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26, 95% CI -0.41, -0.10) and Prevotella (ρ = -0.23, 95% CI -0.38, -0.06) were inversely associated with HbA1c. CONCLUSIONS Enterobacteriaceae (e.g. E. coli) predispose women to urinary tract infections and since T2DM increases this risk, further study is needed. The species of Lactobacillus and its impact needs exploration. BACKGROUND Some Medicaid enrollees frequently utilize the emergency department (ED) due to barriers accessing health care services in other settings. OBJECTIVES To determine whether an ED-initiated Patient Navigation program (ED-PN) designed to improve health care access for Medicaid-insured frequent ED users could decrease ED visits, hospitalizations, and costs. METHODS We conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing ED-PN with usual care (UC) among 100 Medicaid-enrolled frequent ED users (defined as 4-18 ED visits in the prior year), assessing ED utilization during the 12 months pre- and post-enrollment. Secondary outcomes included hospitalizations, outpatient utilization, hospital costs, and Medicaid costs. We also compared characteristics between ED-PN patients with and without reduced ED utilization. RESULTS Of 214 eligible patients approached, 100 (47%) consented to participate. Forty-nine were randomized to ED-PN and 51 to UC. Sociodemographic characteristics and prior utilization were similar between groups. ED-PN participants had a significant reduction in ED visits and hospitalizations during the 12-month evaluation period compared with UC, averaging 1.4 fewer ED visits per patient (p = 0.01) and 1.0 fewer hospitalizations per patient (p = 0.001). Both groups increased outpatient utilization. ED-PN patients showed a trend toward reduced per-patient hospital costs (-$10,201, p = 0.10); Medicaid costs were unchanged (-$5,765, p = 0.26). Patients who demonstrated a reduction in ED usage were older (mean age 42 vs. 33 years, p = 0.03) and had lower health literacy (78% low health literacy vs. 40%, p = 0.02). CONCLUSION An ED-PN program targeting Medicaid-insured high ED utilizers demonstrated significant reductions in ED visits and hospitalizations in the 12 months after enrollment. OBJECTIVE Cepstral measures are sensitive to slightest deviance in voice quality. Vocal fatigue is an initial symptom of a voice disorder. This study aimed (1) to assess the correlation of vocal fatigue and cepstral measures and (2) to identify a measure for analyzing voice change due to vocal fatigue in individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorders. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional. METHODS A total of 100 subjects participated in the study, that is Group I (50 cases) and Group II (50 controls). Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI-T) in Tamil was administered to identify the presence of fatigue. Voice samples (sustained vowel and conversational speech) were recorded using the Computerized Speech Lab (Model 4150). Mic to mouth distance was maintained at 10 cm. Extraction of cepstral peak prominence (CPP) and smoothened cepstral peak prominence (CPPS) for a vowel (v) and connected speech (cs) was done using Praat software (version 6.0.39, Boersma & Weenink, 2018). RESULTS Independent t test was used to compare the cepstral measures between cases and controls. Individuals with vocal fatigue (cases) showed significantly lower cepstral values and higher VFI scores compared to the controls. Spearman's rho revealed moderate to strong negative correlation between factors of VFI and cepstral measures. On stepwise multiple linear regression, CPPcs was retained as a sensitive measure to analyze vocal fatigue in individuals with hyperfunctional voice disorder. CONCLUSION Cepstral measures can be applied to analyze vocal fatigue. There is a paucity of data relating to histological margins of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and local recurrence. Retrospective data were collected for 721 patients with cSCC treated at Queen Victoria Hospital, UK, and followed up for five years. The local recurrence rate was 6.1%, the mean time to recurrence was 12.61 months and 93% of recurrences occurred within two years. Sixty-six per cent of recurrences had a deep margin of 2.5 mm or less (p 0.041). The Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a strong correlation with tumour grade (r=0.82, p, 0.05), lymphovascular invasion (r=0.73. p less then 0.05), medium correlation with deep histological margin(r= -0.55, p less then 0.05), a weak correlation with male sex (r= 0.31, p less then 0.05) and the anatomical site of head and neck (r=0.31, p less then 0.05).The multiple regression analysis model using the 5 variables generated an r value of 0.71 and adjusted r square of 0.7. In conclusion, our findings are consistent with previously mentioned prognostic indicators and also demonstrate that deep histological margin is a significant predictor of local recurrence of cSCC. We recommend larger multi-institutional studies to confirm the above results to subsequently guide the specialist skin multidisciplinary teams' recommendations. Vorinostat mouse PURPOSE In the future, it is expected that treatment of Dupuytren disease (DD) may shift toward control of early disease. Ultrasound might be an accurate method to measure the outcome of such treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of sonographic measurement of palmar nodules. METHODS Fifty patients with nodules characteristic for early disease were assessed with ultrasound by 2 observers. Four different aspects of DD nodules were measured in the transversal and sagittal planes, width, depth, circumference, and area. The intra- and interobserver reliabilities were calculated using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The standard error of measurement (SEM) and the smallest detectable change (SDC) were also calculated for each aspect. RESULTS The intraobserver reliability was good (ICC, 0.724 [0.562-0.833] to 0.886 [0.808-0.934]), except for width in the sagittal direction (ICC, 0.671 [0.484-0.799]). The interobserver reliability was moderate (ICC, 0.385 [0.126-0.596] to 0.757 [0.538-0.869]). The intraobserver ICCs of area were highest (transverse, 0.847 [0.744-0.893]; sagittal, 0.886 [0.808-0.934]). The SEM and SDC of area were 6.1 and 16.9 mm2 in the transverse and 8.0 and 22.2 mm2 in the sagittal plane. CONCLUSIONS The intraobserver reliability of sonographic assessment of DD nodules is good. The measurement of area is the most reliable and is, therefore, recommended for future studies. However, even single-observer measurements have a clear dispersion, and a change beyond 16.9 (61%) and 22.2 mm2 (79%) has to be observed in the transverse and sagittal planes, respectively, before it can be considered as regression or progression. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Repeated ultrasonographic measurements in DD should ideally be done by a single observer, using area of the nodule in the sagittal plane. Change beyond 16.9 (transverse) and 22.2 (sagittal) mm2 can be considered as a real change in nodule size.
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