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Clinical Presentation Of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) In Pregnant And Recently Pregnant People., Yalda Afshar, Stephanie L Gaw, Valerie J Flaherman, Brittany D Chambers, Deborah Krakow, Vincenzo Berghella, Alireza A Shamshirsaz, Adeline A Boatin, Grace Aldrovandi, Andrea Greiner, Laura Riley, W John Boscardin, Denise J Jamieson, Vanessa L Jacoby
Clinical Presentation Of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) In Pregnant And Recently Pregnant People., Yalda Afshar, Stephanie L Gaw, Valerie J Flaherman, Brittany D Chambers, Deborah Krakow, Vincenzo Berghella, Alireza A Shamshirsaz, Adeline A Boatin, Grace Aldrovandi, Andrea Greiner, Laura Riley, W John Boscardin, Denise J Jamieson, Vanessa L Jacoby
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers
OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical presentation, symptomology, and disease course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy.
METHODS: The PRIORITY (Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTrY) study is an ongoing nationwide prospective cohort study of people in the United States who are pregnant or up to 6 weeks postpregnancy with known or suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We analyzed the clinical presentation and disease course of COVID-19 in participants who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection and reported symptoms at the time of testing.
RESULTS: Of 991 participants enrolled from March 22, 2020, until July 10, 2020, 736 had …
Reliability And Validity Of The English Version Of The Aospine Prost (Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma), Said Sadiqi, Marcel F Dvorak, Alex R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Marcel W Post, Lorin M Benneker, Frank Kandziora, S Rajasekaran, Klaus J Schnake, Emiliano N Vialle, F Cumhur Oner
Reliability And Validity Of The English Version Of The Aospine Prost (Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma), Said Sadiqi, Marcel F Dvorak, Alex R. Vaccaro, Gregory D. Schroeder, Marcel W Post, Lorin M Benneker, Frank Kandziora, S Rajasekaran, Klaus J Schnake, Emiliano N Vialle, F Cumhur Oner
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers
STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter validation study.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the AOSpine PROST (Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) into English, and test its psychometric properties among North-American spine trauma patients.
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: In the absence of an outcome instrument specifically designed and validated for traumatic spinal column injury patients, it is difficult to measure the effect size of various treatment options. The AOSpine Knowledge Forum Trauma initiated a project and developed the AOSpine PROST consisting of 19 items.
METHODS: Patients were recruited from two level-1 North-American trauma centers. For concurrent validity, next …
Vitamin A And Fish Oils For Preventing The Progression Of Retinitis Pigmentosa., Stephen G. Schwartz, Xue Wang, Pamela Chavis, Ajay E. Kuriyan, Samuel A. Abariga
Vitamin A And Fish Oils For Preventing The Progression Of Retinitis Pigmentosa., Stephen G. Schwartz, Xue Wang, Pamela Chavis, Ajay E. Kuriyan, Samuel A. Abariga
Wills Eye Hospital Papers
BACKGROUND: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) comprises a group of hereditary eye diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of retinal photoreceptors. It results in severe visual loss that may lead to blindness. Symptoms may become manifest during childhood or adulthood which include poor night vision (nyctalopia) and constriction of peripheral vision (visual field loss). Visual field loss is progressive and affects central vision later in the disease course. The worldwide prevalence of RP is approximately 1 in 4000, with 100,000 individuals affected in the USA. At this time, there is no proven therapy for RP.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this review was to …