The patient is a 5-year-old girl who underwent a previous Kawashima procedure with a left-sided bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis as a stage I palliation for her functional single ventricle. Her cardiac defect consisted of an unbalanced, right-dominant complete atrioventricular septal defect and a double outlet right ventricle. She also had heterotaxy syndrome with left isomerism, polysplenia, and an interrupted inferior vena cava with azygous continuation to a right-sided superior vena cava. Her native main pulmonary artery was left in continuity with her branch pulmonary arteries. She developed sinus node dysfunction, dilated ascending aorta, and progressive cyanosis. We proceeded with the completion Fontan using a bifurcated graft from both hepatic veins to the pulmonary arterial confluence, replacement of her dilated ascending aorta, disconnection of her native main pulmonary artery with excision of the pulmonary valve cusps, and placement of a dual-chamber epicardial pacemaker.
Introduction: Intravenous Alteplase is currently the only approved medical therapy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Although complications are uncommon, AIS patients receiving IV Alteplase are routinely transferred to higher level stroke centers for monitoring. This resource intensive treatment paradigm is of unclear medical benefit. Methods: We reviewed the stroke thrombolysis database of a single comprehensive stroke center. All presumed AIS patients who received IV Alteplase without thrombectomy from 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2019 were included. Baseline demographics including age, sex, race, ethnicity, comorbidities, and NIHSS were abstracted. Complication rates including angioedema, intracranial and extracranial hemorrhage were recorded. To determine the utility of routine transfer, medical and surgical/neurosurgical interventions to treat complications of Alteplase administration were studied. Complication rates in the transfer and non-transfer cohorts were compared via Fischer’s exact test. Results: Three hundred eighteen patients were reviewed and 222 consecutive AIS patients (median age 67 [IQR 55.5-77], female 48.6%, median NIHSS 5 [IQR 2-10], transfers 54.5%) were eligible for our analysis. Complication rates were not statistically different between transfer and non-transfer patients. Four (1.8%) patients suffered symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH). All sICH patients received cryoprecipitate and aggressive blood pressure management; none underwent emergent neurosurgical intervention. Conclusion: The overall rate of complications post-Alteplase administration for AIS patients was similarly low between transfer and non-transfer patients. These findings call into question the utility of routine transfer of AIS patients treated with Alteplase. Further study of alternative post-Alteplase monitoring strategies, including remote specialist management via telemedicine, should be considered.
patient-perpetrated sexual harassment and their knowledge of how to formally report these events.METHODS: A multiple-choice anonymous online survey administered to clinicians in Departments of Urology and ObGyn at a single institution from 9/29/22 -10/21/22 asked clinicians if they had experienced patient-perpetrated sexual harassment (e.g. gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, and sexual coercion) as defined by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Clinicians were then asked about their knowledge and intent to report. We conducted descriptive analysis by clinician sex, department, and form of sexual harassment experienced and knowledge of reporting using STATA software 15.1.
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