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1. Neurologic Manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Anna M. Cervantes-Arslanian, MD, Chakradhar Venkata, MD, Pria Anand, MD, Joseph D. Burns, MD, Charlene J. Ong, MD, Allison M. LeMahieu, MS, Phillip J. Schulte, PhD, Tarun D. Singh, MD, Alejandro A. Rabinstein, MD, Neha Deo, BS, Vikas Bansal, MBBS, MPH, Karen Boman, BS, Juan Pablo Domecq Garces, MD, Donna Lee Armaignac, PhD, APRN, Amy B. Christie, MD, Roman R. Melamed, MD, Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Sreekanth R. Cheruku, MD, MPH, Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FCCM, FASA, Joshua L. Denson, MD, MS, Valerie M. Banner-Goodspeed, MPH, Harry L. Anderson, III, MD, FACS, FICS, FCCM, FCCP, FAIM, Ognjen Gajic, MD, MS, Vishakha K. Kumar, MD, MBA, Allan Walkey, MD, Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, on behalf of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group, Jean-Baptiste Mesland, Pierre Henin, Hélène Petre, Isabelle Buelens, Anne-Catherine Gerard, Philippe Clevenbergh, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Jose A. Mercado, Esdenka Vega-Terrazas, Maria F. Iturricha-Caceres, Ruben Garza, Eric Chu, Victoria Chan, Oscar Y Gavidia, Felipe Pachon, Yeimy A Sanchez, Danijel knežević, Mohamed El Kassas, Mohamed Badr, Ahmed Tawheed, Hend Yahia, Dimitrios Kantas, Vasileios Koulouras, Estela Pineda, Gabina María Reyes Guillen, Helin Archaga Soto, Ana Karen Vallecillo Lizardo, Csaba Kopitkó, Ágnes Bencze, István Méhész, Zsófia Gerendai,, Girish Vadgaonkar, Rekha Ediga, Shilpa Basety, Shwetha Dammareddy, Phani Sreeharsha Kasumalla, Smitha S. Segu, Tuhin Chakraborty, Epcebha Joyce, Sridhar Papani, Mahesh Kamuram, Mradul Kumar Daga, Munisha Agarwal, Ishan Rohtagi, Anusha Cherian, Sreejith Parameswaran, Magesh Parthiban, Phaneendra Doddaga, Neethi Chandra, Puneet Rijhwani, Ashish Jain, Aviral Gupta, Ram Mohan Jaiswal, Ambika Tyagi, Nimish Mathur, Madhav Prabhu, Vishal Jakati, Mukur Petrolwala, Bharat Ladva, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Ekambaram Jyothisree, Umamaheswara Raju, Janaki Manduva, Naresh Kolakani, Shreeja Sripathi, Sheetal Chaitanya, Kamlesh Kumar Agrawal, Vijendra Baghel, Kirti Kumar Patel, Nooshin Dalili, Mohsen Nafa, Wataru Matsuda, Reina Suzuki, Michihito Kyo, Shu Tahara, Mineji Hayakawa, Kunihiko Maekawa, Masamitsu Sanui, Sho Horikita, Yuki Itagaki, Akira Kodate, Yuki Takahashi, Koyo Moriki, Takuya Shiga, Yudai Iwasaki, Hidenobu Shigemitsu, Yuka Mishima, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Michio Nagashima, Abdulrahman Al-Fares, Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Jose Gerardo Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Alejandro Salcido-Montenegro, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Mariana Janeth Hermosillo Ulloa, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Hadiza Galadanci, Abubakar Shehu Gezawa, Halima M. S. Kabara, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Halima Kabir, Dalha Gwarzo Haliru, Abdullahi S Ibrahim, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Mashaal Syed, Syed Anosh Ali Naqvi, Igor Borisovich Zabolotskikh,, Konstantin Dmitrievich Zybin, Sergey Vasilevich Sinkov, Tatiana Sergeevna Musaeva, Razan K Alamoudi, Hassan M. AlSharif, Sarah A. Almazwaghi, Mohammed S Elsakran, Mohamed A Aid, Mouaz A Darwich, Omnia M Hagag, Salah A Ali, Alona rocacorba, Kathrine Supeña, Efren Ray Juane, Jenalyn Medina, Jowany Baduria, Marwa Ridha Amer, Mohammed Abdullah, Bawazeer, Talal I. Dahhan, Eiad Kseibi, Abid Shahzad Butt, Syed Moazzum Khurshid, Muath Rabee, Mohammed Abujazar, Razan Alghunaim, Maal Abualkhair, Abeer Turki AlFirm, Yaseen M Arabi, Sheryl Ann Abdukahil, Mohammed A Almazyad, Mohammed I Alarifi, Jara M Macarambon, Ahmad Abdullah Bukhari, Hussain A. Albahrani, Kazi N Asfina, Kaltham M Aldossary, Marija Zdravkovic, Zoran Todorovic, Viseslav Popadic, Slobodan Klasnja, Ana Andrijevic, Srdjan Gavrilovic, Vladimir Carapic, Bojan Kovacevic, Jovana Bojicic, Stevanovic Predrag, Dejan S Stojakov, Duska K Ignjatovic, Suzana C Bojic, Marina M Bobos, Irina B Nenadic, Milica S Zaric, Marko D Djuric, Vladimir R Djukic, Santiago Y. Teruel, Belen C. Martin, Uluhan Sili, Huseyin Bilgin, Pinar Ay, Varsha P Gharpure, Usman Raheemi, Kenneth W. Dodd, Nicholas Goodmanson, Kathleen Hesse, Paige Bird, Chauncey Weinert, Nathan Schoenrade, Abdulrahman Altaher, Esmael Mayar, Matthew Aronson, Tyler Cooper, Monica Logan, Brianna Miner, Gisele Papo, Eric M. Siegal, Phyllis Runningen, Suzanne Barry, Christopher Woll, Gregory Wu, Erin Carrole, Kathryn Burke, Mustafa Mohammed, Roman R. Melamed, David M. Tierney, Love A. Patel, Vino S. Raj, Barite U. Dawud, Narayana Mazumder, Abbey Sidebottom, Alena M. Guenther, Benjamin D. Krehbiel, Nova J. Schmitz, Stacy L. Jepsen, Lynn Sipsey, Anna Schulte, Whitney Wunderlich, Cecely Hoyt, Abhijit A Raval, Andrea Franks, Katherine Irby, Ronald C. Sanders, Jr., Glenda Hefley, Jennifer M. Jarvis, Anmol Kharbanda, Sunil Jhajhria, Zachary Fyffe, Stephen Capizzi, Bethany Alicie, Martha Green, Lori Crockarell, Amelia Drennan, Kathleen Dubuque, Tonya Fambrough, Nikole Gasaway, Briana Krantz, Peiman Nebi, Jan Orga, Margaret Serfass, Alina Simion, Kimberly Warren, Cassie Wheeler, CJ Woolman, Amy B. Christie, Dennis W. Ashley, Rajani Adiga, Andrew S. Moyer, George M. Verghese, Andrea Sikora Newsome, Christy C. Forehand, Rebecca Bruning, Timothy W. Jones, Moldovan Sabov, Fatema Zaidi, Fiona Tissavirasingham, Dhatri Malipeddi, Jarrod M Mosier, Karen Lutrick, Beth Salvagio Campbell, Cathleen Wilson, Patrick Rivers, Jonathan Brinks, Mokenge Ndiva Mongoh, Boris Gilson, Donna Lee Armaignac, Don Parris, Maria Pilar Zuniga, Ilea Vargas, Viviana Boronat, Anneka Hutton, Navneet Kaur, Prashank Neupane, Nohemi Sadule-Rios, Lourdes M. Rojas, Aashish Neupane, Priscilla Rivera, Carlos Valle Carlos, Gregory Vincent, Mahesh Amin, Mary E Schelle, Amanda Steadham, Christopher M Howard, Cameron McBride, Jocelyn Abraham, Orlando Garner, Katherine Richards, Keegan Collins, Preethi Antony, Sindhu Mathew, Valerie C. Danesh, Gueorgui Dubrocq, Amber L. Davis, Marissa J Hammers, ill M. McGahey, Amanda C. Farris, Elisa Priest, Robyn Korsmo, Lorie Fares, Kathy Skiles, Susan M. 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Barreras, Michael Markos, Anita Fareeduddin, Rohan Mehta, Chakradhar Venkata, Miriam Engemann, Annamarie Mantese, Yasir Tarabichi, Adam Perzynski, Christine Wang, Dhatri Kotekal, Adriana C Briceno Bierwirth, Gabriela M Orellana, Gerardo Catalasan, Shohana Ahmed, Carlos F Matute, Ahmad Hamdan, Ivania Salinas, Genesis Del Nogal, Angel Tejada, Anna Eschler, Mary Hejna, Emily Lewandowski, Kristen Kusmierski, Clare Martin, Jen-Ting Chen, Aluko Hope, Zoe Tsagaris, Elise Ruen, Aram Hambardzumyan, Nasar A Siddiqi, Lesly Jurado, Lindsey Tincher, Carolyn Brown, Prithvi Sendi, Meghana Nadiger, Balagangadhar Totapally, Bhagat S. Aulakh, Sandeep Tripathi, Jennifer A. Bandy, Lisa M. Kreps, Dawn R. Bollinger, Neha Gupta, Brent R Brown, Tracy L Jones, Kassidy Malone, Lauren A Sinko, Amy B Harrell, Shonda C Ayers, Lisa M Settle, Taylor J Sears, Roger Scott Stienecker, Andre G. Melendez, Tressa A. Brunner, Sue M Budzon, Jessica L. Heffernan, Janelle M. Souder, Tracy L. Miller, Andrea G. Maisonneuve, Roberta E. Redfern, Jessica Shoemaker, Jennifer Micham, Lynn Kenney, Gabriel Naimy, Victoria Schauf, Sara Utley, Holly Balcer, Kerry P. J. Pulver, Jennifer Yehle, Alicia Weeks, Terra Inman, Majdi Hamarshi, Jeannette Ploetz, Nick Bennett, Kyle Klindworth, Moustafa Younis, Adham Mohamed, Brian L. Delmonaco, Anthony Franklin, Mitchell Heath, Diane Barkas, Antonia L. Vilella, Sara B. Kutner, Kacie Clark, Danielle Moore, Shina Menon, John K McGuire, Deana Rich, Harry L. Anderson, III, Dixy Rajkumar, Ali Abunayla, Jerrilyn Heiter, Howard A. Zaren, Stephanie J. Smith, Grant C. Lewis, Lauren Seames, Cheryl Farlow, Judy Miller, Gloria Broadstreet, John Lin, Cindy Terrill, Brock Montgomery, Sydney Reyes, Summer Reyes, Alex Plattner, Anthony Martinez, Micheal Allison, Aniket Mittal, Rafael Ruiz, Aleta Skaanland, Robert Ross, Umang Patel, Jordesha Hodge, Krunal Kumar Patel, Shivani Dalal, Himanshu Kavani, Sam Joseph, Michael A. Bernstein, Ian K. Goff, Matthew Naftilan, Amal Mathew, Deborah Williams, Sue Murdock, Maryanne Ducey, Kerianne Nelson, Jason Block, James Mitchel, Connor G O’Brien, Sylvan Cox, William Marx, Ioana Amzuta, Asad J. Choudhry, Mohammad T. Azam, Kristina L Carter, Michael A Olmos, Brittany M Parker, Julio Quintanilla, Tara A Craig, Brendon J Clough, Jeffrey T Jameson, Utpal S. Bhalala, Joshua Kuehne, Melinda Garcia, Morgan Beebe, Heather Herrera, Chris Fiack, Stephanie Guo, May Vawer, Beth Blackburn, Caleb Darby, Kristy Page, Amanda Brown, Jessie McAbee, Katherine A. Belden, Michael Baram, Devin M. Weber, Rosalie DePaola, Yuwei Xia, Hudson Carter, Aaron Tolley, Mary Barletta, Mark Steele, Laurie Kemble, Joshua L. Denson, A. Scott Gillet, Margo Brown, Rachael Stevens, Andrew Wetherbie, Kevin Tea, Mathew Moore, Abdurrahman Husain, Atul Malhotra, Qais Zawaydeh, Benjamin J Sines, Thomas J Bice, Emily A. Vail, Susannah Nicholson, Rachelle B. Jonas, AnnaRose E. Dement, William Tang, Mark DeRosa, Robert E. Villarreal, Rajany V. Dy, Alfredo Iardino, Jill Sharma, Richard Czieki, Julia Christopher, Ryan Lacey, Marwan Mashina, Kushal Patel, Erica C. Bjornstad, Nancy M. Tofil, Scott House, Isabella Aldana, Nikhil K. Meena, Jose D. Caceres, Nikhil K Meena, Sarenthia M. Epps, Harmeen Goraya, Kelsey R. Besett, Ryan James, Lana Y. Abusalem, Akash K. Patel, Lana S Hasan, Dina Gomaa, Michael Goodman, Devin Wakefield, Anthony Spuzzillo, John O. Shinn II, Robert MacLaren, Azra Bihorac, Tezcan Ozrazgat Baslanti, George Omalay, Haleh Hashemighouchani, Julie S. Cupka, Matthew M Ruppert, Patrick W. McGonagill, Colette Galet, Janice Hubbard, David Wang, Lauren Allan, Aditya Badheka, Madhuradhar Chegondi, Usman Nazir, Garrett Rampon, Jake Riggle, Nathan Dismang, Vicki Montgomery, Janice Sullivan, Sarah Morris, Jennifer Nason, Ozan Akca, Rainer Lenhardt, Rodrigo S. Cavallazzi, Ann Jerde, Alexa Black, Allison Polidori, Haily Griffey, Justin Winkler, Thomas Brenzel, Roger A. Alvarez, Amarilys Alarcon-Calderon, Marie Anne Sosa, Sunita K. Mahabir, Mausam J. Patel, Pauline Park, Andrew Admon, Sinan Hanna, Rishi Chanderraj, Maria Pliakas, Ann Wolski, Jennifer Cirino, Dima Dandachi, Hariharan Regunath, Maraya N. Camazine, Grant. E. Geiger, Abdoulie O. Njai, Baraa M. Saad, Faraaz Ali Shah, Byron Chuan, Sagar L. Rawal, Manal Piracha, Joseph E. Tonna, Nicholas M. Levin, Kayte Suslavich, Rachel Tsolinas, Zachary T. Fica, Chloe R. Skidmore, Renee D. Stapleton, Anne E. Dixon, Olivia Johnson, Sara S. Ardren, Stephanie Burns, Anna Raymond, Erika Gonyaw, Kevin Hodgdon, Chloe Housenger, Benjamin Lin, Karen McQuesten, Heidi Pecott-Grimm, Julie Sweet, Sebastian Ventrone, Nita Khandelwal, T. Eoin West, Ellen S. Caldwell, Lara Lovelace-Macon, Navya Garimella, Denisse B. Dow, Sreekanth R. Cheruku, Catherine Chen, Murtaza Akhter, Rania Abdul Rahman, Mary Mulrow, Erin M. Wilfong, Kelsi Vela, Ashish K. Khanna, Lynne Harris, Bruce Cusson, Jacob Fowler, David Vaneenenaam, Glen McKinney, Imoh Udoh, Kathleen Johnson, Patrick G. Lyons, Andrew P Michelson, Sara S. Haluf, Lauren M. Lynch, Nguyet M. Nguyen, Aaron Steinberg, Nicholas Braus, Vishwanath Pattan, Jessica Papke, Ismail Jimada, Nida Mhid, Samuel Chakola, Kevin Sheth, Abdalla Ammar, Mahmoud Ammar, Victor Torres Lopez, Charles Dela Cruz,, Akhil Khosla, and Samir Gautam

