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Initial Treatment and Referral Patterns for Acute Facial Palsy: Insights From Emergency Department Practices

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate variations in Bell's Palsy treatment and referrals within the Emergency Department (ED), with a focus on sociodemographic and provider‐related factors. Methods A retrospective cohort review was performed including patients with a new diagnosis of Bell's Palsy or acute facial paralysis treated at a single, tertiary ...
Christine C. Little, Rahul K. Sharma, Alexander Barna, Priyesh N. Patel, Scott J. Stephan, Shiayin F. Yang   +5 more
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Health care costs, utilization and patterns of care following Lyme disease.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundLyme disease is the most frequently reported vector borne infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control have estimated that approximately 10% to 20% of individuals may experience Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome - a set of
Emily R Adrion, John Aucott, Klaus W Lemke, Jonathan P Weiner   +3 more
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Esophageal and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Clinical Recommendations From the United European Gastroenterology and European Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility

United European Gastroenterology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dysphagia is a prevalent symptom of the upper gastrointestinal tract causing health related consequences, impacting quality of life and is associated with global economic burden. Swallowing difficulties are classified into oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and esophageal dysphagia.
Amir Mari, Francesco Calabrese, Andrea Pasta, Greta Lorenzon, Bas Weusten, Jutta Keller, Pierfrancesco Visaggi, Sabine Roman, Elisa Marabotto, Ram Dickman, Jordi Serra, Nicola De Bortoli, Paola Iovino, Daniel Pohl, Dan Dumitrascu, Mentore Ribolsi, Claudia Barber, Serhat Bor, Mark Fox, Rami Sweiss, Vicente Lorenzo‐Zuniga, Filiz Akyuz, Matteo Ghisa, Altay Celebi, Fahmi Shibli, Rainer Dziewas, Ismail Hakkı Kalkan, Jan Tack, Pere Clavé, Silvia Carrion, Ivy Cheng, Noemi Tomsen, Omar Ortega, Sergio Marin Rubio, Nicole Pizzorni, Emilia Michou, Julie Regan, Shaheen Hamdy, Nathalie Rommel, Martina Scharitzer, Olle Ekberg, Antonio Schindler, Renee Speyer, Anna Gillman, Frank Zerbib, Edoardo V. Savarino   +45 more
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A sex-based analysis of complete blood count features during acute, untreated Lyme disease

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionAlthough lymphopenia has been described in acute Lyme disease (LD), the complete blood count (CBC) has not been comprehensively examined, nor have sex-based analyses been conducted. We analyzed CBC values and identified sex-based trends among
Alison W. Rebman, Ting Yang, Jonathan M. Zenilman, Mark J. Soloski, John N. Aucott   +4 more
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Citizen science project on urban canids provides different results from camera traps but generates interest and revenue

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As urbanization increases, wildlife increasingly encounters people. Coyotes Canis latrans and red foxes Vulpes vulpes are two canid species that have readily adapted to urban environments. Citizen science has emerged as a low‐cost method of collecting data on urban‐adapted species that can benefit management agencies but may provide different results ...
Neville F. Taraporevala, Jon P. Beckmann, Julie K. Young   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probable late lyme disease: a variant manifestation of untreated Borrelia burgdorferi infection

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause early and late manifestations. The category of probable Lyme disease was recently added to the CDC surveillance case definition to describe ...
Aucott John N, Seifter Ari, Rebman Alison W   +2 more
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Political Partisanship Correlates With Attitudes of South Dakota Nurses Toward Flu and COVID‐19 Vaccination Mandates for Healthcare Workers

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs) became a contested issue during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We examined the attitudes of South Dakota nurses toward mandatory flu and COVID‐19 vaccination for HCWs in the post‐pandemic period. Using contact information from the state regulatory body, we emailed nurses in South Dakota to complete ...
Filip Viskupič, David L. Wiltse, Thomas E. Stenvig   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for the Presence of Borrelia burgdorferi Biofilm in Infected Mouse Heart Tissues

Microorganisms
Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, has been shown to form antimicrobial-tolerant biofilms, which protect it from unfavorable conditions.
Sahaja Thippani, Niraj Jatin Patel, Jasmine Jathan, Kate Filush, Kayla M. Socarras, Jessica DiLorenzo, Kunthavai Balasubramanian, Khusali Gupta, Geneve Ortiz Aleman, Jay M. Pandya, Venkata V. Kavitapu, Daina Zeng, Jennifer C. Miller, Eva Sapi   +13 more
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Risk of post-treatment Lyme disease in patients with ideally-treated early Lyme disease: A prospective cohort study.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: Post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) is characterized by patient-reported symptoms after treatment for Borrelia burgdorferi infection. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether participants with a history of Lyme disease (LD) would be ...
John N. Aucott, Ting Yang, Isaac Yoon, Debra Powell, Steven A. Geller, Alison W. Rebman   +5 more
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Predictive Model of Lyme Disease Epidemic Process Using Machine Learning Approach

Applied Sciences, 2022
Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the development of a machine learning model based on a neural network for predicting the dynamics of the Lyme disease epidemic process.
Dmytro Chumachenko, Pavlo Piletskiy, Marya Sukhorukova, Tetyana Chumachenko   +3 more
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