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HPB (Oxford) ; 25(7): 807-812, 2023 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37019725

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BACKGROUND: Postoperative opioid abuse following surgery is a major concern. This study sought to create an opioid reduction toolkit to reduce the number of narcotics prescribed and consumed while increasing awareness of safe disposal in pancreatectomy patients. METHODS: Prescription, consumption, and refill request data for postoperative opioids were collected from patients receiving an open pancreatectomy before and after the implementation of an opioid reduction toolkit. Outcomes included safe disposal practice awareness for unused medication. RESULTS: 159 patients were included in the study: 24 in the pre-intervention and 135 in the post-intervention group. No significant demographic or clinical differences existed between groups. Median morphine milliequivalents (MMEs) prescribed were significantly reduced from 225 (225-310) to 75 (75-113) in the post-intervention group (p < 0.0001). Median MMEs consumed were significantly reduced from 109 (111-207) to 15 (0-75), p < 0.0001), as well. Refill request rates remained equivalent during the study (Pre: 17% v Post: 13%, p = 0.9) while patient awareness of safe disposal increased (Pre: 25% v Post: 62%, p < 0.0001). DISCUSSION: An opioid reduction toolkit significantly reduced the number of postoperative opioids prescribed and consumed after open pancreatectomy, while refill request rates remained the same and patients' awareness of safe disposal increased.


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Analgésicos Opioides , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides , Humanos , Analgésicos Opioides/efectos adversos , Pancreatectomía/efectos adversos , Dolor Postoperatorio/diagnóstico , Dolor Postoperatorio/etiología , Dolor Postoperatorio/prevención & control , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/diagnóstico , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/etiología , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/prevención & control , Narcóticos/uso terapéutico , Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina
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Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg ; 38(6): e180-e183, 2022.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35793663

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Myxomas are a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal tumors. Soft tissue myxomas are divided into myocardial, intramuscular, juxta-articular, superficial, aggressive, and nerve sheath myxomas. Although benign, myxomas have site-specific biologic behavior and syndromic associations, which can influence prognosis and management. In addition, myxomas need to be distinguished from malignant neoplasms, such as myxofibrosarcomas, low-grade fibromyxoid sarcomas, myxoid liposarcomas, and peripheral nerve sheath tumors. While myxomas can occur throughout the body, these tumors arise more commonly in the thigh, shoulder, buttocks, and upper extremity, and less often in the head and neck. Rarely, myxomas can arise in a periocular location, typically in the conjunctiva and eyelid skin. In this case report, we present a patient with recurrent intramuscular myxoma of the eyelid and discuss the differential diagnosis and syndromic associations of this neoplasm. To our knowledge, there have been no prior reports of intramuscular myxoma of the eyelid and orbit.


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Fibrosarcoma , Mixoma , Neoplasias de la Vaina del Nervio , Adulto , Humanos , Mixoma/diagnóstico , Mixoma/cirugía , Mixoma/patología , Fibrosarcoma/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Neoplasias de la Vaina del Nervio/diagnóstico , Párpados/patología
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J Vitreoretin Dis ; 8(1): 101-104, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38223772

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Purpose: To describe the clinical course and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of patients with spontaneous reattachment of macula-off tractional retinal detachments (TRDs). Methods: Findings on clinical examination and OCT were evaluated. Results: Four eyes of 4 patients with a history of macula-off TRD secondary to diabetic retinopathy (n = 3) or sickle cell retinopathy (n = 1) were included. OCT confirmed spontaneous resolution of the macular RD without complete posterior vitreous separation in all eyes. The median (interquartile range [IQR]) time from TRD diagnosis to OCT-confirmed foveal reattachment was 6 months (10.25; range, 1-12 months). The median logMAR visual acuity (VA) at the time of macula-off TRD was 0.544 (IQR, 0.452; Snellen 20/70), which improved to 0.350 (IQR, 0.156; Snellen 20/45), with reattachment characterized by OCT (P = .068). Conclusions: Nonsurgical spontaneous retinal reattachment and significant VA improvement can occur in eyes with a TRD, albeit rarely. In these cases, no OCT evidence of posterior vitreous separation was found, suggesting that some relaxation of the contractile fibrovascular membranes occurred.

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JAMA Ophthalmol ; 140(12): 1174-1178, 2022 12 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36264555

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Importance: In order to continue to clarify and maintain their role as eye physicians and surgeons, ophthalmologists may want to understand how they are viewed in the public eye and online. Objective: To determine the representation of ophthalmologists (OMD) and optometrists (ODs) when a Google search for "eye doctor near me" is made from each county in the US. Design, Setting, and Participants: This population-based cross-sectional study used publicly available data on OMDs and ODs and a Google search application programming interface (API) to search the phrase "eye doctor near me" from the geographic coordinates of each county centroid in the US (searched June 30, 2021). The top 10 sites and 3 Google map links, excluding physician ratings sites, were recorded. Data from the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services were used to estimate the real number of OMDs and ODs per county. Main Outcome and Measures: The primary outcome was the mean proportion of OMDs listed by Google search as compared with the real proportion of OMDs for the US overall and for each state and county. Results: A total of 2955 counties from 52 states and territories were included. The overall mean proportion of OMDs (OMDs with ODs) from the Google search of all counties was 4726.97 of 16 345.93 (28.91%), which was also less than the real proportion of ODs (15 778 of 41 975 [37.58%], a difference of 8.67%; 95% CI, 37.13-38.05%; P < .001). OMDs were underrepresented by Google in 35 of 52 states and territories (67.3%). Conclusions and Relevance: In most counties in the US, Google search of the phrase "eye doctor near me" may underrepresent ophthalmologists. Ophthalmologists may want to pursue search engine optimization to try to achieve balanced representation online.


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Oftalmólogos , Optometristas , Anciano , Estados Unidos/epidemiología , Humanos , Estudios Transversales , Motor de Búsqueda , Medicare , Trastornos de la Visión
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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 16703, 2021 08 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34408191

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We have created the Penn State Protein Ladder system to produce protein molecular weight markers easily and inexpensively (less than a penny a lane). The system includes plasmids which express 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80 and 100 kD proteins in E. coli. Each protein migrates appropriately on SDS-PAGE gels, is expressed at very high levels (10-50 mg per liter of culture), is easy to purify via histidine tags and can be detected directly on Western blots via engineered immunoglobulin binding domains. We have also constructed plasmids to express 150 and 250 kD proteins. For more efficient production, we have created two polycistronic expression vectors which coexpress the 10, 30, 50, 100 kD proteins or the 20, 40, 60, 80 kD proteins. 50 ml of culture is sufficient to produce 20,000 lanes of individual ladder protein or 3750 lanes of each set of coexpressed ladder proteins. These Penn State Protein Ladder expression plasmids also constitute useful reagents for teaching laboratories to demonstrate recombinant expression in E. coli and affinity protein purification, and to research laboratories desiring positive controls for recombinant protein expression and purification.


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Electroforesis en Gel de Poliacrilamida/normas , Escherichia coli/química , Plásmidos , Clonación Molecular , Escherichia coli/genética , Peso Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Estándares de Referencia
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