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{"title":"Prenatal Decision-Making in Patients with Limited English Proficiency: What Factors are Involved?","authors":"Natalie Schelbar, Olivia Pruss, Maria Alonso-Luaces, Faith Butler","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol17.21375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol17.21375","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction. A comprehensive definition of culture encompasses shared norms, beliefs, expectations, language, and customs, all of which are crucial considerations when working with patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). In this study, the authors examined how language, external influences, and patient-provider relational factors associated with decisional conflict in prenatal care patients.      \u0000Methods. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study to assess decisional conflict related to postpartum contraception, elective induction, and newborn feeding methods. The survey included questions about demographics, communication methods, external influences, and provider trust, and was distributed to prenatal care patients who spoke either English or Spanish. Data analysis involved using descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses.  \u0000Results. Out of the 23 respondents, 12 were Spanish-speaking and 11 were English-speaking. Spanish-speaking participants were less likely to have health insurance compared to English-speaking participants (χ2(1, N = 23) = 3.67, p = 0.016). There was no statistically significant difference in decisional conflict between English- and Spanish-speaking participants. Religion affected 11 of 23 participants' decisions, while partner expectations influenced 10 of 23 participants. Working with an interpreter and the quality of interpretation were crucial for Spanish-speaking individuals. Most participants (59%) felt that the provider's understanding of the patient’s cultural background was important for decision-making.  \u0000Conclusions. While there was no association between language discordance and decisional conflict, several factors influencing prenatal decision-making were identified. The use and quality of interpretation significantly affected decision-making and should be prioritized for patients with LEP. Religion and partner expectations were found to be highly influential in decision-making. Respondents also emphasized the importance of the provider's understanding of the patient’s cultural background.","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"10 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140239420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effectiveness of Buprenorphine Transdermal Patch and Low Dose Sublingual Buprenorphine Induction to Transition to Long-Acting Subcutaneous Buprenorphine Injection in Opioid Use Disorder in Inpatient Setting","authors":"Jack Gorham, Faisal Ansari, Roopa Sethi","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol17.21229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol17.21229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"49 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140239801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of Electrocautery to Facilitate Suture Passage Through the Greater Trochanter of the Femur: A Biomechanical Study.","authors":"Jackson R Staggers, Alexander C M Chong, Kevin A Dahl, Bruce E Piatt","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21132","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The specific aims of this study were to evaluate (1) the axial force reduction of suture passage utilizing electrocautery when applied to the greater trochanter of the femur, (2) the temperature change caused while using electrocautery for suture passage, and (3) the failure loads and failure modes utilizing this technique.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five matched pairs of fresh-frozen femurs were used and classified into two groups: with electrocautery on needle (study group) and without electrocautery on needle (control group). Two bicortical, osseous tunnels were made around the insertion of the gluteus medius tendon. Each specimen was sequentially tested in a needle penetration test and a single load-to-failure test. A #5 Ethibond suture with a straight needle was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Electrocautery reduced the peak axial force for bone penetration in 40% (near cortex) and 70% (far cortex) of the trials, and no significant difference was detected between groups or between two osseous tunnels. The average peak force was significantly higher for the far cortex for both groups and for both osseous tunnels compared to the near cortex. There was no significant change in temperature of the tunnel site with electrocautery. Ninety percent of the samples experienced bone tunnel failure for the study group compared to 70% in the control group. The average ultimate failure load for the study group was lower compared with the control group, but this finding was not statistically significant (range: 6%-15%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Suture passage using electrocautery may not significantly decrease the peak force needed to pass a needle directly through the greater trochanter.</p>","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"316-320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829854/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health Literacy Analytics of Accessible Patient Resources in Cardiovascular Medicine: What are Patients Wanting to Know?","authors":"Som P Singh, Aarya Ramprasad, Anh Luu, Rohma Zaidi, Zoya Siddiqui, Trung Pham","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.20554","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.20554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There remains an increasing utilization of internet-based resources as a first line of medical knowledge. Among patients with cardiovascular disease, these resources often are relied upon for numerous diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. However, the reliability of this information is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to provide a descriptive profile on the literacy quality, readability, and transparency of publicly available educational resources in cardiology.