Update on the Current Status of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation in the US: A Nationwide Analysis of Program Availability, Recipient Characteristics, Complications, and Survival

2020 ◽  
Vol 231 (4) ◽  
pp. S236
Author(s):  
Said Charbel Azoury ◽  
Jennifer Wainright ◽  
Arturo J. Rios-Diaz ◽  
Ivan Zapolsky ◽  
Wida S. Cherikh ◽  
...  
2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Garvey

Asthma rates in the US have risen during the past 25 years, as have asthma-related morbidity and healthcare costs. Professional organizations involved in asthma care have identified the need to assure that an advanced level of asthma knowledge and skill is available to patients with asthma, their families, and insurers. This need led to development of the certification for asthma educators. The Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C) must meet specific clinical criteria and pass a standardized examination designed to evaluate knowledge and skill for providing competent asthma education and coordination. The development and current status of the Certified Asthma Educator examination process and content are discussed, as are goals of the certification


2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi MINESHIMA ◽  
Yoshihiko ENDO ◽  
Hiroyuki OGASAWARA ◽  
Keiji NISHIGAKI ◽  
Toshiaki NUMA ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-274.e2
Author(s):  
Lindsay A. Demblowski ◽  
Brad Busse ◽  
George Santangelo ◽  
Andrew M. Blakely ◽  
Patricia L. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Us ◽  

2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 07050
Author(s):  
Stefano Bagnasco

Advanced Virgo is an interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves at the European Gravitational Observatory in Italy. Along with the two Advanced LIGO interferometers in the US, Advanced Virgo is being used to collect data from astrophysical sources such as compact binary coalescences and is currently running the third observational period, collecting gravitational wave event candidates at a rate of more than once per week. Data from the interferometer are processed by running search pipelines for several expected signals, from coalescing compact binaries to continuous waves and burst events. Furthermore, detector characterisation studies are run. Some of the processing needs to be done with low latency, to be able to provide triggers for other observatories and make multi-messenger observations possible. Deep searches are run offline on external computing centres. Thus, data needs also to be reliably and promptly distributed from the EGO site to computer centres in Europe and the US for further analysis and archival storage. Two of the defining characteristics of Virgo computing are the heterogeneity of the activities and the need to interoperate with LIGO. A very wide array of analysis pipelines differing in scientific target, implementation details and running environment assumptions have to be allowed to run ubiquitously and uniformly on dedicated resources and, in perspective, on heterogeneous infrastructures. The current status, possible strategies and outlook of Virgo computing are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-470
Author(s):  
Marta Antas ◽  
Grzegorz Woźniakowski

Abstract Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) is a highly contagious and devastating enteric disease of pigs caused by porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV), an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Alphacoronavirus genus of the Coronaviridae family. The disease is clinically similar to other forms of porcine gastroenteritis. Pigs are the only known host of the disease, and the occurrence of PED in wild boars is unknown. The virus causes acute diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration, and high mortality in suckling piglets reaching 100%. Heavy economic losses in the pig-farming industry were sustained in the USA between 2013 and 2015 when PEDV spread very quickly and resulted in epidemics. The loss in the US pig industry has been estimated at almost seven million pigs. The purpose of this review is a description of the current status of porcine epidemic diarrhoea in European pigs and the risk presented by the introduction of PEDV to Poland in comparison to the epidemics in the USA.


2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Chris Garvey

Asthma rates in the US have risen during the past 25 years, as have asthma-related morbidity and healthcare costs. Professional organizations involved in asthma care have identified the need to assure that an advanced level of asthma knowledge and skill is available to patients with asthma, their families, and insurers. This need led to development of the certification for asthma educators. The Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C) must meet specific clinical criteria and pass a standardized examination designed to evaluate knowledge and skill for providing competent asthma education and coordination. The development and current status of the Certified Asthma Educator examination process and content are discussed, as are goals of the certification.


2019 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Shabeg S. Briar ◽  
Patrick M. Carr ◽  
Greta G. Gramig ◽  
Fabian D. Menalled ◽  
Perry R. Miller

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. Kaufman ◽  
Neal Bhutiani ◽  
Allan Ramirez ◽  
Huey Y. Tien ◽  
Michelle D. Palazzo ◽  
...  

The field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) has moved from a highly experimental procedure to, at least for some patients, one of the best treatment alternatives for catastrophic tissue loss or dysfunction. Although the worldwide experience is still limited, progress has been made in translation to the clinic, and hand transplantation was recently designated standard of care and is now covered in full by the British Health System. This progress is tempered by the long-term challenges of systemic immunosuppression, and the rapidly evolving indications for VCA such as urogenital transplantation. This update will cover the state of and recent changes in the field, and an update of the Louisville VCA program as our initial recipient, the first person to receive a hand transplant in the United States celebrates the 20th anniversary of his transplant. The achievements and complications encountered over the last two decades will be reviewed. In addition, potential directions for research and collaboration as well as practical issues of how third party payers and funding are affecting growth of the field are presented.


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