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The Leadership Impact of SNRS RIIGs on Scholarly Engagement, Collaboration, and Nursing Science

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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Pediatric Pancreas Divisum: Systematic Review

Background: Pancreas divisum (PD) may be associated with recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) or chronic pancreatitis (CP), but data on ERCP outcomes in children with PD are limited. We conducted a systematic review of the clinical, technical, and safety outcomes of ERCP for PD in...

IncobotulinumtoxinA for Upper Limb Essential Tremor: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

This double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II trial (NCT04766723) investigated the efficacy and safety of incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) in the treatment of essential tremor (ET) of the upper limb (UL). Adults with ET of the UL were randomized 2:1 (n = 78) and treated (n = 77) w...

Climate-related health and sustainable healthcare activities of U.S. professional medical societies: a mixed-methods analysis

PURPOSE: The authors characterize how U.S. professional medical societies are addressing climate-related health impacts and sustainable healthcare practices, and identify barriers and priorities for advancing a climate-fit healthcare system. METHOD: Ninety-five U.S. medical socie...

American Rhinologic Society Expert Practice Statement: Indications and Recommendations for Posterior Nasal Nerve Ablation

ABSTRACT The goal of this American Rhinologic Society expert practice statement (EPS) is to provide an evidence‐based evaluation of the current literature on posterior nasal nerve ablation. Subtopics reviewed include the evidence for specific indications such as nonallergic rhini...

Vasoconstrictor therapy for HRS-AKI in patients listed for liver transplantation: Translating evidence to the pretransplant setting

Hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) is a life-threatening complication of decompensated cirrhosis and carries significant implications for liver transplantation (LT) candidacy and outcomes. Terlipressin, a synthetic vasopressin analogue, has emerged as a first-line...

Utilization of the PK Papyrus Covered Stent for the Treatment of Direct Carotid Cavernous Fistulas: A Case Series.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Carotid cavernous fistulas (CCFs) pose significant challenges in management. Traditional treatment modalities including endovascular embolization, surgical ligation, and even stereotactic radiosurgery, are often limited by their inability to effectively...

Emerging therapies for candidozyma auris ( Candida auris) : current landscape and future directions

Introduction The multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candidozyma auris (Candida auris) has spread rapidly across healthcare systems worldwide, emerging as a critical threat to patient safety. With a limited antifungal armamentarium increasingly compromised by rising resistance, t...

Menopause hormone therapy in women with cardiovascular risk factors or established ischemic heart disease: A joint FIGO and WHF position paper

Extending women's health-span is a key challenge for the medical community. Although women live longer than men, they face a higher burden of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and disabilities. Endogenous estrogens appear to benefit cardiovascular health, a...

Diagnosis-related handoffs for inter-facility transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit

OBJECTIVES: Inter-facility transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) increase the risk of patient harm from communication breakdowns. We previously developed I-PASS-to-PICU, a structured inter-facility handoff program to improve information exchange during these trans...

Pooled Analysis of Valve‐in‐Valve and Valve‐in‐Ring Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Using the SAPIEN Valve

Background Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) using the Sapien (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) transcatheter heart valve has become the preferred treatment for high‐risk patients with failed mitral bioprosthetic valves or prior surgical mitral valve repairs. Differe...

Delusional infestation in Parkinson disease: a case report of medication-induced psychosis

Delusional infestation (DI) is an uncommon manifestation of psychosis in Parkinson disease (PD), and is often associated with dopaminergic therapy. We describe a 66-year-old woman with PD who developed visual and tactile delusions of a parasitic infestation while receiving dopami...

Circulating Biomarkers Related to Mitral Valve Prolapse: Current Evidence and Mechanistic Perspective

Although imaging remains central to diagnosis and risk stratification, circulating biomarkers provide complementary information reflecting myocardial stress, fibrosis, extracellular matrix remodeling, inflammation, and metabolic dysregulation. The purpose of this review is to cri...

Antiviral innate immunity in myocarditis: mechanisms and emerging therapeutics

Abstract Antiviral innate immunity is a decisive determinant of whether cardiotropic viral infection resolves or progresses to myocarditis and deadly heart failure. Viral myocarditis (VM) remains a leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults, yet its human pathophy...

Combination GLP-1RA and Low-Dose IL-2 Modulates Peripheral Immune Activation and Attenuates CNS Inflammatory Transcript Signatures In Vivo

Immune dysregulation characterized by persistent myeloid activation and associated impairment of regulatory T cell (Treg) function contributes to inflammatory signaling across peripheral and central compartments in neurodegenerative diseases. We evaluated whether combining a gluc...

Association of lipoprotein(a) with cardiovascular outcomes and breast arterial calcification in postmenopausal women

This study examined the association of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] with breast arterial calcification (BAC) and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal women. We analyzed data from 2,799 women in the MINERVA cohort (ages 60–79 years; 34% non-white) free of CVD at basel...

Infectious complications following bispecific antibody or CAR T therapy in adult patients with hematologic malignancies: a retrospective database analysis

T-cell redirection therapies, including bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T therapy, have transformed the treatment of relapsed or refractory hematologic malignancies. However, comparative data on infectious complications between these treatments r...

Acceptability of At-Home hrHPV Cervical Cancer Screening For Transmasculine Individuals: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

BACKGROUND: Transmasculine individuals are less likely to complete cervical cancer screening than cisgender individuals, thus increasing their risk for cervical cancer. Multidimensional socioecological determinants may contribute to cervical cancer disparities for transgender peo...

Autoimmune diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract: clinical patterns, imaging spectrum, and complications

Autoimmune diseases frequently involve the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and can present with nonspecific symptoms that delay diagnosis. Their manifestations range from subtle motility disturbances to life-threatening ischemia, perforation, or obstruction. Advances in cross-section...

Intraprocedural cardiac computed tomography-fluoroscopy image fusion guided structural heart intervention: a proof of concept experience during transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Intraoperative image guidance using cardiac CT with fluoroscopy image fusion has been shown to facilitate structural heart interventions. However, there has been limited experience on CT image fusion with fluoroscopy using aortic root calcifications from intraoperative 3D cone-be...