Maimonides Medical Center

Social Risk Screening and Referrals in the Pediatric Inpatient Setting

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Many professional organizations recently recommended inpatient screening for social risks. Although prior studies have explored social risk screening rates in children's hospitals, many excluded community hospitals and lacked detail on screening practices....

Improved Outcomes and Low Rate of Medical Discharge at a Minimum 10‐Year Follow‐Up After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair With Remplissage for “Off‐Track” Engaging Hill‐Sachs Lesions With Subcritical Glenoid Bone Loss in Active‐Duty Servicemembers

Purpose To evaluate long‐term outcomes after arthroscopic Bankart repair with remplissage among active‐duty servicemembers under 45 years old with engaging Hill‐Sachs lesions (HSLs) and subcritical glenoid bone loss (GBL). Methods A retrospective review of prospectively collected...

National Utilization of Navigation and Robotics in Inpatient Spinal Fusion Remains Low but is Increasing, 2016–2022

Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Objectives Adoption patterns in spinal fusion remain poorly defined at the national level. This study aimed to evaluate national adoption trends of navigation and robotics in spine fusion from 2016 to 2022. Methods The National Inpatient S...

Effect of nutrition interventions on quality of life and functional outcomes in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Malnutrition and impaired physical function are common in patients with heart failure and are associated with reduced quality of life and adverse clinical outcomes. However, randomized trials have evaluated clinically diverse nutritional strategies, and their overall effects rema...

Safety and Performance of the Colovac Anastomosis Protection Device. A Pooled Analysis of Prospective Studies Compared With Diverting Loop Ileostomy (SAFE-2025)

Objective: To compare the safety and effectiveness of the Colovac Anastomosis Protection Device with standard diverting ostomy (DO) following low anterior resection (LAR) for rectal cancer. Summary Background Data: DO is standard of care (SOC) following LAR for rectal cancer but...

A systematic approach to management of abdominal pain in preverbal and nonverbal children in the emergency department.

Abdominal pain is a common reason for pediatric patients to present to the emergency department. Pain assessment is especially challenging when patients are unable to communicate due to their developmental stage or medical conditions. Preverbal and nonverbal children are at incre...

Exploring the Association Between Atopic Dermatitis and Malignancy: A Comprehensive Review with Therapeutic Strategies.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent dermatologic condition affecting both children and adults, and the debate surrounding its association as either a risk or protective factor for malignancies has garnered significant attention. Proposed mechanisms suggest that AD may act prote...