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Avi Benov: The Association Between Glasgow Coma Scale Scores and PTSD in Military Trauma Casualties: Does Mental Status Following Injury Play a Role in PTSD Development? (Mil Med . )
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among military personnel and may arise following a wide range of traumatic exposures. Consciousness level following traumatic injury may play a role in the development of PTSD, but its effects have been primarily investigated in the context of traumatic brain injury.
Inshirah Sgayer, Gabriel Shamalov, Silas Assi, Daniel Glikman, Lior Lowenstein, Maya Frank Wolf: Bacteriology and clinical outcomes of urine mixed bacterial growth in pregnancy (Int Urogynecol J .)
The objective was to analyse the risk of significant bacteriuria in repeat urine cultures from pregnant women, following initial mixed bacterial results.
Chaim Putterman; Novel biomarker discovery through comprehensive proteomic analysis of lupus mouse serum (J Autoimmun . )
The difficulty of monitoring organ-specific pathology in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often complicates disease prognostication and treatment. Improved non-invasive biomarkers of active organ pathology, particularly lupus nephritis, would improve patient care. We sought to validate and apply a novel strategy to generate the first comprehensive serum proteome of a lupus mouse model and identify mechanism-linked lupus biomarker candidates for subsequent clinical investigation.
Moshe Carmel, Basem Hijazi, Narges Azzam, Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari: Chicago Classification Version 4.0 Improves Stratification of Ineffective Esophageal Motility Patients into Clinically Meaningful Subtypes: A Two-Center International Study (Dysphagia )
The 4th iteration of the Chicago Classification (CC v4.0) for esophageal motility disorders offers more restrictive criteria for the diagnosis of Ineffective Esophageal Motility (IEM) compared to version 3.0 (CC v3.0). In light of the updated criteria for IEM, we aimed to characterize and compare the patients who retained their IEM diagnosis to those who were reclassified as normal motility, and to evaluate the clinical impact of the newly introduced CC v4.0.
Tomer Bernstine, Michael Edelstein, Danna Krupik: Pediatric injury attendances in different population groups in Israel before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdowns: a descriptive study, 2018-2022 (Int J Emerg Med .)
Lockdowns and quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic influenced healthcare services' usage patterns such as emergency department (ED) attendance. During the pandemic, Israel issued three lockdowns (March-May 2020, September-October 2020, and December 2020-February 2021) to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Little is known about the impact of these lockdowns on ED attendance for injuries in the diverse population of Northern Israel.
Nasser Sakran: Malnutrition Following One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: a Systematic Review (Obes Surg . )
Severe malnutrition following one-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) remains a concern. Fifty studies involving 49,991 patients were included in this review.
Raneen Abu Shqara, Daniel Glikman, Saher Jad, Hagai Rechnitzer, Lior Lowenstein, Maya Frank Wolf: Antibiotic treatment of women with isolated intrapartum fever vs clinical chorioamnionitis: maternal and neonatal outcomes (Am J Obstet Gynecol .)
Clinical chorioamnionitis refers to the presence of maternal fever (≥38°C) and at least 2 clinical signs: (1) maternal tachycardia (>100 bpm), (2) fetal tachycardia (>160 bpm), (3) maternal leukocytosis >15,000/mm2, (4) purulent vaginal discharge, and (5) uterine tenderness. Few data exist to guide the appropriate management of women with isolated intrapartum fever in the absence of other clinical signs suggesting chorioamnionitis. Objective: This study compared maternal and neonatal infectious outcomes and microbiological outcomes between women with isolated intrapartum fever and women with clinical chorioamnionitis.
Gassan Moady, Moanis Serhan, Shaul Atar, Alexander Shturman: Complete Transesophageal Assessment of the Aortic Valve Using the Continuity Equation in Equivocal Cases of Aortic Stenosis (Isr Med Assoc J . )
The continuity equation (CE) used for evaluating aortic stenosis (AS) is based on values obtained from transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with the assumption that the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) has a circular shape. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) may be used for accurate measurement of the LVOT cross-sectional area (CSA). Previous studies have focused on fusion from TEE for LVOT-CSA measurement and TTE for velocity time integrals (VTI) calculations.
Objectives: To assess aortic valve area (AVA) using parameters obtained exclusively from TEE as an alternative approach.
Yosefa Birati: The Relationship Between Yoga Practice Dosage and Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Self-reported Health Among Breast Cancer Survivors Who Practice Yoga (Holist Nurs Pract . )
The aim of this anonymous online study was to explore the yoga practice of breast cancer survivors to determine if yoga dosage (frequency and duration of practice) was related to stress, anxiety, and self-reported health in female survivors.
Moshe Lapidot: Prolonged air leak after lung surgery-prevalent complication without a perfect solution (J Thorac Dis .)
Prolonged pulmonary air leak after lung surgery is defined as a postoperative air leak of more than five days duration. Prolonged air leak after lung resection (wedge, segmentectomy, or lobectomy) is one of the most common complications known well to every thoracic surgeon. This adverse event leads to prolonged hospital length of stay, increased medical costs, higher readmission rates and strongly affects morbidities.
Nasser Sakran: One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass in 6722 Patients: Early Outcomes from a Private Hospital Registry (J Clin Med . )
One-anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) is an emerging metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) type used in both primary OAGB (pOAGB) and revisional OAGB (rOAGB). We studied ≤30-day outcomes of pOAGB and rOAGB and identified predictors of early complications.
Karl L Skorecki: Release Our Hostages Now! (Rambam Maimonides Med J . )
It has been the policy of Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal to limit the number of editorials published. However, silence and standing on the sidelines is not an option in light of the atrocities and inhumanity we witnessed on October 7. The savagery of the Hamas massacre was executed indiscriminately upon children, women, older people (some of whom are Holocaust survivors), infants, and even medical professionals caring for the casualties. Currently, there are about 230 women, men, children, and babies being held hostage by Hamas; among them are cancer patients and others with serious disorders, doctors, and other medical professionals. We cannot rest and must address the plight of our hostages who are being held by terrorists motivated by hatred and showing no respect for life, whether that of their enemies, their own people, or even themselves.