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Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
Abstract

OBJECTIVES:. To describe the prevalence, associated risk factors, and outcomes of serious neurologic manifestations (encephalopathy, stroke, seizure, and meningitis/encephalitis) among patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. DESIGN:. Prospective observational study. SETTING:. One hundred seventy-nine hospitals in 24 countries within the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study COVID-19 Registry. PATIENTS:. Hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. INTERVENTIONS:. None. RESULTS:. Of 16,225 patients enrolled in the registry with hospital discharge status available, 2,092 (12.9%) developed serious neurologic manifestations including 1,656 (10.2%) with encephalopathy at admission, 331 (2.0%) with stroke, 243 (1.5%) with seizure, and 73 (0.5%) with meningitis/encephalitis at admission or during hospitalization. Patients with serious neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 were older with median (interquartile range) age 72 years (61.0–81.0 yr) versus 61 years (48.0–72.0 yr) and had higher prevalence of chronic medical conditions, including vascular risk factors. Adjusting for age, sex, and time since the onset of the pandemic, serious neurologic manifestations were associated with more severe disease (odds ratio [OR], 1.49; p < 0.001) as defined by the World Health Organization ordinal disease severity scale for COVID-19 infection. Patients with neurologic manifestations were more likely to be admitted to the ICU (OR, 1.45; p < 0.001) and require critical care interventions (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: OR, 1.78; p = 0.009 and renal replacement therapy: OR, 1.99; p < 0.001). Hospital, ICU, and 28-day mortality for patients with neurologic manifestations was higher (OR, 1.51, 1.37, and 1.58; p < 0.001), and patients had fewer ICU-free, hospital-free, and ventilator-free days (estimated difference in days, –0.84, –1.34, and –0.84; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:. Encephalopathy at admission is common in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and is associated with worse outcomes. While serious neurologic manifestations including stroke, seizure, and meningitis/encephalitis were less common, all were associated with increased ICU support utilization, more severe disease, and worse outcomes.

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2022
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2. Variation in Use of Repurposed Medications Among Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019. From The Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Registry Investigator Group

