In an accompanying editorial by Meghan D. Althoff, MD, PhD, and Sunita Sharma, MD, MPH, of the division of pulmonary sciences and critical care medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, they wrote that more information on the functional genetic effects that lead to the associations found between asthma, atopic dermatitis and GERD are necessary.
“We would like to believe it is the effect on the MDSCs that is enhancing the efficacy of pembrolizumab in these patients,” researcher Martin D. McCarter, MD, professor of surgical oncology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Healio. “We demonstrate some supporting data to suggest this relationship but cannot prove for sure that was the mechanism. For example, it could have been patient selection in a relatively small study.”
In a quality improvement project, Hlavin and Maureen Varty, PhD, RN, a research nurse scientist at UCHealth and an assistant professor at University of Colorado College of Nursing, conducted an audit with 508 observations from August 2020 to October 2020 at UCHealth to see how often off-label placement of finger probes was occurring in critical care units.
“Hair loss, or alopecia, affects over 50% of men and 40% of women in their lifetime,” Melissa R. Laughter, MD, PhD, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote. “This topic currently has over 280,000 related posts on Instagram alone and may be vulnerable to the spread of misinformation by non-dermatologists.”
In this video, Kevin Messacar, MD, PhD, a pediatric infectious disease consultant at Children's Hospital Colorado and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discusses what this has meant for pediatric practices, hospitals and children in the United States. “After a brief pause during the pandemic, they’re back,” Messacar said.
Alexander Lauder, MD, of the hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery section of the department of orthopedic surgery at Denver Health Medical Center and assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said research published by him and colleagues has shown proximal tibia and tibial shaft fractures are the most common fractures next to distal radius fractures.
Heterogeneity in the data makes it too difficult to extrapolate results from adults to adolescents, Alex Kaizer, PhD, assistant professor in the department of biostatistics and informatics at University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, said after his “no” vote.
This study by Hodgson and colleagues adds to the literature indicating that benefits of early mobilization in this patient population requires more research, according to an accompanying editorial by Marc Moss, MD, professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary sciences and critical care medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
