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en - possibly in conjunction with HIV testing, and appropriate treatment of those shown to be positive.Study design Longitudinal analysis of prospectively collected data. Objective Investigate potential predictors of poor outcome following surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Summary of background data LSS is the most common reason for an older person to undergo spinal surgery, yet little information is available to inform patient selection. Methods We recruited LSS surgical candidates from 13 orthopaedic and neurological surgery centres. Potential outcome predictors included demographic, health, clinical, and surgery-related variables. Outcome measures were leg and back pain numeric rating scales and Oswestry disability index scores obtained before surgery and after 3, 12, and 24 postoperative months. We classified surgical outcomes based on trajectories of leg pain and a composite measure of overall outcome (leg pain, back pain, and disability). Results Data from 529 patients (mean[SD] age = 66.5[9.1] years; 46% female) were included. In total, 36.1% and 27.6% of patients were classified asrgery-related factors. These predictors may assist surgeons with patient selection and inform shared decision-making for patients with symptomatic LSS. Level of evidence 2.Introduction There are few methodologic examples of how multiple causes of death may be summarized in cause-specific mortality analyses to address limitations of attributing death to a single underlying cause. We propose a cause-of-death weighting approach to estimate the set of risk functions of specific causes of mortality using both underlying and contributing cause-of-death information. Methods We constructed weights according to a user-specified function. Using data from four southern United States human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics, we constructed a cause of death-weighted Aalen-Johansen estimator of the cumulative incidence function to estimate risks of five specific causes of mortality in the full sample and by injection drug use history. Results Among 7740 HIV-positive patients initiating antiretroviral therapy between 1999 to 2014, the 8-year risk of all-cause mortality was 17.5% (95% CI 16.5, 18.4). The cause of death-weighted risk of HIV-related mortality was 6.7% (95% CI 6.0, 7.3) and accounted for 39% (95% CI 35, 42) of total mortality risk. This compared to 10.2% (95% CI 9.2, 11.2) using only the underlying cause, in which case HIV-related deaths accounted for nearly 60% of total mortality risk. The proportion attributable to cardiovascular disease among those whose HIV risk factor was injection drug use was twice as high using cause of death weights compared to only the underlying cause (8%; 95% CI 5, 11 versus 4%; 95% CI 1, 6). Conclusion Using cause of death-weighted estimators to incorporate multiple causes of death may yield different conclusions regarding the importance of certain causes of mortality.Purpose Neonatal seizures are common and difficult to identify clinically because the majority are subclinical and correct identification of electroclinical seizures based on semiology is unreliable. Therefore, continuous EEG monitoring (CEEG) is critical for seizure identification in neonates and is recommended as the gold standard method in American Clinical Neurophysiology Society guidelines. Despite these recommendations, barriers to implementing widespread CEEG exist. Methods To expand access to CEEG for at-risk neonates, a framework for providing remote CEEG was established at two network hospital neonatal intensive care units. selleck kinase inhibitor Utilization and clinical impact were tracked as a quality improvement study. Results In a 27-month period from June 2017 through September 2019, 76 neonates underwent CEEG between the two network neonatal intensive care units. Electrographic seizures occurred in about one quarter of records (18/76; 24%), though their incidence varied by CEEG indication. Care notes indicated that CEEG impacted clinical care in three quarters of cases (57/76; 75%). Continuous EEG impacted decisions to treat with anti-seizure medications in approximately one half of patients (impact 28/57 [49%]; no impact 29/57 [51%]), and CEEG impacted prognostic discussions in approximately two thirds of patients (impact 39/57 [68%]; no impact 18/57 [32%]). Conclusions Establishment of a remote CEEG program for neonates is feasible, effective at identifying seizures, and improves the quality of care provided to neonates hospitalized at these network hospitals.Background Until 2016, the condition Sepsis was widely understood to be the systemic immune response syndrome in the presence or suspicion of an infectious source. Systemic immune response syndrome, an adaptive response, has been repeatedly demonstrated to lack specificity for sepsis. The current definition of sepsis describes a dysregulated host response to infection, yet the dysregulated nature of the response has yet to be defined. Successful recognition and management of sepsis are critically dependent on understanding and operationalizing the definition of sepsis. Objective The authors sought to review the current literature on sepsis and its relationship to oxygen downregulation within the mitochondria along the electron transport chain. Methods Articles retrieved from databases PubMed and CINAHL, pertaining to human cells, post 2001, in English, original experimental, quasi-experimental, or cohort design. Articles were selected and retrieved by the first author and synthesized by both authors. Results The 10 articles included in the review were all bench science cellular studies. They demonstrated consistent, statistically significant differences when investigating mitochondrial oxygen downregulation in sepsis versus control, offering strong, statistically significant support for the hypothesis of mitochondrial dysregulation in the septic host. Conclusions The evidence makes a compelling case for mitochondrial dysregulation to inform the current definition of sepsis as a dysregulated host response. As the evidence points to a linear, progressive time/exposure-dependent disruption in oxygen downregulation in sepsis at the cellular level, it lends credence to the recommendations for early intervention and its relationship with survivability. Time is not on the side of the individual with sepsis.