Sheila Jacobs

How do rates of hospitalization and death in those 60 and older compare for RSV and influenza? A meta-analysis explored this question.

Researchers sought to evaluate the relationship between birth weight and cardiovascular health in middle age.

How did relaxation of pandemic-related restrictions affect asthma exacerbations, and what does this show about the association between asthma, COVID-19, and other ARIs?

In a prospective, observational study, researchers investigated the prevalence of silent AF and associated risk factors in patients assessed for OSA or with known OSA.

A New Zealand population study examined the effect of maternal influenza vaccination on birth outcomes.

Researchers sought to assess the extent of neurologic involvement caused by SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents in the US.

Researchers sought to determine whether COVID-19 reinfection adds to risks incurred after an initial infection.

Researchers sought to determine whether preexisting diagnosis of or treatment for a neuropsychiatric condition is associated with severe COVID-19 infection and other SARIs and whether any observed association is similar between the 2 outcomes.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the Roe v Wade decision on methotrexate access among patients with rheumatic disease.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has issued an expert consensus decision pathway for evaluating acute chest pain in the emergency department.

A study was conducted to determine the effect of neighborhood factors on health outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease.

Researchers estimated the proportion of men and women with COVID-19, 20 years of age or younger or 20 years of age and older, who experienced long COVID symptoms in 2020 and 2021, and assessed their symptom severity and expected duration.

A study was conducted to determine the effect of social determinants of health on clinical outcomes following heart transplantation in pediatric patients.

Researchers sought to compare the differences in neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging markers of neurodegeneration in patients with MCI-iRBD and iRBD with normal cognition.

Researchers sought to examine the relationship between polysomnography-classified OSA severity and cognitive performance in patients with acute moderate-to-severe TBI.

Researchers investigated the use of AI-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of incident stroke, myocardial infarction, and circulatory mortality.

Pulse oximetry accuracy in those with darker skin tones and the clinical implications of device inaccuracy was the subject of an evidence-based literature review.

Researchers identified 2 cases of encephalomyelitis associated with acute monkeypox virus in the US.

Researchers assessed the relationship between oral anticoagulation for patients with COVID-19 and AF and incidence of in-hospital thrombotic events and death.

Researchers identified the prevalence and features of sleep disordered breathing and investigated the association between lung function determined by FVC and sleep abnormalities in pediatric patients with DMD.

Researchers sought to establish symptom patterns for post-COVID syndrome across the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants in 2020 and 2022, and across vaccination status at the time of infection using prospectively collected longitudinal self-reports of symptoms.

Researchers sought to examine patterns in CVD deaths and subtypes myocardial infarction, stroke, and heart failure prepandemic vs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of maternal COVID-19 vaccination on hospitalization rates among infants aged younger than 6 months.

Is race/ethnicity is an independent predictor of lung dysfunction following COVID-19-associated hospitalization — and if so, which patients are most adversely affected?

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between preexisting atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes following noncardiac procedures.

Researchers sought to assess whether the mRNA-1273 vaccine is safe and induces humoral and cellular responses in patients with MG.

The researchers sought to evaluate whether some neurologic symptoms of COVID-19 may follow an amyloid etiology.

Using a mouse model, researchers tested the potential effects of mild respiratory COVID-19 on the brains of survivors.

How does COVID-19 vaccination affect individuals with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 with respect to symptom control and immune response?

In September of 2021, a panel of experts was assembled to identify current gaps in knowledge and practice related to racial disparities in critical limb ischemia outcomes.