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Michael A. Garcia, MD, Shelsey W. Johnson, MD, Nicholas A. Bosch, MD, MSc, Emily K. Sisson, MA, Christopher R. Sheldrick, PhD, Vishakha K. Kumar, MD, MBA, Karen Boman, BS, Scott Bolesta, PharmD, Vikas Bansal, MBBS, MPH, Neha Deo, BS, J. P. Domecq, MD, Amos Lal, MD, Amy B. Christie, MD, Valerie M. Banner-Goodspeed, MPH, Devang Sanghavi, MD, MHA, Girish Vadgaonkar, MBBS, Ognjen Gajic, MD, MSc, Rahul Kashyap, MBBS, MBA, Allan J. Walkey, MD, MSc, for the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study Investigators, Jean-Baptiste Mesland, Pierre Henin, Hélène Petre, Isabelle Buelens, Anne-Catherine Gerard, Philippe Clevenbergh, Dragana Markotić, Ivana Bošnjak, Ruben Garza, Eric Chu, Victoria Chan, Oscar Y Gavidia, Felipe Pachon, Yeimy A Sanchez, Mohamed El Kassas, Mohamed Badr, Ahmed Tawheed, Hend Yahia, Jose Luis Ramos Coello, Guillermo Perez, Ana Karen Vallecillo Lizardo, Gabina María Reyes Guillen, Helin Archaga Soto, Smitha S. Segu, Tuhin Chakraborty, Epcebha Joyce, Girish Vadgaonkar, Rekha Ediga, Shilpa Basety, Shwetha Dammareddy, Phani Sreeharsha Kasumalla, Umamaheswara Raju, Janaki Manduva, Naresh Kolakani, Shreeja Sripathi, Sheetal Chaitanya, Mradul Kumar Daga, Munisha Agarwal, Ishan Rohtagi, Sridhar Papani, Mahesh Kamuram, Kamlesh Kumar Agrawal, Vijendra Baghel, Kirti Kumar Patel, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Ekambaram Jyothisree, Wataru Matsuda, Reina Suzuki, Michihito Kyo, Yuki Itagaki, Akira Kodate, Yuki Takahashi, Koyo Moriki, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Hadiza Galadanci, Abubakar Shehu Gezawa, Halima M. S. Kabara, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Halima Kabir, Dalha Gwarzo Haliru, Abdullahi S Ibrahim, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Mashaal Syed, Syed Anosh Ali Naqvi, Igor Borisovich Zabolotskikh, Konstantin Dmitrievich Zybin, Sergey Vasilevich Sinkov, Tatiana Sergeevna Musaeva, Mohammed A Almazyad, Mohammed I Alarifi, Jara M Macarambon, Ahmad Abdullah Bukhari, Hussain A. Albahrani, Kazi N Asfina, Kaltham M Aldossary, Marija Zdravkovic, Zoran Todorovic, Viseslav Popadic, Slobodan Klasnja, Bojan Kovacevic, Jovana Bojicic, Predrag D Stevanovic, Dejan S Stojakov, Duska K Ignjatovic, Suzana C Bojic, Marina M Bobos, Irina B Nenadic, Milica S Zaric, Marko D Djuric, Vladimir R Djukic, Santiago Y. Teruel, Belen C. Martin, Uluhan Sili, Huseyin Bilgin, Pinar Ay, Abhijit A Raval, Andrea Franks, Anmol Kharbanda, Sunil Jhajhria, Zachary Fyffe, Stephen Capizzi, Bethany Alicie, Martha Green, Lori Crockarell, Amelia Drennan, Kathleen Dubuque, Tonya Fambrough, Nikole Gasaway, Briana Krantz, Peiman Nebi, Jan Orga, Margaret Serfass, Alina Simion, Kimberly Warren, Cassie Wheeler, CJ Woolman, Amy B. Christie, Dennis W. Ashley, Rajani Adiga, Andrew S. Moyer, George M. Verghese, Andrea Sikora Newsome, Christy C. Forehand, Rebecca Bruning, Timothy W. Jones, Moldovan Sabov, Fatema Zaidi, Fiona Tissavirasingham, Dhatri Malipeddi, Donna Lee Armaignac, Don Parris, Maria Pilar Zuniga, Ilea Vargas, Viviana Boronat, Anneka Hutton, Navneet Kaur, Prashank Neupane, Nohemi Sadule-Rios, Lourdes M. Rojas, Aashish Neupane, Priscilla Rivera, Carlos Valle Carlos, Gregory Vincent, Valerie M. Banner-Goodspeed, Somnath Bose, Lauren E. Kelly, Melisa Joseph, Marie McGourty, Krystal Capers, Benjamin Hoenig, Maria C. Karamourtopoulos, Anica C. Law, Elias N. Baedorf Kassis, Allan J. Walkey, Sushrut S. Waikar, Michael A. Garcia, Mia Colona, Zoe Kibbelaar, Michael Leong, Daniel Wallman, Kanupriya Soni, Jennifer Maccarone, Joshua Gilman, Ycar Devis, Joseph Chung, Munizay Paracha, David N. Lumelsky, Madeline DiLorenzo, Najla Abdurrahman, Shelsey Johnson, Kimberly Zammit, Patrick, J McGrath, William Loeffler, Maya, R Chilbert, Raghavendra Tirupathi, Alymer Tang, Arshad Safi, Cindy Green, Jackie Newell, Katja M. Gist, Imran A Sayed, John Brinton, Larisa Strom, Steven K. Daugherty, Sam Atkinson, Kelly Shrimpton, David P. Yamane, Ivy Benjenk, Nivedita Prasanna, Norma Smalls, Michael Smith, William Snow, Riley Liptak, Hannah Durant, Valerie Pendleton, Alay Nanavati, Risa Mrozowsk, Yuk Ming Liu, Sarah Zavala, Esther Shim, Ronald A. Reilkoff, Julia A. Heneghan, Sarah Eichen, Lexie Goertzen, Scott Rajala, Ghislaine Feussom, Ben Tang, Christine C. Junia, Robert Lichtenberg, Hasrat Sidhu, Diana Espinoza, Shelden Rodrigues, Maria Jose Zabala, Daniela Goyes, Ammu Susheela, Buddhi Hatharaliyadda, Naveen Rameshkumar, Amulya Kasireddy, Genessis Maldonado, Lisseth Beltran, Akshata Chaugule, Hassan Khan, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Ayan Sen, Amanda Palacios, Giyth M. Mahdi, Rahul Kashyap, Ognjen Gajic, Vikas Bansal, Aysun Tekin, Amos Lal, John C. O’Horo, Neha N. Deo, Mayank Sharma, Shahraz Qamar, Juan Pablo Domecq, Romil Singh, Alex Niven, Abigail La Nou, Marija Bogojevic, Barbara Mullen, Devang Sanghavi, Pablo Moreno Franco, Pramod Guru, Karthik Gnanapandithan, Hollie Saunders, Zachary Fleissner, Juan Garcia, Alejandra Yu, Lee Mateus, Siva Naga Yarrarapu, Nirmaljot Kaur, Abhisekh Giri, Syed Anjum Khan, Nitesh Kumar Jain, Thoyaja Koritala, Jessica Timmer, Kimberly Welker, Chakradhar Venkata, Miriam Engemann, Annamarie Mantese, Anna Eschler, Mary Hejna, Emily Lewandowski, Kristen Kusmierski, Clare Martin, Bhagat S. Aulakh, Sandeep Tripathi, Jennifer A. Bandy, Lisa M. Kreps, Dawn R. Bollinger, Roger Scott Stienecker, Andre G. Melendez, Tressa A. Brunner, Sue M Budzon, Jessica L. Heffernan, Janelle M. Souder, Tracy L. Miller, Andrea G. Maisonneuve, Brian L. Delmonaco, Anthony Franklin, Mitchell Heath, Antonia L. Vilella, Sara B. Kutner, Kacie Clark, Danielle Moore, Harry L. Anderson, III, Dixy Rajkumar, Ali Abunayla, Jerrilyn Heiter, Howard A. Zaren, Stephanie J. Smith, Grant C. Lewis, Lauren Seames, Cheryl Farlow, Judy Miller, Gloria Broadstreet, Anthony Martinez, Micheal Allison, Aniket Mittal, Rafael Ruiz, Aleta Skaanland, Robert Ross, Paul K Mohabir, Connor G O’Brien, Komal Dasani, Neha Gupta, Tracy L Jones, Shonda C Ayers, Amy B Harrell, Brent R Brown, Megan Edwards, Caleb Darby, Kristy Page, Amanda Brown, Jessie McAbee, Katherine A. Belden, Michael Baram, Devin M. Weber, Rosalie DePaola, Yuwei Xia, Hudson Carter, Aaron Tolley, Mary Barletta, Mary Ferranti, Benjamin J Sines, Thomas J Bice, Patrick W. McGonagill, Colette Galet, Janice Hubbard, David Wang, Lauren Allan, Aditya Badheka, Madhuradhar Chegondi, Usman Nazir, Garrett Rampon, Jake Riggle, Nathan Dismang, Roger A. Alvarez, Amarilys Alarcon-Calderon, Marie Anne Sosa, Sunita K. Mahabir, Mausam J. Patel, Dima Dandachi, Hariharan Regunath, Maraya N. Camazine, Grant. E. Geiger, Abdoulie O. Njai, Baraa M. Saad, Renee D. Stapleton, Anne E. Dixon, Olivia Johnson, Sara S. Ardren, Stephanie Burns, Anna Raymond, Erika Gonyaw, Kevin Hodgdon, Chloe Housenger, Benjamin Lin, Karen McQuesten, Heidi Pecott-Grimm, Julie Sweet, Sebastian Ventrone, Ashish K. Khanna, Lynne Harris, Bruce Cusson, Jacob Fowler, David Vaneenenaam, Glen McKinney, Imoh Udoh, Kathleen Johnson, Vishwanath Pattan, Jessica Papke, Ismail Jimada, Nida Mhid, Samuel Chakola, Kevin Sheth, Abdalla Ammar, Mahmoud Ammar, Victor Torres Lopez, Charles Dela Cruz, Akhil Khosla, and Samir Gautam

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Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
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IMPORTANCE:. At the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, medications repurposed for management of coronavirus disease 2019 were used in the absence of clinical trial evidence. OBJECTIVES:. To describe the variation and evolution in use of repurposed medications for coronavirus disease 2019. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:. Observational cohort study of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 between February 15, 2020, and April 12, 2021, across 76 United States and international hospitals within the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study coronavirus disease 2019 registry. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:. Hospital variation was quantified using multivariable adjusted random effects logistic regression models and unsupervised clustering. Repurposed medications included antivirals, corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, immunomodulators, and therapeutic dose anticoagulants. RESULTS:. Among 7,069 adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019, 1,979 (28%) received antivirals, 2,876 (41%) received corticosteroids, 1,779 (25%) received hydroxychloroquine, 620 (9%) received immunomodulators, and 2,154 (31%) received therapeutic dose anticoagulants. Contribution of hospital site to risk-adjusted variation was 46% for antivirals, 30% for corticosteroids, 48% for hydroxychloroquine, 46% for immunomodulators, and 52% for therapeutic dose anticoagulants. Compared with the early pandemic, the later pandemic practice phenotypes converged with increased use of antivirals (odds ratio, 3.14; 95% CI, 2.40–4.10) and corticosteroids (odds ratio, 5.43; 95% CI, 4.23–6.97), with decreased use of hydroxychloroquine (odds ratio, 0.02; 95% CI, 0.01–0.04) and immunomodulators (odds ratio, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.34–0.70). There was no clinically significant change in the use of therapeutic dose anticoagulants (odds ratio, 1.01; 95% CI, 1.01–1.02). There were no differences in risk-adjusted mortality between hospitals with high rates of repurposed medication use compared with hospitals with low rates of use. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE:. Hospital variation in the use of repurposed medications varied widely across hospitals early in the pandemic and later converged with the emergence of randomized clinical trials. Platforms developed for rapid activation and enrollment in clinical trials of repurposed medications are needed prior to the next pandemic to expedite effective, evidence-based practice.

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2021
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3. Does the Route of Cocaine Use Affect the Mortality and Outcomes of Cocaine-Induced Intestinal Ischemia? A Systematic Review

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Umer Farooq MD, Amlish B. Gondal MD, Ammu Susheela MD, Zahid Ijaz Tarar MD, Adnan Malik MD, Muhammad Usman Zafar MD, Aftab Sharif MD, and Ghulam Ghous MD

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Medicine (General), R5-920, Pathology, RB1-214
Abstract

Intestinal ischemia results from diminished perfusion of the colon resulting in tissue hypoxia. Anecdotal reports suggest that cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia has the highest mortality and longer length of stay among the vasoconstrictors. The present study aimed to summarize the available studies in the literature to assess the effect of routes of consumption on the outcomes of cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia. We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE from inception through October 2019. Studies of cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia were included if data were available on comorbidities, mortality, and hospital length of stay (LOS). The study’s primary outcomes were mortality and need for surgery, while secondary outcomes included the hospital length of stay, LACE index, and hospital score. Statistical tests used included linear and binary logistic regression. STATA 2015 was used, and P < 0.05 was statistically significant. Of the 304 studies, 8 case series and 45 case reports (n = 69 patients) met the inclusion criteria. Different routes of cocaine use had similar mortality odds and the need for surgery for intestinal ischemia. Hospital LOS showed significant difference among the subgroups. Readmission scores (LACE and hospital score) were higher for intravenous and smoking than ingestion and intranasal use ( P < 0.05). In conclusion, different routes of cocaine use appear to have similar mortality odds for intestinal ischemia, which vary significantly among the different routes of cocaine consumption for the length of stay and readmission scores. Prompt recognition of the route of cocaine use is vital to improve the outcome. Large-scale and well-designed observational studies are needed to investigate this topic further.

