McGee Koefoed

OBJECTIVES To examine the stone recurrence rate among childhood kidney stone formers in the Icelandic population. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively examined kidney stone recurrence in a recently reported population-based sample of 190 individuals who experienced their first stone before 18 years of age in the period 1985-2013. Of these 190…[Read more]

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law enacted in 1986 prohibiting patient dumping (refusing or transferring patients with emergency medical conditions without appropriate stabilization), and discrimination based upon ability to pay. We evaluate hospital-level features associated with citation for EMTALA…[Read more]

For hospitals under a prospective payment system, the effect of length-of-stay in reducing the probability of readmission is weaker than hospitals under an ex-post global budget, but the overall readmission rates are the lowest. Moreover, there are substantial geographic variations in readmission rate across Local Health Authority and regions, and…[Read more]

outcomes, at 5 years after surgery.

ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01052233 and NCT00549172).

ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01052233 and NCT00549172).We asked whether the physiological and morphologic properties of hypoglossal motor neurons (CNXII MNs) that innervate protruder or retractor tongue muscles are disrupted in neonatal LgDel mice that carry…[Read more]

ring of children at risk of later Type 2 DM as an important primary care strategy that can effectively prevent or delay the onset of such condition.

Thermogenesis function has made brown/beige adipocyte an attractive target for obesity. Human brown adipose tissue activity is impaired in obesity in vivo. The present study aims to compare the…[Read more]

The remaining solids of TH sludge could be converted to valuable biochar. The holistic approach of using TH liquor as organic fertilizer and producing biochar could realize nearly zero-waste discharge in sludge management.Increasing evidence suggests that aberrations in the immune-inflammatory pathways contribute to the pathophysiology of panic…[Read more]