sectional area and echo intensity values of peripheral nerves: Ultrasonographic and cadaveric correlation.

Introduction: Ultrasonography allows high-resolution visualisation of the peripheral nerves for quantitative and qualitative analyses. We report cross-sectional area values (quantitative measure) and echo intensity values (qualitative measure) for 46 peripheral nerve sites in upper and lower extremities in cadaveric specimens.

Objective: To determine cross-sectional area values and echo intensity values of peripheral nerves of upper and lower extremities at 46 nerve sites.

Reliability and concurrent validity of mobile health technology for patient self-monitoring in physical rehabilitation.

Background: Forearm pronation and supination are important for everyday functional tasks and some recreational activities. Healthcare providers use reliable and valid tools during the physical rehabilitation process to measure joint range of motion (ROM), assess functional mobility, guide decisions for skilled interventions, and progress a plan of care. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both healthcare providers and patients benefited from mobile health technologies that have emerged, which can be used by patients in the home to monitor ROM and assist the healthcare provider in guiding the rehabilitation process when utilizing telehealth.

Spontaneous Pneumothorax as a Complication of COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Report.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It typically presents with respiratory symptoms such as fevers, cough, and shortness of breath. As the number of cases increases, however, COVID-19 is being increasingly recognized as being associated with a variety of other respiratory pathologies.

What Physicians Wished They Would Have Learned in Medical School: a Survey.

Purpose: Medical students must be provided the basic science knowledge appropriate and applicable for preparing them for best-practice medicine. To date, there have been no documented studies in the USA that have directly surveyed practicing physicians on their perspectives of their basic science/preclinical medical school education and how it could be modified to help them deliver best patient care. This study was the first to examine this information.

Perception of Breast Cancer Risk in Over 11,000 Patients During Routine Mammography Exam.

To assess women's knowledge of personal breast cancer risk. Additionally, we aimed to determine how often physicians are discussing individualized risk assessments of breast cancer with their patients, and if those discussion affected risk perception. Surveys were distributed in radiology centers in New York and made available to patients presenting for routine mammography.

Three professions come together for an interdisciplinary approach to 3D printing: occupational therapy, biomedical engineering, and medical librarianship.

Background: Although many libraries have offered 3D printing as a service or available technology, there is a lack of information on course-integrated programs for 3D printing in which the library played a primary role. Therefore, librarians at the Touro College School of Health Sciences began exploring 3D printing for inclusion in the occupational and physical therapy curriculum.

Case Presentation: The goal of this project was to educate occupational and physical therapy students and faculty about the potential applications of 3D printing in health care and provide hands-on experience, while increasing collaboration between librarians and faculty.

Information literacy needs in graduate-level health sciences education.

Purpose: To determine whether incorporating information literacy education through workshops led by library faculty improves students' information literacy skills.

Methods: A series of information literacy initiatives were incorporated into the curriculum of a physician assistant program. Initiatives included two library workshops, class instruction, and a research paper.

Running Amok: A Modern Perspective on a Culture-Bound Syndrome.

Running amok is considered a rare culture-bound syndrome by current psychiatric classification systems, but there is evidence that it occurs frequently in modern industrialized societies. The historical origins of running amok as a psychiatric condition are reviewed in this article, and its relevance to modern day episodes of violent behavior is discussed. Psychotic illnesses, personality disorders, and mood disorders are all possible causes of amok, and the identification and treatment of patients who are at risk for manifesting violent behavior are discussed.