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2021
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4. Risk Factors for Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Mortality in Hospitalized Young Adults: An Analysis of the Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) Coronavirus Disease 2019 Registry

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Sandeep Tripathi, MD, MS, Imran A. Sayed, MD, Heda Dapul, MD, Jeremy S. McGarvey, MS, Jennifer A. Bandy, RN, Karen Boman, BS, Vishakha K. Kumar, MD, MBA, Vikas Bansal, MBBS, MPH, Lynn Retford, CAE, Sreekanth Cheruku, MD, MPH, Margit Kaufman, MD, FASA, Smith F. Heavner, MS, RN, Valerie C. Danesh, PhD, RN, Catherine A. St. Hill, DVM, PhD, Ashish K. Khanna, MD, Utpal Bhalala, MD, Rahul Kashyap, MBBS, MBA, Ognjen Gajic, MD, MS, Allan J. Walkey, MD, MS, Katja M. Gist, DO, MSc, for The Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group, Jean-Baptiste Mesland, Pierre Henin, Hélène Petre, Isabelle Buelens, Anne-Catherine Gerard, Philippe Clevenbergh, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Jose A. Mercado, Esdenka Vega-Terrazas, Maria F. Iturricha-Caceres, Ruben Garza, Eric Chu, Victoria Chan, Oscar Y Gavidia, Felipe Pachon, Yeimy A Sanchez, Mohamed El Kassas, Mohamed Badr, Ahmed Tawheed, Hend Yahia, Sierra-Hoffman, Fernando Valerio, Oscar Diaz, Jose Luis Ramos Coello, Guillermo Perez, Ana Karen Vallecillo Lizardo, Gabina María Reyes Guillen, Helin Archaga Soto, Mradul Kumar Daga, Munisha Agarwal, Ishan Rohtagi, Anusha Cherian, Sreejith Parameswaran, Magesh Parthiban, Menu Priya A., Girish Vadgaonkar, Rekha Ediga, Shilpa Basety, Shwetha Dammareddy, Phani Sreeharsha Kasumalla, Sridhar Papani, Mahesh Kamuram, Smitha S. Segu, Tuhin Chakraborty, Epcebha Joyce, Umamaheswara Raju, Janaki Manduva, Naresh Kolakani, Shreeja Sripathi, Sheetal Chaitanya, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Ekambaram Jyothisree, Kamlesh Kumar Agrawal, Vijendra Baghel, Kirti Kumar Patel, Nooshin Dalili, Mohsen Nafa, Sandeep Tripathi, Yuki Itagaki, Akira Kodate, Reina Suzuki, Yuki Takahashi, Koyo Moriki, Michihito Kyo, Masamitsu Sanui, Sho Horikita, Wataru Matsuda, Shu Tahara, Mineji Hayakawa, Kunihiko Maekawa, Takuya Shiga, Yudai Iwasaki, Abdulrahman AlFares, Rene Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Jose Gerardo Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Alejandro Salcido-Montenegro, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Hadiza Galadanci, Abubakar Shehu Gezawa, Halima M. S. Kabara, Taiwo Gboluwaga Amole, Halima Kabir, Dalha Gwarzo, Haliru, Abdullahi S Ibrahim, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Mashaal Syed, Syed Anosh Ali Naqvi, Igor Borisovich Zabolotskikh, Konstantin Dmitrievich Zybin, Sergey Vasilevich Sinkov, Tatiana Sergeevna Musaeva, Marwa Ridha Amer, Mohammed Abdullah Bawazeer, Talal I. Dahhan, Eiad Kseibi, Abid Shahzad Butt, Syed Moazzum Khurshid, Muath Rabee, Mohammed Abujazar, Razan Alghunaim, Maal Abualkhair, Abeer Turki AlFirm, Razan K Alamoudi, Hassan M. AlSharif, Sarah A. Almazwaghi, Mohammed S Elsakran, Mohamed A Aid, Mouaz A Darwich, Omnia M Hagag, Salah A Ali, Alona rocacorba, Kathrine Supeña, Efren Ray Juane, Jenalyn Medina, Jowany Baduria, Mohammed A Almazyad, Mohammed I Alarifi, Jara M Macarambon, Ahmad Abdullah Bukhari, Hussain A. Albahrani, Kazi N Asfina, Kaltham M Aldossary, Predrag D Stevanovic, Dejan S Stojakov, Duska K Ignjatovic, Suzana C Bojic, Marina M Bobos, Irina B Nenadic, Milica S Zaric, Marko D Djuric, Vladimir R Djukic, Bojan Kovacevic, Jovana Bojicic, Marija Zdravkovic, Zoran Todorovic, Viseslav Popadic, Slobodan Klasnja, Santiago Y. Teruel, Belen C. Martin, Himat Sulaimonov, Firuza Khudonazarova, Nabi Bakhtibekov, Nekruz Jamshedov, Uluhan Sili, Huseyin Bilgin, Pinar Ay, Varsha P Gharpure, Usman Raheemi, Kenneth W. Dodd, Nicholas Goodmanson, Kathleen Hesse, Paige Bird, Chauncey Weinert, Nathan Schoenrade, Abdulrahman Altaher, Esmael Mayar, Matthew Aronson, Tyler Cooper, Monica Logan, Brianna Miner, Gisele Papo, Eric M. Siegal, Phyllis Runningen, Catherine A. St. Hill, Roman R. Melamed, David M. Tierney, Love A. Patel, Vino S. Raj, Barite U. Dawud, Narayana Mazumder, Abbey Sidebottom, Alena M. Guenther, Benjamin D. Krehbiel, Nova J. Schmitz, Stacy L. Jepsen, Abhijit A Raval, Andrea Franks, Katherine Irby, Ronald C. Sanders, Jr., Glenda Hefley, Anmol Kharbanda, Sunil Jhajhria, Zachary Fyffe, Stephen Capizzi, Bethany Alicie, Martha Green, Lori Crockarell, Amelia Drennan, Kathleen Dubuque, Tonya Fambrough, Nikole Gasaway, Briana Krantz, Peiman Nebi, Jan Orga, Margaret Serfass, Alina Simion, Kimberly Warren, Cassie Wheeler, CJ Woolman, Andrew S. Moyer, George M. Verghese, Andrea Sikora Newsome, Christy C. Forehand, Rebecca Bruning, Timothy W. Jones, Moldovan Sabov, Fatema Zaidi, Fiona Tissavirasingham, Dhatri Malipeddi, Jarrod M Mosier, Karen Lutrick, Beth Salvagio Campbell, Cathleen Wilson, Patrick Rivers, Jonathan Brinks, Mokenge Ndiva Mongoh, Boris Gilson, Donna Lee Armaignac, Don Parris, Maria Pilar Zuniga, Ilea Vargas, Viviana Boronat, Anneka Hutton, Navneet Kaur, Prashank Neupane, Nohemi Sadule-Rios, Lourdes M. Rojas, Aashish Neupane, Priscilla Rivera, Carlos Valle Carlos, Gregory Vincent, Mahesh Amin, Mary E Schelle, Amanda Steadham, Christopher M Howard, Cameron McBride, Jocelyn Abraham, Orlando Garner, Katherine Richards, Keegan Collins, Preethi Antony, Sindhu Mathew, Valerie C. Danesh, Gueorgui Dubrocq, Amber L. Davis, Marissa J Hammers, ill M. McGahey, Amanda C. Farris, Elisa Priest, Robyn Korsmo, Lorie Fares, Kathy Skiles, Susan M. Shor, Kenya Burns, Corrie A Dowell, Melody Flores, Lindsay Newman, Debora A Wilk, Jason Ettlinger, Jaccallene Bomar, Himani Darji, Alejandro Arroliga, Alejandro C Arroliga, Corrie A. Dowell, Gabriela Hope Conzales, Debora A. Wilk, Paras B. Khandhar, Elizabeth Kring, Valerie M. Banner-Goodspeed, Somnath Bose, Lauren E. Kelly, Melisa Joseph, Marie McGourty, Krystal Capers, Benjamin Hoenig, Maria C. Karamourtopoulos, Anica C. Law, Elias N. Baedorf Kassis, Allan J. Walkey, Sushrut S. Waikar, Michael A. Garcia, Mia Colona, Zoe Kibbelaar, Michael Leong, Daniel Wallman, Kanupriya Soni, Jennifer Maccarone, Joshua Gilman, Ycar Devis, Joseph Chung, Munizay Paracha, David N. Lumelsky, Madeline DiLorenzo, Najla Abdurrahman, Shelsey Johnson, Andrew M. Hersh, Stephanie L Wachs, Brittany S. Swigger, Lauren A. Sattler, Michael N. Moulton, Kimberly Zammit, J Patrick, William McGrath, Maya Loeffler, R Chilbert, Aaron S. Miller, Edwin L. Anderson, Rosemary Nagy, Ravali R. Inja, Raghavendra Tirupathi, Alymer Tang, Arshad Safi, Cindy Green, Jackie Newell, Rayan E. Ihle, Shelda A. Martin, Elaine A. Davis, Katja M. Gist, Imran A Sayed, John Brinton, Larisa Strom, Kathleen Chiotos, Allison M. Blatz, Giyoung Lee, Ryan H. Burnett, Guy I. Sydney, Danielle M. Traynor, Karissa Nauert, Annika Gonzalez, Mariel Bagley, Anita Santpurkar, Salim Surani, Joshua White, Aftab Khan, Rahul Dhahwal, Sreekanth Cheruku, Farzin Ahmed, Christopher Deonarine, Ashley Jones, Mohammad-Ali Shaikh, David Preston, Jeanette Chin, Vidula Vachharajani, Abhijit Duggal, Prabalini Rajendram, Omar Mehkri, Siddharth Dugar, Michelle Biehl, Gretchen Sacha, Stuart Houltham, Alexander King, Kiran Ashok, Bryan Poynter, Mary Beukemann, Richard Rice, Susan Gole, Valerie Shaner, Adarsh Conjeevaram, Michelle Ferrari, Narendrakumar Alappan, Steven Minear, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Syed Sohaib Nasim, Ravi Sunderkrishnan, Debasis Sahoo, Patrick S. Milligan, Sandeep K. Gupta, Joy M. Koglin, Regina Gibson, Lana Johnson, Felicia Preston, Crimson Scott, Bethany Nungester, Steven K. Daugherty, Sam Atkinson, Kelly Shrimpton, Sidney Ontai, Brian Contreras, Uzoma Obinwanko, Nneka Amamasi, Amir Sharafi, Sarah Lee, Zahia Esber, Chetna Jinjvadia, Kimberly Welker, Francis M. Maguire, Jessica Timmer, Raquel R Bartz, Vijay Krishnamoorthy, Bryan Kraft, Aaron Pulsipher, Eugene Friedman, Sachin Mehta, Margit Kaufman, Gregg Lobel, Nisha Gandhi, Amr Abdelaty, Elizabeth Shaji, Kiana Lim, Juan Marte, Dani Ashley Sosa, David P. Yamane, Ivy Benjenk, Nivedita Prasanna, Smith F. Heavner-Sullivan, Prera J. Roth, Banu Sivaraj, Haley Fulton, Madison G Herin, Marissa Crum, Morgan E. Fretwell, Emily-Rose Zhou, Christine Waller, Kara Kallies, Jonean Thorsen, Alec Fitzsimmons, Haley Olsen, Heda R. Dapul, Sourabh Verma, Alan Salas, Ariel Daube, Michelle Korn, Michelle Ramirez, Logi Rajagopalan, Laura Santos, Orma Smalls, Atul Malhotra, Abdurrahman Husain, Qais Zawaydeh, J.H. Steuernagle, Steven Q. Davis, Valentina Jovic, Max Masuda, Amanda Hayes, Katharine Nault, Michael Smith, William Snow, Riley Liptak, Hannah Durant, Valerie Pendleton, Alay Nanavati, Risa Mrozowsk, LiManoj K Gupta, Franscene E. Oulds, Akshay Nandavar, Yuk Ming Liu, Sarah Zavala, Esther Shim, Ronald A. Reilkoff, Julia A. Heneghan, Sarah Eichen, Lexie Goertzen, Scott Rajala, Ghislaine Feussom, Ben Tang, Christine C. Junia, Robert Lichtenberg, Hasrat Sidhu, Diana Espinoza, Shelden Rodrigues, Maria Jose Zabala, Daniela Goyes, Ammu Susheela, Buddhi Hatharaliyadda, Naveen Rameshkumar, Amulya Kasireddy, Genessis Maldonado, Lisseth Beltran, Akshata Chaugule, Hassan Khan, Namrata Patil, Ruhi Patil, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Ayan Sen, Amanda Palacios, Giyth M. Mahdi, Rahul Kashyap, Ognjen Gajic, Vikas Bansal, Aysun Tekin, Amos Lal, John C. O’Horo, Neha N. Deo, Mayank Sharma, Shahraz Qamar, Cory J. Kudrna, Juan Pablo Domecq Garces, Abigail T. La Nou, Marija Bogojevic, Devang Sanghavi, Pramod Guru, Karthik Gnanapandithan, Hollie Saunders, Zachary Fleissner, Juan Garcia, Alejandra Yu Lee Mateus, Siva Naga Yarrarapu, Syed Anjum Khan, Juan Pablo Domecq, Nitesh Kumar Jain, Thoyaja Koritala, Alexander Bastidas, Gabriela Orellana, Adriana Briceno Bierwirth, Eliana Milazzo, Juan Guillermo Sierra, Thao Dang, Amy B. Christie, Dennis W. Ashley, Rajani Adiga, Rahul S Nanchal, Paul A Bergl, Jennifer L Peterson, Travis Yamanaka, Nicholas A. Barreras, Michael Markos, Anita Fareeduddin, Rohan Mehta, Chakradhar Venkata, Miriam Engemann, Annamarie Mantese, Yasir Tarabichi, Adam Perzynski, Christine Wang, Dhatri Kotekal, Adriana C Briceno Bierwirth, Gabriela M Orellana, Gerardo Catalasan, Shohana Ahmed, Carlos F Matute, Ahmad Hamdan, Ivania Salinas, Genesis Del Nogal, Angel Tejada, Anna Eschler, Mary Hejna, Emily Lewandowski, Kristen Kusmierski, Clare Martin, Jen-Ting Chen, Aluko Hope, Zoe Tsagaris, Elise Ruen, Aram Hambardzumyan, Prithvi Sendi, Meghana Nadiger, Balagangadhar Totapally, Bhagat S. Aulakh, Jennifer A. Bandy, Lisa M. Kreps, Dawn R. Bollinger, Roger Scott Stienecker, Andre G. Melendez, Tressa A. Brunner, Sue M Budzon, Jessica L. Heffernan, Janelle M. Souder, Tracy L. Miller, Andrea G. Maisonneuve, Roberta E. Redfern, Jessica Shoemaker, Jennifer Micham, Lynn Kenney, Gabriel Naimy, Sara Utley, Holly Balcer, Kerry P. J. Pulver, Jennifer Yehle, Alicia Weeks, Terra Inman, Brian L. Delmonaco, Anthony Franklin, Mitchell Heath, Antonia L. Vilella, Sara B. Kutner, Kacie Clark, Danielle Moore, Shina Menon, John K McGuire, Deana Rich, Harry L. Anderson, III, Dixy Rajkumar, Ali Abunayla, Jerrilyn Heiter, Howard A. Zaren, Stephanie J. Smith, Grant C. Lewis, Lauren Seames, Cheryl Farlow, Judy Miller, Gloria Broadstreet, John Lin, Cindy Terrill, Brock Montgomery, Sydney Reyes, Summer Reyes, Alex Plattner, Anthony Martinez, Micheal Allison, Aniket Mittal, Rafael Ruiz, Aleta Skaanland, Robert Ross, Umang Patel, Jordesha Hodge, KrunalKumar Patel, Shivani Dalal, Himanshu Kavani, Sam Joseph, Michael A. Bernstein, Ian K. Goff, Matthew Naftilan, Amal Mathew, Deborah Williams, Sue Murdock, Maryanne Ducey, Kerianne Nelson, Paul K Mohabir, Connor G O’Brien, Komal Dasani, William Marx, Ioana Amzuta, Asad J. Choudhry, Mohammad T. Azam, Kristina L Carter, Michael A Olmos, Brittany M Parker, Julio Quintanilla, Tara A Craig, Brendon J Clough, Jeffrey T Jameson, Neha Gupta, Tracy L Jones, Shonda C Ayers, Amy B Harrell, Dr.Brent R Brown, Utpal S. Bhalala, Joshua Kuehne, Melinda Garcia, Morgan Beebe, Heather Herrera, Chris Fiack, Stephanie Guo, May Vawer, Beth Blackburn, Megan Edwards, Caleb Darby, Kristy Page, Amanda Brown, Jessie McAbee, Katherine A. Belden, Michael Baram, Devin M. Weber, Rosalie DePaola, Yuwei Xia, Hudson Carter, Aaron Tolley, Mark Steele, Laurie Kemble, Joshua L. Denson, A. Scott Gillet, Margo Brown, Rachael Stevens, Andrew Wetherbie, Kevin Tea, Mathew Moore, Benjamin J Sines, Thomas J Bice, Emily A. Vail, Susannah Nicholson, Rachelle B. Jonas, AnnaRose E. Dement, William Tang, Mark DeRosa, Robert E. Villarreal, Rajany V. Dy, Alfredo Iardino, Jill Sharma, Richard Czieki, Julia Christopher, Ryan Lacey, Marwan Mashina, Kushal Patel, Erica C. Bjornstad, Nancy M. Tofil, Scott House, Isabella Aldana, Nikhil K. Meena, Jose D. Caceres, Nikhil K Meena, Sarenthia M. Epps, Harmeen Goraya, Kelsey R. Besett, Ryan James, Lana Y. Abusalem, Akash K. Patel, Lana S Hasan, Dina Gomaa, Michael Goodman, Devin Wakefield, Anthony Spuzzillo, John O. Shinn, II, Azra Bihorac, Tezcan Ozrazgat Baslanti, George Omalay, Haleh Hashemighouchani, Julie S. Cupka, Matthew M Ruppert, Patrick W. McGonagill, Colette Galet, Janice Hubbard, David Wang, Lauren Allan, Aditya Badheka, Madhuradhar Chegondi, Usman Nazir, Garrett Rampon, Jake Riggle, Nathan Dismang, Vicki Montgomery, Janice Sullivan, Sarah Morris, Jennifer Nason, Roger A. Alvarez, Amarilys Alarcon-Calderon, Marie Anne Sosa, Sunita K. Mahabir, Mausam J. Patel, Pauline Park, Andrew Admon, Sinan Hanna, Rishi Chanderraj, Maria Pliakas, Ann Wolski, Jennifer Cirino, Dima Dandachi, Hariharan Regunath, Maraya N. Camazine, Grant. E. Geiger, Abdoulie O. Njai, Baraa M. Saad, Faraaz Ali Shah, Byron Chuan, Sagar L. Rawal, Manal Piracha, Joseph E. Tonna, Nicholas M. Levin, Kayte Suslavich, Rachel Tsolinas, Zachary T. Fica, Chloe R. Skidmore, Renee D. Stapleton, Anne E. Dixon, Olivia Johnson, Sara S. Ardren, Stephanie Burns, Anna Raymond, Erika Gonyaw, Kevin Hodgdon, Chloe Housenger, Benjamin Lin, Karen McQuesten, Heidi Pecott-Grimm, Julie Sweet, Sebastian Ventrone, Nita Khandelwal, T. Eoin West, Ellen S. Caldwell, Lara Lovelace-Macon, Navya Garimella, Denisse B. Dow, Murtaza Akhter, Rania Abdul Rahman, Mary Mulrow, Erin M. Wilfong, Kelsi Vela, Ashish K. Khanna, Lynne Harris, Bruce Cusson, Jacob Fowler, David Vaneenenaam, Glen McKinney, Imoh Udoh, Kathleen Johnson, Patrick G. Lyons, Andrew P Michelson, Sara S. Haluf, Lauren M. Lynch, Nguyet M. Nguyen, Aaron Steinberg, Nicholas Braus, Vishwanath Pattan, Jessica Papke, Ismail Jimada, Nida Mhid, and Samuel Chakola

