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Identifying Contact Time Required for Secondary Transmission of Clostridioides difficile Infections by Using Real-Time Locating System
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 May;30(5):908-915. doi: 10.3201/eid3005.231588.ABSTRACTConsidering patient room shortages and prevalence of other communicable diseases, reassessing the isolation of patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is imperative. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the secondary CDI transmission rate in a hospital in South Korea, where patients with CDI were not isolated. Using data from a real-time locating system and electronic medical records, we investigated patients who had both direct and indirect contact with CDI index patients. The primary outcome was secondary CDI transmi...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Min Hyung Kim Jaewoong Kim Heejin Ra Sooyeon Jeong Yoon Soo Park Dongju Won Hyukmin Lee Heejung Kim Source Type: research

Retrospective Analysis of Bicanalicular Lacrimal Silicone Tube Intubation in Patients with Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction: A Long-term Follow-up Study
This study showed a high long-term postoperative success rate, with high postoperative satisfaction, few complications, and a low need for reintervention.PMID:38670121 | DOI:10.1055/a-2237-1139 (Source: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde)
Source: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde - April 26, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Julian Alexander Zimmermann Jens Julian Storp Ralph-Laurent Mert é Larissa Lahme Nicole Eter Source Type: research

Opiate-reduction protocol for common outpatient spinal procedures: a long-term feasibility study and single-center experience
CONCLUSIONS: A standardized discharge protocol for postoperative outpatient spinal procedures can lead to long-term reductions in opioid discharge quantity, without compromising patient safety or increasing the utilization of hospital resources through readmissions, refill requests, or clinic phone calls. This study provides an example of a feasible and effective discharge prescription regimen that may be generalizable to common outpatient neurosurgical procedures with long-term evidence that a small intervention can lead to ongoing reduced quantities of postoperative opioids at the time of discharge.PMID:38669713 | DOI:10...
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - April 26, 2024 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Nicholas Eley Aiyush Bansal Murad Alostaz Rakesh Kumar Jean-Christophe Leveque Philip K Louie Source Type: research

A comparison of robotic enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal approach versus trans-abdominal retro-muscular approach for midline ventral hernias
ConclusionThe robotic eTEP approach is associated with lower post-operative pain scores, decreased hospital length of stay, and larger areas of mesh implantation as compared to the TARM approach. Other variables are largely comparable between the two techniques.Level of evidenceLevel III. (Source: Hernia)
Source: Hernia - April 26, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research

A Deeper Depth of Response After Salvage Therapy Improves Outcomes of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Relapsed Lymphoma and the Feasibility of Non-controlled Rate Freezing of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Conclusion High-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation in low- to middle-income countries are limited to relatively younger patients, potentially curative conditions such as lymphoma, and predominantly after achieving a complete response to salvage therapy due to limited resources. Due to these factors, our study shows excellent response rates and survival outcomes compared to internationally published data. Engraftment was also excellent and comparable to published data despite the non-controlled rate freezing of peripheral blood stem cells.PMID:38659569 | PMC:PMC11039573 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.56851 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - April 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Saif Ur Rab Mussadique Ali Uzma Rasool Mahar Bushra Ahsan Usman Ahmad Muhammad Tariq Mahmood Neelam Siddiqui Syed W Bokhari Source Type: research

Cancers, Vol. 16, Pages 1654: A Systematic Review of Prognostic Factors in Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy: Evidence-Based Recommendations
Conclusions: This evaluation has identified several factors or tools to aid in prognosis and clinical decision making. Future studies should aim to further validate these tools and factors in a clinical setting, including the leveraging of electronic medical records for data availability. To increase our understanding of how causal factors interact with palliative radiotherapy, future studies should also examine and include prediction of response to radiation as an outcome. (Source: Cancers)
Source: Cancers - April 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Alexander Tam Emanuela Scarpi Marco Cesare Maltoni Romina Rossi Alysa Fairchild Kristopher Dennis Marcus Vaska Marc Kerba Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research

Implementation of Food is Medicine Programs in Healthcare Settings: A Narrative Review
AbstractFood is Medicine (FIM) programs to improve the accessibility of fruits and vegetables (FVs) or other healthy foods among patients with low income and diet-related chronic diseases are promising to improve food and nutrition security in the United States (US). However, FIM programs are relatively new and implementation guidance for healthcare settings using an implementation science lens is lacking. We used a narrative review to describe the evidence base on barriers and facilitators to FIM program integration in US healthcare settings following the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) Fr...
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

Enteropathy and intestinal malabsorption in patients treated with antihypertensive drugs. < em > A retrospective cohort study < /em >
CONCLUSION: In a retrospective cohort study of patients on antihypertensive medications, no significant difference was found in the incidence of enteropathy or intestinal malabsorption when ACEI was compared to olmesartan, other ARBs, CCB, and BBs.PMID:38657980 | DOI:10.15537/smj.2024.45.4.20230739 (Source: Saudi Medical Journal)
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - April 24, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Sae R Lee Eun G Lee Young H Cho Eun J Park Young-In Lee Jung I Choi Ryuk-Jun Kwon Soo M Son Sang Y Lee Yu H Yi Gyu L Kim Yun J Kim Jeong G Lee Young Jin Tak Seung Hun Lee Young Jin Ra Source Type: research