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The frequently asked questions and associated online educational articles on common cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic interventions were investigated using publicly available data from the Google RankBrain machine learning algorithm after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Independent raters evaluated questions for Rothwell's Classification and readability calculations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Collectively, 520 questions and articles were evaluated across 13 cardiac interventions, resulting in 3,120 readability scores. The sources of articles were most frequently from academic institutions followed by commercial sources. Most questions were classified as \"Fact\" at 76.0% (n = 395), and questions regarding \"Technical Details\" of each intervention were the most common subclassification at 56.3% (n = 293).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our data show that patients most often are using online search query programs to seek information regarding specific knowledge of each cardiovascular intervention rather than form an evaluation of the intervention. Additionally, these online patient educational resources continue to not meet grade-level reading recommendations.</p>","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"309-315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Short and Long-Term Success of a Surgery Residency Prep Course.","authors":"Grace M Crouch, Kelly A Winter, Karson R Quinn, Stephen D Helmer, Marilee F McBoyle","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.20090","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.20090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to assess the feasibility of evaluating the short-term and long-term effectiveness of a surgery residency prep course throughout the intern year.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors offered a surgery residency prep course to graduating medical students. We used an anonymous survey to assess the perceived confidence in medical knowledge, clinical skills and surgical skills pre-course, post-course, and at six months into residency. Participants also completed a pre- and post-course quiz.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eleven students completed the course and participated in a pre-course survey, seven completed the post-course survey, and four completed the six month survey. Students felt significantly more confident for intern year following the course compared to before the course (4.0 vs. 2.7, p = 0.018). There was no significant change in perceived confidence at six months compared to post-course results (4.0 vs. 3.9, p = 0.197). Objectively, there was a significant improvement in postcourse quiz results compared to pre-course quiz results (12.9 vs. 10.6, p = 0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study demonstrates that a surgery prep course may have long-term positive effects on resident confidence when entering a surgery residency.</p>","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"321-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829851/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Common Post-Viral Sequalae: Onychomadesis in Setting of Giannoti Crosti Syndrome.","authors":"De'mond Glynn, Manal Hassan, Punam P Shastri","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21033","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"330-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829852/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moral Injury Among Transplant Providers: Evaluating the Effects of Training in End-of-Life Counseling.","authors":"Hannah S David, Tarris Rosell, Dorothy Hughes","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21171","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21171","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ethical issues are pervasive in healthcare, but few specialties rival the moral complexity of transplant medicine. Transplant providers must regularly inform patients that they are no longer eligible to receive a potentially life-saving operation and the stress of these conversations poses a high risk of moral injury. Training in end-of-life counseling (EOLC) has proven to significantly reduce provider stress and burnout. The purpose of this study was to determine whether training in EOLC reduces levels of moral injury among transplant providers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a mixed methods study. We interviewed 10 patient participants and administered a survey to staff in the solid organ transplant department at the University of Kansas Health System. Respondents indicated whether they had received training in EOLC and completed the standardized Moral Injury Symptom Scale-Healthcare Professionals version (MISS-HP). A two-sample, one-sided t-test compared levels of moral injury between trained and untrained staff. Subsequently, we conducted semi-structured interviews with transplant providers, then performed inductive coding followed by thematic network analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-seven percent (14/38) of respondents reported a moral injury score at or above the threshold for psychosocial dysfunction associated with moral injury. Analysis revealed no difference in moral injury scores between the trained and untrained groups (p = 0.362, power (1-β) = 0.842). Thematic network analysis demonstrated high-level themes of \"challenges\", \"training\", and \"stress relief\".</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study demonstrated a concerning prevalence of moral injury among transplant staff and suggested that EOLC training did not significantly mitigate the threat of moral injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"324-327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hold off That Olanzapine! The Development of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Dehydrated Pediatric Patient.","authors":"Maryam Tariq, Danielle N Wentzel, Joshua B Beggs","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21303","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"328-329"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829857/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the Mystery: Correlating Physical Findings with Endoscopy to Diagnose an Uncommon Lesion.","authors":"Hitanshu Dave, Aastha Bharwad, Lana Hattar, Nathan Tofteland","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21074","DOIUrl":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"332-333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10829856/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recurrent Breast Angiosarcoma.","authors":"Allison M Coy, Mark C Meyer","doi":"10.17161/kjm.vol16.21273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17161/kjm.vol16.21273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94121,"journal":{"name":"Kansas journal of medicine","volume":"16 ","pages":"294-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10705054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138815785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}