J Natl Med Assoc
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To investigate and evaluate the clinical features of patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outside of Wuhan. ⋯ Due to the infectiousness of COVID-19, patients with infections should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible after developing fever symptoms or showing other clinical characteristics or imaging features. With respect to high-risk cases, we must focus on any complications that arise and take effective measures to treat them immediately. This will significantly improve the prognosis of patients with severe infections.
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To determine the efficacy and safety of Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) goniotomy alone or combined with phacoemulsification cataract surgery to lower intraocular pressure and medication burden in Black and Afro-Latinx patients with open angle glaucoma (OAG). ⋯ Phacoemulsification combined with Kahook dual blade goniotomy significantly lowers both IOP and medication burden in Black and Afro-Latinx patients with open angle glaucoma. In pseudophakic patients with advanced glaucoma medication burden is not significantly reduced and visual field progression occurred. Adverse events were not sight-threatening and self limited.
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To estimate the burden, and clinical factors associated with development of Otitis media with effusion (OME) in children with enlarged adenoids. ⋯ 29.2% of children with adenoid enlargement had a co-morbidity of asymptomatic OME. The factors associated with OME were increased age and weight of the patients.
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We conducted a phenotype-wide association study (PheWAS) to compare diagnoses among Blacks with those of Whites in one health center in Tennessee using data from 1,883,369 patients. ⋯ PheWAS is a viable tool for calculating risk associated with any biomarker. The current analysis provide a new approach to generating hypotheses and understanding the breadth of health disparities. Future analyses will further explore causality, risk factors, and potential confounders not accounted for here.