Hester Quinn

The frequency of patients with HV > 1 SD was higher (p = 0.025) among patients with adherence >90%. The best model to predict the height gain(cm) reaching an adjusted R squared of 0.489 involved percentage of adherence, Tanner stage, pretreatment HV, dose of rhGH, and whether the treatment was initiated before or after puberty.

Adherence…[Read more]

SPA is a novel protein factor modulating SMC phenotype. Blocking the abnormal elevation of SPA may be a potential strategy to inhibit the development of proliferative vascular diseases.COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU have high incidence of AKI requiring prolonged renal replacement therapy and often necessitate the placement of a tunneled…[Read more]

In multivariable analysis, obesity at diagnosis was significantly associated with a more than threefold greater risk for developing severe TRT (p = 0.037), specifically for acute or chronic kidney injury (p = 0.014). Obesity at diagnosis and adolescent and young adult age (≥15 years at diagnosis) were associated with worse event-free survival (h…[Read more]

We demonstrate that K18, which contains a 3-(dichlorophenyl)-isoxazole group connected through carbonyloxycarboximidamide fragment with a 1,3-thiazole ring, is a specific A3R ( less then  1 µM) competitive antagonist. Finally, we introduce a model that enables estimates of the equilibrium binding affinity for rapidly disassociating compounds fr…[Read more]

The present study was designed to evaluate the immediate consequences that the number of consulting physicians has on length of stay (LOS), in-hospital mortality, 30-day readmission rates, direct health care costs, and contribution margins.

A retrospective review of administrative databases for the years 2013 and 2014 was performed at the…[Read more]