Journal ArticleDiseases of the colon and rectum · June 2024
BackgroundPatients with IBD may require colectomy for severe disease unresponsive or refractory to pharmacological therapy. The question of the impact of biologic use on postoperative complications is a topic of active investigation.Objective< ...
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Journal ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology · January 2024
Refractory Crohn's disease, defined as ongoing inflammation despite the trial of multiple advanced therapies, impacts a number of individuals with Crohn's disease, and leads to significant burden in quality of life and cost. Interventions such as early imp ...
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Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Medical Students · August 24, 2023
This piece provides a personal perspective of the bias that affects Asian-American medical students in the United States in the clinical wards. In the evolving landscape of medical education, discussions about race, professionalism, and structural ...
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Journal ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.) · January 2023
The high-dimensionality, complexity, and irregularity of electronic health records (EHR) data create significant challenges for both simplified and comprehensive health assessments, prohibiting an efficient extraction of actionable insights by clinicians. ...
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Journal ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences · December 2022
BackgroundEndoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) has emerged as an alternative intervention to manage Crohn's disease (CD) strictures. We determined the cost-effectiveness of EBD versus resection surgery for patients with short (< 4-5 cm) primary or se ...
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Journal ArticleThe journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians · December 2022
BackgroundThere is limited recent US national data on risk for adverse outcomes associated with grand multiparity.ObjectiveTo examine the association between grand multiparity and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and other adverse outcomes ...
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Journal ArticleDiseases of the colon and rectum · December 2022
BackgroundPatients with ulcerative colitis refractory to medication or familial adenomatous polyposis may require ileal pouch-anal anastomosis after a colectomy. IPAA is generally well tolerated. However, patients can experience posttreatment comp ...
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Journal ArticleDiseases of the colon and rectum · December 2022
BackgroundPatients with ulcerative colitis may require colectomy for severe disease unresponsive or refractory to pharmacological therapy. Managing ulcerative colitis is complicated because there are many factors at play, including patient optimiz ...
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Journal ArticleAlimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · October 2022
BackgroundVenous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, data on national trends remain limited.AimsTo assess national trends in VTE-associated ...
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Journal ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences · September 2022
BackgroundAlthough patients with IBD are at higher risk for flares during the postpartum period, little is known about the risk factors, timeline, and healthcare-associated costs of a readmission flare.AimsTo ascertain the timeline in whi ...
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Journal ArticleInflammatory bowel diseases · August 2022
BackgroundPatients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a 2- to 3-fold greater risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than patients without IBD, with increased risk during hospitalization that persists postdischarge. We determined the cost-eff ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of biomedical informatics · July 2022
The multi-modal and unstructured nature of observational data in Electronic Health Records (EHR) is currently a significant obstacle for the application of machine learning towards risk stratification. In this study, we develop a deep learning framework fo ...
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Journal ArticleRheumatology and Immunology Research · June 1, 2022
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and other organs. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of IBD, particularly in the context of enteropathic arthritis and it ...
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Journal ArticleCancer · February 2022
BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are potent new cancer therapies but can cause serious immune-related adverse events. ICIs have contributed significantly to improved survival and thereby provide more opportunity for the development of ...
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Journal ArticleGastroenterology report · January 2022
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are relapsing and remitting chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Although surgery for UC can provide a cure, surgery for CD is rarely curative. In the past few decades, research has i ...
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Journal ArticleBMJ open · June 2021
ObjectiveTo characterise the long-term outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to a large New York City medical centre at 3 and 6 months after hospitalisation and describe their healthcare usage, symptoms, morbidity and mortality.Design
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · May 20, 2021
2588 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are potent new cancer therapies but can cause serious immune-related adverse events. Radiation therapy (RT) also induces systemic immunologic effects, and data on the interacti ...
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Journal ArticleThe Journal of rheumatology · March 2021
ObjectiveTo examine the effect of autoimmune (AI) disease on the composite outcome of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, intubation, or death from COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.MethodsRetrospective cohort study of 186 patients hospi ...
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Journal ArticlePloS one · January 2021
ObjectivesThe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted medical student education, particularly in New York City (NYC). We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students' residency choices.MethodsThe ...
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Journal ArticleTransfusion · December 2016
BackgroundScianna (SC) blood group system comprises two antithetical antigens, Sc1 and Sc2, and five additional antigens. The antigens reside on a glycoprotein encoded by the erythroblast membrane-associated protein (ERMAP) gene. For the common ER ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection · June 2014
Volumetric computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) is an important dose descriptor to reconstruct organ doses for patients combined with the organ dose calculated from computational human phantoms coupled with Monte Carlo transport techniques. CTDIvol can ...
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