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Hassan M, Barajas-Gamboa JS, Kanwar O, Lee-St John T, Tannous D, Corcelles R, Rodriguez J, Kroh M. The role of dietitian follow-ups on nutritional outcomes post-bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2024; 20:407-412. [PMID: 38158312 DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Current evidence recommends dietary counselling with a registered dietitian (RD) for successful weight loss after metabolic bariatric surgery; however, there are limited data on the effect of RD follow-ups on micronutrient deficiencies. This study evaluated the effects of the number of postoperative RD visits on nutritional outcomes, including weight loss and micronutrient deficiencies. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the number of postoperative registered dietitian visits on nutritional outcomes, including weight loss and micronutrient deficiencies after metabolic and bariatric surgery. SETTING Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates METHODS: This retrospective study included patients who underwent bariatric surgery between September 2015 and June 2020. Demographics, weight loss, micronutrients, and the number of postoperative RD visits were evaluated. Baseline and 12-month postsurgery outcomes were compared based on the number of RD follow-ups. RESULTS A total of 174 primary and 46 revisions were included. Patients were 73.6% female, with a mean age of 40 years. The initial mean body mass index was 42.8 kg/m2. Number of RD visits were as follows: 0-1 (39 patients), 2 (59 patients), 3 (55 patients), and 4 or more (67 patients). Baseline (pre-operative) micronutrient values were within normal range. In comparison with the reference group (REF = 0-1 post-op RD visits), patients with 3 RD visits had 7% higher total body weight loss (P < .001) and maintained micronutrients within the normal range at 12 months postoperative. Mean differences in postoperative values were statistically significant (P < .05) for weight, vitamin B12, and vitamin D but not for hemoglobin, ferritin, calcium, folate, vitamin B1, copper, and zinc. CONCLUSION Our study suggests that three or more RD visits during the first 12 months after bariatric surgery are associated with improved outcomes, including significant percent total body weight loss and lower rates of micronutrient deficiencies.
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- Mariam Hassan
- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Salih RM, Barajas-Gamboa JS, Del Gobbo GD, Abdallah M, Sun H, Lee-St John T, Kanwar O, Abril C, Pantoja JP, Raza J, Sabbour H, Rodriguez J, Kroh M, Corcelles R. Cardiovascular disease risk scores in patients with optimal vs suboptimal weight loss after bariatric surgery: Translating improvements into clinical practice. Am J Surg 2024:S0002-9610(24)00169-7. [PMID: 38494359 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to evaluate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk modification in patients with optimal weight loss (OWL) versus suboptimal weight loss SWL following MBS. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis. The 10-year risk CVD was estimated before and after one year of surgery using the "Framingham Score". RESULTS 191 patients were included in our study. Mean baseline Framingham score was 7.2 ± 6.9%. According to the score, 54% of patients were classified as low risk (n = 104), 23% as moderate (n = 43), 20% moderately high (n = 39) and 3% as high risk (n = 5). One year after surgery, 91% of the patients showed reduction of their Framingham score. Mean CVD risk score decreased significantly to 4.1 ± 3.7% when compared to baseline (p-value is < 0.001); 80% of patients classified as low risk (n = 153), 13% as moderate (n = 25), 7% moderately high (n = 13) and 0% as high risk (n = 0). CONCLUSION Weight loss after bariatric surgery reduces CVD risk scores and the magnitude of effect correlates with the degree of weight loss.
