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For African American (AA) families on Chicagoland's South Side who choose to breastfeed, finding and receiving services needed to reach their goals are difficult. The disparities in breastfeeding support across Chicagoland are symptomatic of inequitable health care access shaped by persisting structural racism. A number of community hospitals that once served AA families by providing easy access to care no longer exist. Recently, South Side obstetric unit and hospital closures have increased. Simultaneously, funding is increasingly competitive for community health organizations and federally qualified health centers. Institutions and agencies that do receive funding or adequately allocate funding to include lactation services cannot address breastfeeding barriers within socioeconomically marginalized communities. The unmet funding needs not only affect breastfeeding families but also impede the growth of a multilevel lactation care workforce. Finally, inconsistencies persist between breastfeeding information provided by lactation providers and delivery team care received in the hospital. Despite these barriers, we believe pathways exist to improve breastfeeding rates among South Side AA communities, such as perinatal home visiting services. Stakeholders must recognize the longstanding effects of structural racism and address the inequitable distribution of perinatal care across Chicagoland. Stakeholders must also place value in and be supportive of lactation care providers and the families they serve through both funding and policies. These changes, in addition to community-level collaboration, can improve breastfeeding rates for AA families on Chicagoland's South Side.

Excess death estimates quantify the full impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Widely reported U.S. excess death estimates have not accounted for recent population changes, especially increases in the population older than 65 years.

To estimate excess deaths in the United States in 2020, after accounting for population changes.

Surveillance study.

United States, March to August 2020.

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Age-specific excess deaths in the United States from 1 March to 31 August 2020 compared with 2015 to 2019 were estimated, after changes in population size and age were taken into account, by using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provisional death data and U.S. Census Bureau population estimates. Cause-specific excess deaths were estimated by month and age.

From March through August 2020, 1 671 400 deaths were registered in the United States, including 173 300 COVID-19 deaths. An average of 1 370 000 deaths were reported over the same months during 2015 to 2019, for a c public health interventions.

National Cancer Institute.

National Cancer Institute.

Admissions due to emergency general surgery (EGS) are on the rise, and patients who undergo emergency surgery are at increased risk of mortality. We hypothesized that utilization of palliative care and discharge to hospice in the EGS population have increased over time and that this is associated with a decrease in inpatient mortality.

Using the 2002-2011 nationwide inpatient sample and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-defined EGS diagnosis codes, we identified patients ≥18years old with an EGS admission. Demographics, hospitalization characteristics, mortality, use of palliative care services, and discharge to hospice were queried. All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group risk of mortality was used to categorize those with an extreme likelihood of dying (ELD). Multivariable logistic regression was used to investigate the association between palliative care consult and discharge to hospice.

Of the included patients, .3% received palliative care and .2% were discharged to hospice. Over tducing nonbeneficial and unwanted care.Postoperative euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (EDKA), a rare cause of acidosis, results from the metabolic derangement of diabetes and is not associated with a surgical complication requiring reoperation. Our acute care surgery service has managed several recent patients who developed postoperative EDKA. Our group was befuddled by the initial case but subsequently quickly recognized and managed the condition. The purpose of this report is to discuss the pathophysiology of EDKA, summarize 3 recent cases, and increase awareness about the condition to permit prompt recognition and treatment.

To gain insight into (1) the unfulfilled instrumental and affective needs of Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch older cancer patients/survivors, (2) the barriers perceived by healthcare professionals in fulfilling these needs, and (3) how the

, a multilingual eHealth tool, can support the fulfillment of patients'/survivors' needs, and decrease professionals' barriers.

We conducted a pre-implementation study of the

using semi-structured interviews with Turkish-Dutch (

 = 10; mean age = 69.10) and Moroccan-Dutch (

 = 9; mean age = 69.33) older cancer patients/survivors, and held two focus groups with general practitioners (GPs;

 = 7; mean age 45.14) and oncology nurses (ONs;

 = 5; mean age = 49.60). selleck kinase inhibitor Topic list consisted of questions related to needs and perceived barriers. Analysis was based on grounded theory. The acceptance of the

was inquired by questions based on the concepts of the Technology Acceptance Model, and analyzed deductively.

Patients/survivors reported unfulfilled needs concerniers perceived by professionals.

To enhance patient participation among older migrant cancer patients/survivors, the Health Communicator is, under certain conditions, a promising tool for fulfilling patients'/survivors' unfulfilled instrumental and affective needs and for bridging barriers perceived by professionals.

Rib fractures are the most common injuries diagnosed after blunt thoracic trauma and are a source of significant morbidity and mortality. Early identification of at-risk patients and initiation of effective analgesia are keys to mitigating complications from these injuries. Multiple tools exist to predict pulmonary decompensation after rib fractures; however, none has found a widespread acceptance. A clinical practice guideline (CPG) utilizing Forced vital capacity (FVC) has been in place at a single institution. The goal of this study is to update the CPG to use percentage of predicted FVC (FVC%) instead of FVC to triage patients with rib fractures.

A retrospective study of 266 patients with rib fractures was conducted. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on FVC of <1000mL, 1001-1500mL, or >1500mL for analysis. Data were analyzed with analysis of variance, and Youden's J Index was used to identify inflection points.

Patients in the high-risk category were more likely to be women, older than 65years, admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), transferred to the ICU, require intubation, and have overall longer hospital and ICU stays.