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Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
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IMPORTANCE:. Even with its proclivity for older age, coronavirus disease 2019 has been shown to affect all age groups. However, there remains a lack of research focused primarily on the young adult population. OBJECTIVES:. To describe the epidemiology and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 and identify the risk factors associated with critical illness and mortality in hospitalized young adults. DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS:. A retrospective cohort study of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study registry. Patients 18–40 years old, hospitalized from coronavirus disease 2019 from March 2020 to April 2021, were included in the analysis. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:. Critical illness was defined as a composite of mortality and 21 predefined interventions and complications. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess associations with critical illness and mortality. RESULTS:. Data from 4,005 patients (152 centers, 19 countries, 18.6% non-U.S. patients) were analyzed. The median age was 32 years (interquartile range, 27–37 yr); 51% were female, 29.4% Hispanic, and 42.9% had obesity. Most patients (63.2%) had comorbidities, the most common being hypertension (14.5%) and diabetes (13.7%). Hospital and ICU mortality were 3.2% (129/4,005) and 8.3% (109/1,313), respectively. Critical illness occurred in 25% (n = 996), and 34.3% (n = 1,376) were admitted to the ICU. Older age (p = 0.03), male sex (adjusted odds ratio, 1.83 [95% CI, 1.2–2.6]), and obesity (adjusted odds ratio, 1.6 [95% CI, 1.1–2.4]) were associated with hospital mortality. In addition to the above factors, the presence of any comorbidity was associated with critical illness from coronavirus disease 2019. Multiple sensitivity analyses, including analysis with U.S. patients only and patients admitted to high-volume sites, showed similar risk factors. CONCLUSIONS:. Among hospitalized young adults, obese males with comorbidities are at higher risk of developing critical illness or dying from coronavirus disease 2019.

