Institution
Medical College of Wisconsin
Recent research
- Health & Medicine
Background: People with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) treated with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies have an elevated infection risk, yet long-term comparative data with oral fumarates are limited. Objective: To compare infection incidence, healthcare resource utilization, and relapse...
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BACKGROUND: Youth-directed cannabis messaging is often generic, adult-centered, and does not reflect contemporary patterns of cannabis use. This study examined adolescents' perceptions of cannabis-related messaging and identified messaging strategies they find relevant. METHODS:...
- Health & Medicine
Importance The treatment of prostate cancer with radiotherapy is evolving. How quickly radiotherapy can be delivered, and the relative risks and benefits of such a treatment, is of significant public interest. Objective To determine whether stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) w...
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease worldwide and is characterized by progressive tubular injury, oxidative stress, and metabolic dysregulation. Carbonyl stress, driven by the accumulation of reactive dicarbonyl metabolites such as methylgly...
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Male involvement is essential for effective family planning, yet men in most of sub-Saharan Africa remain less engaged than women. Their participation is shaped by the socioeconomic context, but evidence on how modern contraceptive use varies across socioeconomic groups among men...
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Abstract Continuous pulse oximetry (cSpO 2 ) monitoring for hospitalized children with bronchiolitis not requiring supplemental oxygen is an established form of medical overuse. We examined whether clinician team structure influences cSpO 2 overuse. In this secondary analysis of...
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Management of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: A survey of US pediatric hospitals
Abstract Objective To evaluate the management practices of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) across tertiary pediatric hospitals in the United States using a survey‐based approach. Methods A 21‐question survey focused on management setting, work‐up, follow‐up and treatme...
- Health & Medicine
Lifetime Concussions and Head Impact Exposure During Collegiate Athletics: A CARE Consortium Study
OBJECTIVE: Despite a growing interest in the long-term effects of concussion and repetitive head impacts (RHIs) on brain health, understanding is limited regarding the clinical and cognitive changes that may accrue during collegiate athletics. METHODS: Collegiate student-athletes...
- Biology
Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are highly prevalent in the pediatric population. DGBI are heterogeneous disorders with presumed multifactorial pathophysiology. Emerging studies document autonomic nervous system alterations in at least a subset. There is significant sym...
- Biology
The gut microbiome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of food allergy (FA), prompting microbiome-focused interventions. We evaluated, in a phase 1 open-label trial (NCT02960074), the safety and efficacy of oral encapsulated fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) in 15 adults...
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Effect of time to palliative epilepsy surgery on outcomes
Abstract Objective Epilepsy duration is a modifiable risk factor in the outcome of definitive epilepsy surgery; however, an analogous effect in palliative procedures has not been shown. We reviewed the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Database data for an association between epilepsy d...