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- Rajaa Mohamed Salih
- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Romero-Velez G, Dang J, Barajas-Gamboa JS, Lee-St John T, Strong AT, Navarrete S, Corcelles R, Rodriguez J, Fares M, Kroh M. Machine learning prediction of major adverse cardiac events after elective bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc 2024; 38:319-326. [PMID: 37749205 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-023-10429-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Machine learning (ML) is an emerging technology with the potential to predict and improve clinical outcomes including adverse events, based on complex pattern recognition. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) after bariatric surgery have an incidence of 0.1% but carry significant morbidity and mortality. Prior studies have investigated these events using traditional statistical methods, however, studies reporting ML for MACE prediction in bariatric surgery remain limited. As such, the objective of this study was to evaluate and compare MACE prediction models in bariatric surgery using traditional statistical methods and ML. METHODS Cross-sectional study of the MBSAQIP database, from 2015 to 2019. A binary-outcome MACE prediction model was generated using three different modeling methods: (1) main-effects-only logistic regression, (2) neural network with a single hidden layer, and (3) XGBoost model with a max depth of 3. The same set of predictor variables and random split of the total data (50/50) were used to train and validate each model. Overall performance was compared based on the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC). RESULTS A total of 755,506 patients were included, of which 0.1% experienced MACE. Of the total sample, 79.6% were female, 47.8% had hypertension, 26.2% had diabetes, 23.7% had hyperlipidemia, 8.4% used tobacco within 1 year, 1.9% had previous percutaneous cardiac intervention, 1.2% had a history of myocardial infarction, 1.1% had previous cardiac surgery, and 0.6% had renal insufficiency. The AUC for the three different MACE prediction models was: 0.790 for logistic regression, 0.798 for neural network and 0.787 for XGBoost. While the AUC implies similar discriminant function, the risk prediction histogram for the neural network shifted in a smoother fashion. CONCLUSION The ML models developed achieved good discriminant function in predicting MACE. ML can help clinicians with patient selection and identify individuals who may be at elevated risk for MACE after bariatric surgery.
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- Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA
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- Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A100, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
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Manla Y, Badarin FA, Bader N, Lee-St John T, Mehra MR, Bader F. Worldwide and Country-Specific Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Heart Transplantation Volumes: A Longitudinal Analysis of 2020 and 2021. Curr Probl Cardiol 2023; 48:101870. [PMID: 37302643 PMCID: PMC10256589 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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COVID-19 pandemic hampered operational efficiency of heart transplant (HT) programs worldwide. Little is known about the global and country-specific changes in HT volumes during the pandemic years 2020-2021. We aimed to describe the global and country-level impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HT volumes in 2020-2021. This is a cross-sectional study of the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation, including the years 2019-2021. Among 60 countries that reported HT data in the years 2019-2020, we analyzed 52 countries with ≥1 transplant during each year. Overall, the number of HTs decreased during 2020 by 9.3% (1.82 to 1.65 PMP). While 75% (n = 39/52) of countries experienced a decrease in HT volumes in 2020, volumes were maintained/increased in the remaining countries. Countries with maintained HT volumes had a higher organ donation rate in 2020 compared to those with decreased volumes (P = 0.03), the only significant predictor of change in HT volumes (P = 0.005). In 2021, a 6.6% recovery from the previous year's drop in global HT rate was noticed, reaching 1.76 HT PMP. Only 1 in 5 countries with reduced volumes in 2020 recovered their baseline volumes in 2021. Only 30.8% of countries with maintained volumes in 2020 had continued growth in HT volumes in 2021. The latter group encompassed the United States of America, the Netherlands, Poland, and Portugal. Further work should define underlying causes of this heterogeneity in HT volume during the pandemic. Identifying policies and practices that helped certain countries mitigate the effect of the pandemic on HT activities may help other countries during similar health crises in the future.
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- Yosef Manla
- Department of Cardiology, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Department, Academic Office, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Manla Y, Ghalib HH, Badarin FA, Ferrer R, Lee-St John T, Abdalla K, Soliman M, Gabra G, Bader F. Implementation of a multidisciplinary inpatient heart failure service and its association with hospitalized patient outcomes: First experience from the Middle East and North Africa region. Heart Lung 2023; 61:92-97. [PMID: 37196385 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multidisciplinary care models have been associated with improved clinical outcomes and an increase in adherence to guideline-directed medical therapy among patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF). OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the association between the creation of a multidisciplinary inpatient HF service and patient outcomes at a tertiary care center in the Middle East/ North Africa. METHODS We used electronic health records to retrospectively identify patients hospitalized for acute HF between June-2015 and June-2018. Patients were categorized by whether they were hospitalized before (n = 71) or after (n = 86) the implementation of a multidisciplinary HF team (HF-MDT), starting on 1/1/2017. The groups were compared for optimal use of guideline-directed medical therapy, hospital length of stay, 30-day hospital readmission, and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS The creation of the HF-MDT was associated with significantly better adherence to GDMT at discharge (27.5% vs. 55.4%, (OR 3.3, 95% CI [1.65-6.5]), P<0.001), shorter median hospital length of stay (8, IQR [4.8 - 19] vs. 5, IQR [3- 9], P = 0.02) and a reduction in 30-day hospital readmission (26.5% vs. 11%; OR 0.3, 95% CI [0.1-0.8], P = 0.02). However, there was no difference in-hospital mortality (10.5% vs. 3.5%; OR 0.3, 95% CI [0.1-1.2], P = 0.1). CONCLUSIONS Implementing an HF-MDT in the care of patients hospitalized with HF is associated with better adherence to GDMT on discharge, reduced hospital length of stay, and lower 30-day readmission rates. The current data support the broader adoption of dedicated HF programs in the Middle East to improve outcomes of patients with HF.