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2021
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5. Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Waqas Ullah, Yasar Sattar, Irfan Ullah, Ammu Susheela, Maryam Mukhtar, M. Chadi Alraies, Mamas A. Mamas, and David L. Fischman

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Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
Abstract

Background. The safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for stable left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) remains controversial. Methods. Digital databases were searched to compare the major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and its components. A random effect model was used to compute an unadjusted odds ratio (OR). Results. A total of 43 studies (37 observational and 6 RCTs) consisting of 29,187 patients (PCI 13,709 and CABG 15,478) were identified. The 30-day rate of MACCE (OR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.42–0.76; p = 0.0002) and all-cause mortality (OR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.30–0.91; p = 0.02) was significantly lower in the PCI group. There was no significant difference in the rate of myocardial infarction (MI) (p = 0.17) and revascularization (p = 0.12). At 5 years, CABG was favored due to a significantly lower rate of MACCE (OR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.18–2.36; p =

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2020
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6. Does the Route of Cocaine Use Affect the Mortality and Outcomes of Cocaine-Induced Intestinal Ischemia? A Systematic Review

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Ghulam Ghous, Amlish Gondal, Ammu Susheela, Adnan Malik, Umer Farooq, Zahid Ijaz Tarar, Aftab Sharif, and Muhammad Usman Zafar

Subjects
Medicine (General), Epidemiology, Comorbidity, Review, patient outcome assessment, Affect (psychology), R5-920, Cocaine, length of stay, Ischemia, Pathology, Humans, Medicine, RB1-214, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, In hospital mortality, Intestinal ischemia, business.industry, intestinal ischemia, Anesthesia, Cocaine use, Tissue hypoxia, business, Safety Research, Perfusion, in-hospital mortality
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Intestinal ischemia results from diminished perfusion of the colon resulting in tissue hypoxia. Anecdotal reports suggest that cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia has the highest mortality and longer length of stay among the vasoconstrictors. The present study aimed to summarize the available studies in the literature to assess the effect of routes of consumption on the outcomes of cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia. We conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE from inception through October 2019. Studies of cocaine-induced intestinal ischemia were included if data were available on comorbidities, mortality, and hospital length of stay (LOS). The study’s primary outcomes were mortality and need for surgery, while secondary outcomes included the hospital length of stay, LACE index, and hospital score. Statistical tests used included linear and binary logistic regression. STATA 2015 was used, and P < 0.05 was statistically significant. Of the 304 studies, 8 case series and 45 case reports (n = 69 patients) met the inclusion criteria. Different routes of cocaine use had similar mortality odds and the need for surgery for intestinal ischemia. Hospital LOS showed significant difference among the subgroups. Readmission scores (LACE and hospital score) were higher for intravenous and smoking than ingestion and intranasal use ( P < 0.05). In conclusion, different routes of cocaine use appear to have similar mortality odds for intestinal ischemia, which vary significantly among the different routes of cocaine consumption for the length of stay and readmission scores. Prompt recognition of the route of cocaine use is vital to improve the outcome. Large-scale and well-designed observational studies are needed to investigate this topic further.

Published
2021

7. Creating a Digital Health Smartphone App and Digital Phenotyping Platform for Mental Health and Diverse Healthcare Needs: an Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach

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Synthia Guimond, John F. Pearson, Liza Hoffman, John Torous, Haley Troy, Valerie A. Noel, Aditya Vaidyam, Michael Menon, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Emma Weizenbaum, Daniel Fulford, Elizabeth Carpenter, Ammu Susheela, Gary C. David, Bruce Bird, Philip Henson, Ryan Hays, John A. Naslund, Randy Peterson, Eduardo Elejalde, Chun Lim, and Hannah Wisniewski

Subjects
Therapeutic relationship, business.industry, Computer science, Internet privacy, Scalability, Health care, Psychological intervention, Use case, business, Digital health, Mental health, Bridge (nautical)
Abstract

As the potential of smartphone apps and sensors for healthcare and clinical research continues to expand, there is a concomitant need for open, accessible, and scalable digital tools. While many current app platforms offer useful solutions for either clinicians or patients, fewer seek to serve both and support the therapeutic relationship between them. Thus, we aimed to create a novel smartphone platform at the intersection of patient demands for trust, control, and community and clinician demands for transparent, data driven, and translational tools. The resulting LAMP platform has evolved through numerous iterations and with much feedback from patients, designers, sociologists, advocates, clinicians, researchers, app developers, and philanthropists. As an open and free tool, the LAMP platform continues to evolve as reflected in its current diverse use cases across research and clinical care in psychiatry, neurology, anesthesia, and psychology. In this paper, we explore the motivation, features, current progress, and next steps to pair the platform for use in a new digital psychiatry clinic, to advance digital interventions for youth mental health, and to bridge gaps in available mental health care for underserved patient groups. The code for the LAMP platform is freely shared with this paper to encourage others to adapt and improve on our team’s efforts.

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2019
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8. Diagnosis and Management of Lemierre's Syndrome Presented with Multifocal Pneumonia and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

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Bibek Karki, Adnan Liaqat, Yasar Sattar, Waqas Ullah, Fnu Zafrullah, and Ammu Susheela

Subjects
myalgia, medicine.medical_specialty, Case Report, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, stomatognathic system, Lemierre's syndrome, Sore throat, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Respiratory system, Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, medicine.diagnostic_test, biology, business.industry, Magnetic resonance imaging, General Medicine, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Pneumonia, stomatognathic diseases, Radiology, medicine.symptom, Fusobacterium nucleatum, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

A 27-year-old female patient initially presented with fever, myalgia, sore throat that progressed to multifocal pneumonia, and cerebral sinus venous thrombosis. A combination of upper respiratory symptoms with tooth infection, positive blood culture for Fusobacterium nucleatum, computed tomography (CT) chest finding of multifocal pneumonia, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) suggested Lemierre syndrome. The patient was managed with fluids, antibiotics, and anticoagulants. The patient survived and discharged from the hospital. The patient’s symptoms improved at 2 months of follow-up.

Published
2020

9. S600 Clinical Outcomes of Thin 0.025-inch vs Regular 0.035-inch Hydrophilic Guide Wires With Sphincterotome in Wire-Guided Cannulation: A First Meta-Analysis

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Faiza Zakaria, Ammu Susheela, Faiza Ahmed, Thiruvengadam Muniraj, Shanthi Potla, Sai Harsha Bobba, Aysha Aslam, Karthik Mohan, Ujala Nasr, Kim Andrews, Raza Zarrar, Alaa Hamdan, Marc-Darlene Mezidor, Zeynep Yukselen, Anusha Sajja, Endrit Shahini, and Sarfraz Ahmad

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Hepatology, Guide wires, business.industry, Gastroenterology, Medicine, business, Biomedical engineering
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2021
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10. S122 Effectiveness of Gemcitabine Plus S-1 Combination As First-Line Therapy Tested in Japanese Population for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer: Systematic Review of Clinical Trials

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Sai Harsha Bobba, Ujala Nasr, Aysha Aslam, Shanthi Potla, Zeynep Yukselen, Marc-Darlene Mezidor, Faiza Ahmed, Alaa Hamdan, Anusha Sajja, Kim Andrews, Thiruvengadam Muniraj, Faiza Zakaria, Raza Zarrar, Sundus Ali, Endrit Shahini, Karthik Mohan, and Ammu Susheela

Subjects
Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Biliary tract cancer, Hepatology, business.industry, Gastroenterology, Japanese population, Gemcitabine, Clinical trial, First line therapy, Internal medicine, medicine, business, medicine.drug
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2021
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11. Monroe J. Schlesinger's Radiographic Visualization of the Coronary Arteries in Postmortem Hearts and Its Clinical Applications

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Ammu Susheela, Stafford I. Cohen, and Jeffrey E. Saffitz

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Cardiogenic shock, Autopsy, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, medicine.disease, Collateral circulation, Angina, Coronary arteries, 03 medical and health sciences, Coronary circulation, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Internal medicine, Heart failure, medicine, Cardiology, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Dr. Monroe J. Schlesinger was a pioneer pathologist who developed a method to radiographically visualize the coronary circulation in human hearts at autopsy. Acute and long-term animal studies by Dr. Schlesinger et al led to evidence-based conclusions in humans about many manifestations of coronary disease. Clinical syndromes such as angina pectoris and acute myocardial infarction, the beneficial role of collateral circulation, and the anatomic requisites for congestive heart failure and cardiogenic shock were all defined. Information based on the Schlesinger technique was among the first pathophysiologic incentives to salvage jeopardized ischemic myocardium, and evidence derived from his studies influenced the evolving foundation of modern therapy. Schlesinger's technique was to inject the right and left coronary arteries with a lead-based radiopaque agar. After constant contact with this medium for 12 years, he developed lead poisoning. He then changed the formula by substituting iodide for lead. It is of interest that present angiographic studies use iodinated contrast agents. In conclusion, Monroe Schlesinger's work in defining the coronary circulation in postmortem human hearts laid the foundation for future technical advances to analyze the coronary circulation in the living.

