David H Truong

Optimizing Wound Culture Ordering in Electronic Health Records: A Case Report

John J. Hanna, Jenny L. Weon, Ellis Haskell, Bonnie Greene et autres

Abstract At a large quaternary health system, tissue specimens were frequently sent to the microbiology laboratory with an incorrect wound culture order meant for swab specimens due to poor electronic health record (EHR) menu design. Wound cultures were also requested in chronic …

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Long-term outcome in people who use drugs successfully treated for hepatitis C infection with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir

Shana Yi, David H Truong, Brian Conway

Background: Several clinical trials, including the recently published the GRAND PLAN study from Vancouver Infectious Diseases Center (VIDC), have demonstrated the efficacy of hepatitis C (HCV) therapy among active drug users, including those facing significant addiction-related and social challenges. In the GRAND …

ca (code pays fourni par la source)

Patients treated with vitamin K oral anticoagulants in family practice: a new approach to bleeding risk assessment. An ancillary study by the CACAO prospective general practice cohort

Yoann Gaboreau, Paul Frappé, Céline Vermorel, Alison Foote et autres

BACKGROUND: The ability of bleeding risk scores to predict major bleeding (MB) or clinically relevant nonmajor bleeding (CRNMB) remains a topic of contention, particularly in nonselected patients in family practice. In addition, the capacity to predict bleeding risk using simple variables has …

fr (code pays fourni par la source)

Lower extremity amputation rates in patients with chronic kidney disease: A database study comparing patients with and without diabetes mellitus

Dhruv Nandakumar, Matthew J. Johnson, Lawrence A. Lavery, Benjamin M Conover et autres

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Update of biomarkers to diagnose diabetic foot osteomyelitis: A meta‐analysis and systematic review

Elizabeth A. Ansert, Arthur N. Tarricone, Tyler L. Coye, Peter Andrew Crisologo et autres

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic characteristics of biomarker for diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO). We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase and Medline for studies who report serological markers and DFO before December 2022. Studies must include at least one …

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Oral anticoagulant safety in family practice: prognostic accuracy of Bleeding Risk Scores (from the CACAO study)

Yoann Gaboreau, Paul Frappé, Céline Vermorel, Alison Foote et autres

BACKGROUND: To assess bleeding risk of patients treated by oral anticoagulants, several scores have been constructed to assist physicians in the evaluation of the benefit risk. Most of these scores lack a strong enough level of evidence for use in family practice. …

fr (code pays fourni par la source)

Differences in Radiotherapy-Treated Members with Cancer during COVID-19 Pandemic Using Nationwide Claim Data

Abigail T. Berman, Cliff Schmidt, David H Truong, Sujan C Reddy et autres

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Success of transmetatarsal amputation for limb salvage in patients with peripheral artery disease

David H Truong, Anthony K. Ngoo, Shirling X. Tsai, Anna Yang et autres

Limb salvage is a difficult path for patients to travel as there is no guarantee of the outcome, often the major factor is perfusion. For patients who underwent transmetatarsal amputation (TMA), success rate is crucial as the next option is most likely …

us (code pays fourni par la source)

Cascade of care and HCV treatment of inner city populations engaged in care through community pop-up clinics (CPCs)

Brian Evans Conway, Shawn Sharma, Shana Yi, Giorgia Toniato et autres

Does Antibiotic Treatment Before Bone Biopsy Affect the Identification of Bacterial Pathogens From Bone Culture?

Lawrence A. Lavery, Peter Andrew Crisologo, Easton C. Ryan, David H Truong et autres

There is a common belief and practice that any exposure to oral or parenteral antibiotics prior to bone biopsy makes culture results unreliable. The aim of this article was to evaluate the effect of antibiotic exposure on bacterial yield in DFO microbiology …

us, au (code pays fourni par la source)

Nationwide retrospective study of hepatitis B virological response and liver stiffness improvement in 465 patients on nucleos(t)ide analogue

Alnoor S. Ramji, Karen Elizabeth Doucette, Curtis Cooper, Gerald Yosel Minuk et autres

BACKGROUND: generation NA or lamivudine (LAM) to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). AIM: ). METHODS: Retrospective, observational cohort study from the Canadian HBV Network. Data collected included demographics, NA, HBV DNA, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and LSM. Patients were HBV monoinfected patients, treatment naïve, …

ca (code pays fourni par la source)

Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Surgical and Medical Management of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis

David H Truong, Roger Bedimo, Matthew Malone, Dane K. Wukich et autres

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical outcomes in the published literature on medical and surgical management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO). Methods A PubMed and Google Scholar search of articles relating to DFO was performed over the …

us, au (code pays fourni par la source)