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- Yosef Manla
- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Academic Office, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Vinay B, Manohara N, Lobo FA, Lee-St John T, Lamperti M. Inhalational versus Intravenous General Anesthesia for mechanical thrombectomy for stroke: A single centre retrospective study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2023; 229:107719. [PMID: 37084650 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2023.107719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND When general anesthesia is used for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS), the choice of anesthetic agents for maintenance remains inconclusive. The different effects of intravenous anesthetic and volatiles agents on cerebral hemodynamics are known and may explain differences in outcomes of patients with cerebral pathologies exposed to the different anesthetic modalities. In this single institutional retrospective study, we assessed the impact of total intravenous (TIVA) and inhalational anesthesia on outcomes after EVT. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients ≥ 18 years who underwent EVT for AIS of the anterior or posterior circulation under general anesthesia. Baseline patient characteristics, anesthetic agents, intra operative hemodynamics, stroke characteristics, time intervals and clinical outcome data were collected and analyzed. RESULTS The study cohort consisted of 191 patients. After excluding 76 patients who were lost to follow up at 90 days, 51 patients received inhalational anesthesia and 64 patients who received TIVA were analyzed. The clinical characteristics between the groups were comparable. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of outcome measures for TIVA versus inhalational anesthesia showed significantly increased odds of good functional outcome (mRS 0-2) at 90 days (adjusted odds ratio, 3.24; 95% CI, 1.25-8.36; p = 0.015) and a non-significant trend towards decreased mortality (adjusted odds ratio, 0.73; CI, 0.15-3.6; p = 0.70). CONCLUSION Patients who had TIVA for mechanical thrombectomy had significantly increased odds of good functional outcome at 90 days and a non-significant trend towards decrease in mortality. These findings warrant further investigation with large randomized, prospective trials.
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- Byrappa Vinay
- Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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- Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Manla Y, Khalouf A, Edris A, Hasan K, Hashmani S, El Zouhbi A, Lee-St John T, Dababo N, Tuzcu EM, Al Badarin F. Left ventricular remodelling and changes in functional measurements in patients undergoing transcatheter vs surgical aortic valve replacement: a head-to-head comparison. AsiaIntervention 2022; 8:153-155. [PMID: 36483278 PMCID: PMC9706741 DOI: 10.4244/aij-d-22-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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- Yosef Manla
- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Emergency Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Academic Office, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Academic Office, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Academic Office, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Fontenot HB, Fantasia HC, Sutherland MA, Lee-St John T. HPV and HPV vaccine information among a national sample of college and university websites. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract 2015; 28:218-23. [PMID: 26465808 DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To describe the availability of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine information accessible to college students via official college and university websites. METHODS A review and analysis of HPV and HPV vaccination information abstracted from a national sample (n = 214) of college/university websites. Three abstractors systematically evaluated quality and quantity of vaccination, sexual health, and HPV disease information from health service webpages. CONCLUSIONS The majority of colleges/universities had designated student health service webpages (n = 181). Of these, 86% provided information on vaccinations, but less than 50% mentioned HPV or the HPV vaccine specifically and only 32% provided any HPV educational information. Colleges/university webpages that provide sexual health and or general vaccination information had higher odds of providing information on HPV and HPV vaccination. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Nurse practitioners who care for college-aged persons need to be cognizant of the many ways they can promote HPV vaccination. Providing accurate information about resources available at student health centers is a way to promote health on campus; the findings from this study indicate that HPV and HPV vaccine information may be lacking on many college/university websites.
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- Holly B Fontenot
- W.F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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- College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
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