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2018
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12. Comparison of Glycemic Variability Indices: Blood Glucose, Risk Index, and Coefficient of Variation in Predicting Adverse Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

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Xinling Xu, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Valluvan Rangasamy, and Ammu Susheela

Subjects
Adult, Blood Glucose, medicine.medical_specialty, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030202 anesthesiology, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Myocardial infarction, Prospective Studies, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Adverse effect, Stroke, Glycemic, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Thoracic Surgery, Perioperative, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Cardiac surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Fluctuations in blood glucose (glycemic variability) increase the risk of adverse outcomes. No universally accepted tool for glycemic variability exists during the perioperative period. The authors compared 2 measures of glycemic variability-(1) coefficient of variation (CV) and (2) the Blood Glucose Risk Index (BGRI)-in predicting adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery.Prospective, observational study.Single-center, teaching hospital.A total of 1,963 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.None.Postoperative blood glucose levels were measured hourly for the first 24 hours and averaged every 4 hours (4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 hours). Glycemic variability was measured by CV and the BGRI. The primary outcome, major adverse events (MAEs), was a predefined composite of postoperative complications (death, reoperation, deep sternal infection, stroke, pneumonia, renal failure, tamponade, and myocardial infarction). Logistic regression models were constructed to evaluate the association. Predictive ability was measured using C-statistics. Major adverse events were seen in 170 (8.7%) patients. Only the fourth quartile of CV showed association (odds ratio [OR] 1.91; 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.19-3.14]; p = 0.01), whereas BGRI was related significantly to MAE (OR 1.20; 95% CI [1.10-1.32]; p0.0001). The predictive ability of CV and BGRI increased on adding the standard Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) risk index. The C-statistic for STS was 0.68, whereas STS + CV was 0.70 (p = 0.012) and STS + BGRI was 0.70 (p = 0.012).Both CV and the BGRI had good predictive ability. The BGRI being a continuous variable could be a preferred measure of glycemic variability in predicting adverse outcomes (cutoff value 2.24) after cardiac surgery.

Published
2019

13. Recurrent Pheochromocytoma in an Elderly Patient

Author

Howide Eldib, Martin Gorbien, Andrea Bial, Hannah Koh, Ammu Susheela, Salman Ali, Brian Lavery, and Deepthi Vinnakota

Subjects
Medicine (General), endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, endocrine system diseases, Metastatic pheochromocytoma, Case Report, Pheochromocytoma, Neuroendocrine tumors, R5-920, Epidemiology, medicine, Elderly patient, neoplasms, oncology_oncogenics, Recurrent pheochromocytoma, Laparoscopic adrenalectomy, business.industry, General surgery, General Medicine, medicine.disease, nervous system, Presentation (obstetrics), business, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, neuroendocrine tumor
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Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that can affect people of all ages and are commonly diagnosed in the 4th and 5th decades of life. Familial pheochromocytomas are diagnosed mostly between the 2nd and 3rd decades of life. They can be benign or metastatic and often present as isolated tumors or along with other neuroendocrine syndromes. We present a case of an elderly man who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma at the age of 60 years but developed recurrence of metastatic pheochromocytoma after ten years. We also conducted a literature review to understand the epidemiology and presentation of the tumor and to emphasize that there should be a low threshold of suspicion for timely diagnosis and management of recurrent pheochromocytoma.

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2020
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14. Guided meditation as an adjunct to enhance postoperative recovery after cardiac surgery: study protocol for a prospective randomized controlled feasibility trial

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Melissa Patxot, Shahzad Shaefi, Brian O’Gara, Ariel Mueller, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Edward R. Marcantonio, Doris-Vanessa Gasangwa, Gloria Y. Yeh, Senthil Packiasabapathy, and Ammu Susheela

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Guided meditation, Time Factors, Health Status, Psychological intervention, Medicine (miscellaneous), Pilot Projects, Anxiety, Neuropsychological Tests, Study Protocol, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognition, Quality of life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Cognitive decline, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, lcsh:R5-920, Isha Kriya, Depression, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Cardiac surgery, 3. Good health, Meditation, Mental Health, Treatment Outcome, medicine.symptom, lcsh:Medicine (General), medicine.medical_specialty, Prehabilitation, Neurocognitive Disorders, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Surveys, Postoperative cognitive decline, 03 medical and health sciences, Preoperative Care, Humans, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), business.industry, Delirium, Perioperative, Affect, Physical therapy, Quality of Life, Feasibility Studies, business, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Sleep, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Boston
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Background Cardiac surgical procedures are associated with postoperative neurological complications such as cognitive decline and delirium, which can complicate recovery and impair quality of life. Perioperative depression and anxiety may be associated with increased mortality after cardiac surgeries. Surgical prehabilitation is an emerging concept that includes preoperative interventions to potentially reduce postoperative complications. While most current prehabilitation interventions focus on optimizing physical health, mind–body interventions are an area of growing interest. Preoperative mind–body interventions such as Isha Kriya meditation, may hold significant potential to improve postsurgical outcomes. Methods This is a prospective, randomized controlled feasibility trial. A total of 40 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery will be randomized to one of three study groups. Participants randomized to either of the two intervention groups will receive meditative intervention: (1) commencing two weeks before surgery; or (2) commencing only from the day after surgery. Meditative intervention will last for four weeks after the surgery in these groups. Participants in the third control group will receive the current standard of care with no meditative intervention. All participants will undergo assessments using neurocognitive, sleep, depression, anxiety, and pain questionnaires at various time points in the perioperative period. Blood samples will be collected at baseline, preoperatively, and postoperatively to assess for inflammatory biomarkers. The primary aim of this trial is to assess the feasibility of implementing a perioperative meditative intervention program. Other objectives include studying the effect of meditation on postoperative pain, sleep, psychological wellbeing, cognitive function, and delirium. These will be used to calculate effect size to design future studies. Discussion This study serves as the first step towards understanding the feasibility of implementing a mind–body intervention as a prehabilitative intervention to improve postoperative surgical outcomes after cardiac surgery. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT03198039. Registered on 23 June 2017. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-3103-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Published
2019

15. PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION OR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING FOR LEFT MAIN STEM CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE? A META-ANALYSIS

Author

Maryam Mukhtar, Waqas Ullah, Irfan Ullah, Ammu Susheela, and Yasar Sattar

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Percutaneous, Bypass grafting, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Percutaneous coronary intervention, medicine.disease, Coronary artery disease, surgical procedures, operative, medicine.anatomical_structure, Internal medicine, Intervention (counseling), Meta-analysis, Conventional PCI, medicine, Cardiology, cardiovascular diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Artery
Abstract

The relative safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) remain controversial. Digital databases were searched, and data on major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE

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2020
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16. Extended-Duration Thromboprophylaxis Among Acute Medically Ill Patients

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Adrian F. Hernandez, Ammu Susheela, Kiran Singh, Alexander T. Cohen, Rim Halaby, Robert A. Harrington, Yazan Daaboul, Russell D. Hull, C. Michael Gibson, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, and Serge Korjian

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medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Hemorrhage, Risk management tools, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Risk Assessment, Drug Administration Schedule, Drug Costs, Unmet needs, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Fibrinolytic Agents, Randomized controlled trial, Risk Factors, law, medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Duration (project management), Intensive care medicine, Venous Thrombosis, Pharmacology, business.industry, Anticoagulants, Venous Thromboembolism, medicine.disease, Thrombosis, Pulmonary embolism, Residual risk, Treatment Outcome, Acute Disease, Observational study, Patient Safety, Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
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Acute medical illnesses are associated with a prolonged elevation in inflammatory markers that predisposes patients to thrombosis beyond the duration of their hospital stay. In parallel, both observational and randomized data have demonstrated a rate of postdischarge venous thromboembolic events that often exceeds that observed in the hospital setting. Despite this significant residual risk of venous thromboembolic events following discharge among acute medically ill patients, no therapeutic strategies have been recommended to address this unmet need. Available randomized trials have demonstrated the efficacy of extending the duration of thromboprophylaxis with available anticoagulants; however, the efficacy is offset, at least in part, by an increase in bleeding events. Identification of the optimal therapeutic strategies, treatment duration, and risk assessment tools that reconcile both efficacy and safety of extended-duration thromboprophylaxis among acute medically ill patients is an area of ongoing investigation.

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2015
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17. The use of dexmedetomidine and intravenous acetaminophen for the prevention of postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients over 60 years of age: a pilot study

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Doris-Vanessa Gasangwa, Melissa Patxot, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Ammu Susheela, Jason B. O’Neal, Senthil Packiasabapathy, and Edward R. Marcantonio

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Clinical Science, Sedation, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, behavioral disciplines and activities, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, delirium, Anesthesiology, mental disorders, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Dexmedetomidine, General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, acetaminophen, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), General Immunology and Microbiology, Neurological Problems in Critical Care, propofol, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), dexmedetomidine, General Medicine, Articles, Cardiac surgery, 3. Good health, nervous system diseases, cognitive assessments, Blood pressure, Cognitive Neurology & Dementia, Anesthesia, Delirium, sense organs, medicine.symptom, Propofol, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, medicine.drug, Research Article
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Background: Delirium is associated with many negative health outcomes. Postoperative sedation and opioid administration may contribute to delirium. We hypothesize that the use of dexmedetomidine and Intravenous acetaminophen (IVA) may lead to reduced opioid consumption and decreased incidence of postoperative delirium. This pilot study aims to assess feasibility of using dexmedetomidine and IVA in cardiac surgical patients, and obtain effect size estimates for incidence and duration of delirium. Methods: A total of 12 adult patients >60 years of age undergoing cardiac surgery were recruited for the study after IRB approval and randomized into 4 groups: Propofol only (P), Propofol with IVA (P+A), Dexmedetomidine only (D), Dexmedetomidine with IVA (D+A). Preoperative baseline cognition and postoperative delirium was assessed daily until discharge. The feasibility was assessed by the number of patients who successfully completed the study. Results: All patients completed the study protocol successfully. The total incidence of delirium in the study population was 42% (5/12): 67% (2/3) in the group P, and 67% (2/3) in the group D, 33% (1/3) in D+A group and 0%(0/3) P+A group. The incidence of delirium was 17% (1/6) in the group receiving IVA compared to 67% (4/6) that did not receive IVA. The mean duration of delirium was 0-1 days. One patient expired after surgery, unrelated to the study protocol. One patient in the D group experienced hypotension with systolic blood pressure Conclusions: The feasibility of performing a large-scale project is ascertained by the study. Patients receiving IVA had lower incidence of delirium compared to patients not receiving IVA which suggests that IVA may have a role in reducing the incidence of delirium. A prospective randomized, placebo-controlled trial will be the next step in investigating the role of dexmedetomidine and IVA in reducing the incidence of delirium.

Published
2017

18. Patients with common variable immunodeficiency paradoxically have increased rates of autoimmune disorders

Author

Andrew J. Hale and Ammu Susheela

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Cirrhosis, Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms, Gastroenterology, Coeliac disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, Liver disease, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Agammaglobulinemia, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Immunodeficiency, Enterocolitis, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Common variable immunodeficiency, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Celiac Disease, Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Liver biopsy, Immunology, Primary immunodeficiency, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, Female, medicine.symptom, business
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Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), characterised by disordered B cell function, is one of the most common primary immunodeficiency disorders. Patients with CVID are at lifelong risk of recurrent infections, particularly of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Paradoxically, given their immunocompromised state, patients with CVID are also at significantly increased risk of autoimmune disorders, which are seen in almost 25% of cases. The authors report a 24-year-old female patient with CVID, manifested as severe hypogammaglobulinaemia with recurrent sinopulmonary infections and enterocolitis, who presented with transaminitis, chronic diarrhoea and haematemesis. No infectious aetiologies were identified. She was diagnosed with coeliac disease after a small bowel biopsy and positive response to gluten-free diet. Haematemesis was attributed to portal hypertension due to liver cirrhosis, which was confirmed via liver biopsy. Coeliac disease can be a cause of diarrhoea in patients with immunodeficiency disorders and is often underdiagnosed. It can also be the underlying source of liver disease and is an often under-recognised cause of cirrhosis. The case presented emphasises the paradoxical and challenging relationship that patients with CVID face between immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, and also highlights that coeliac disease is an under-recognised cause of liver disease.

Published
2017

19. Use of Plasmapheresis and Immunosuppressants to Treat Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Author

Fnu Zafrullah, Ammu Susheela, Yasar Sattar, Norina Usman, and Waqas Ullah

Subjects
Medicine (General), medicine.medical_specialty, Cyclophosphamide, medicine.medical_treatment, Case Report, macromolecular substances, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Gastroenterology, 03 medical and health sciences, R5-920, rituximab, 0302 clinical medicine, stomatognathic system, Prednisone, Internal medicine, Intensive care, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, business.industry, Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, General Medicine, medicine.disease, plasmapheresis, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, Rituximab, Plasmapheresis, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Vasculitis, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease characterized by small-to-medium vessel vasculitis due to Central Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (C-ANCA). GPA commonly involves the lungs and the kidneys. Among the pulmonary manifestations, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DHA) is a rare presentation of GPA that can present with hemoptysis leading to acute onset of anemia and hemodynamic instability. An active diagnostic workup including serologic titer of C-ANCA, imaging, intensive care, and aggressive immunosuppression is the key to DAH management. We report a case of DAH secondary to GPA that presented with hemoptysis leading to severe anemia, initially resuscitated symptomatically and started on plasmapheresis with pulse steroids and cyclophosphamide. Timely diagnosis and management led to a remarkable recovery of the pulmonary symptoms and imaging findings of DAH.

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2019
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20. The effect of a one-time 15-minute guided meditation (Isha Kriya) on stress and mood disturbances among operating room professionals: a prospective interventional pilot study

Author

Senthilkumar Sadhasivam, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Tracy F. H. Chang, Ariel Mueller, Ammu Susheela, and Valluvan Rangasamy

Subjects
Adult, Guided meditation, Operating Rooms, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, meditation, media_common.quotation_subject, Nurses, Perceived Stress Scale, Pilot Projects, anesthesia, Burnout, Profile of mood states, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, surgery, Occupational Stress, Young Adult, stress, 03 medical and health sciences, Patient safety, 0302 clinical medicine, Operating Room Technicians, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Medicine, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, Meditation, General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, Aged, media_common, Surgeons, burnout, General Immunology and Microbiology, business.industry, Articles, General Medicine, Perioperative, Middle Aged, operating room professionals, Affect, Mood, healthcare providers, Physical therapy, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article
Abstract

Background: Operating room professionals are exposed to high levels of stress and burnout. Besides affecting the individual, it can compromise patient safety and quality of care as well. Meditation practice is getting recognized for its ability to improve wellness among various populations, including healthcare providers. Methods: Baseline stress levels of perioperative healthcare providers were measured via an online survey using a Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaire. An in-person meditation workshop was demonstrated during surgical grand rounds and an international anesthesia conference using a 15-minute guided Isha Kriya meditation. The participants were then surveyed for mood changes before and after meditation using a Profile of Mood States (POMS) questionnaire. Results: Surgeons and anesthesiologists were found to have higher median (interquartile range) Perceived Stress Scores as compared to nurses respectively (17 [12, 20] and 17 [12, 21] vs 14 [9, 19]; P = 0.01). Total mood disturbances were found to be significantly reduced after meditation in both the surgical grand rounds (pre-meditation median [IQR] 99 [85, 112] vs 87 [80, 93] post-meditation; P < 0.0001) and anesthesia conference cohorts (pre-meditation 92 [86, 106] vs 87 [81, 92] post-meditation; P < 0.0001). Conclusions: Isha Kriya, a guided meditation, is easy to learn and takes less than 15 minutes to complete. This meditation technique improves mood changes and negative emotions among operating room professionals and could be used as a potential tool for improving wellness.

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2019
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21. Acute hepatitis E superinfection leading to chronic hepatitis B reactivation

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Ammu Susheela, Sentia Iriana, Aysha Aslam, Daryl T.-Y. Lau, and Suzanne S Chan

Subjects
Adult, 0301 basic medicine, Hepatitis B virus, medicine.medical_specialty, Unusual Association of Diseases/Symptoms, medicine.disease_cause, Gastroenterology, Virus, Serology, 03 medical and health sciences, Hepatitis B, Chronic, 0302 clinical medicine, Chronic hepatitis, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Hepatitis, business.industry, Acute hepatitis E, General Medicine, Hepatitis B, medicine.disease, Right upper quadrant, Hepatitis E, 030104 developmental biology, Superinfection, DNA, Viral, Female, Virus Activation, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, business
Abstract

Reactivation of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There are many different causes of hepatitis B reactivation. This case describes an Asian woman with stable CHB presenting with significant hepatitis flare with markedly elevated serum aminotransferases and hepatitis B virus DNA level. The clinical symptoms were subtle with fatigue and vague right upper quadrant tenderness. We ruled out drug-associated hepatotoxicity and screened for common causes of acute hepatitis. Interestingly, she was noted to have reactive anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgM at initial presentation followed by anti-HEV IgG positivity a month later. The serological pattern confirmed the diagnosis of acute hepatitis E. The combination of antiviral therapy for hepatitis B and resolution of acute hepatitis E resulted in normalisation of serum aminotransferases. This case illustrates the importance of taking a careful history and having a high index of suspicion for various aetiologies when evaluating patients with reactivation of CHB.

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2018
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22. Significance of intra-operative blood pressure data resolution: A retrospective, observational study

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Balachundhar Subramaniam, Senthil Packiasabapathy, Ammu Susheela, and Fernando Mujica

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Data resolution, Intra operative, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Preliminary analysis, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Paired samples, 030202 anesthesiology, Statistics, Medicine, General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, General Immunology and Microbiology, business.industry, Cardiopulmonary bypass, Area under the curve, Retrospective cohort study, Articles, General Medicine, Cardiac surgery, Blood pressure, Sampling resolution, Beat by beat sampling, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Research Article
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Background: With evolving techniques for analysis of blood pressure (BP) variability, the importance of sampling resolution for intra-operative BP still remains to be examined. This study aims at comparing BP data with beat-by-beat vs. 15 second resolution. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of intra-arterial BP data obtained from cardiac surgical patients from the intra-operative period. Data was collected from two sources for each patient, one with beat-by-beat frequency, other at a frequency of once every 15 seconds. The fraction of time and area under the curve beyond systolic BP thresholds of 95 – 135 mmHg were calculated using data from both sources, for each patient. These were compared using Wilcoxon ranked sum test for paired samples using R-statistics version 3.4.3. Results: There was a statistically significant difference (P < 0.001) between the parameters from the two sources. This was especially true for parameters below and outside the thresholds. Only time fraction showed significant difference above the 135 mmHg threshold. Conclusion: Our preliminary analysis shows a definitive difference between BP descriptors, depending on sampling resolution. But the impact of this difference on the outcome predicting models of the parameters stands to be ascertained. Future larger studies, powered to examine the impact of sampling resolution on outcome predictive ability of BP descriptors, with special emphasis on dynamic markers of complexity are warranted.

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2018
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23. Dual Pathway Therapy for Secondary Prevention Following Acute Coronary Syndrome

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Ogheneochuko W. Ajari, Alejandro Lemor, Jesús R. Hernández-Elenes, Kiran Singh, Mugilan Poongkunran, Vignesh Ponnusamy, Deepika Beereddy, Yazan Daaboul, Alonso Alvarado, Serge Korjian, Hesham Bahaa Eldin, C. Michael Gibson, Rim Halaby, and Ammu Susheela

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Pharmacology, Secondary prevention, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Alternate pathway, business.industry, medicine.disease, Surgery, Residual risk, Clinical trial, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), Anticoagulant Agent, Intensive care medicine, business, Dual pathway, Cardiovascular mortality
Abstract

Although dual antiplatelet therapy has served as the standard of care following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a significant residual risk of ischemic events and cardiovascular mortality remains. Rather than further targeting the platelet with either a greater number of or more potent therapies, recent emphasis has shifted to treating an alternate pathway, namely thrombin generation, as part of a “dual-pathway” approach to secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events. While early studies combined the administration of antiplatelet agents and vitamin K antagonists and demonstrated a reduction in recurrent MI, there was an unacceptable increase in major bleeding. Combination of antiplatelet agents with novel oral anticoagulants may mitigate this bleeding risk and improve both net clinical outcomes as well as ease of use. The major challenge continues to be the identification of an optimal combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents that strikes a balance between efficacy and bleeding risk. The aims of this article are to review the major clinical trials assessing the safety and efficacy of oral anticoagulants for secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events following ACS and to shed light on future directions in the development of dual-pathway therapy.

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2015
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25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance is Essential for Cirrhotic Patients During and Post Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

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Michael P. Curry, Ning Ling, Daryl T.-Y. Lau, Annie Vong, Bilal Nasir, Hirsh D. Trivedi, Sentia Iriana, and Ammu Susheela

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Hepatology, Chronic hepatitis, business.industry, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Internal medicine, Gastroenterology, medicine, Antiviral therapy, medicine.disease, business, Direct acting
Published
2017
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26. Ethics in Medicine - Concept for Public Health

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Ammu Susheela

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Nursing ethics, Public health, Information ethics, Alternative medicine, medicine, International health, Engineering ethics, Military medical ethics, business, Applied ethics
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2015
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