Healthcare Research

KEY FINDING: AS strategy implementation varied across VA facilities, with pre-authorization being perceived as highly impactful (78%) and fully implemented (82%).

KEY FINDING: The most common adverse events were transient backache and meningism (90%) and cord malacia (80%).

KEY FINDING: Fulfilment of individual process performance measures (PPMs) was associated with adjusted hazard rate ratios of death between 0.76 and 0.96.

KEY FINDING: The vancomycin-encapsulated hydrogel, when loaded into the microarc-oxidized 3D-printed porous Ti6Al4V implant, exhibits effective antibacterial activity against MRSA both in vitro and in vivo.

KEY FINDING: Queckenstedt's test was widely adopted globally for diagnosing spinal canal obstruction, particularly spinal tumors.

KEY FINDING: All three patients' C1-2 infra-anterior dislocations were successfully reduced using gentle traction methods (halo or occipital-jaw) without surgery.

KEY FINDING: ChatGPT-4o was correct on 73.07% of the questions, while Gemini Advanced was correct on 69.23%. Most incorrect answers were due to not providing enough information rather than giving wrong information.

KEY FINDING: Participants rated the usefulness of the UC and PIP sessions highly, with average ratings of 9.00/10 and 10/10, respectively.

KEY FINDING: A ddPCR assay detected spinal cord–derived cfDNA in plasma of 50 patients with acute SCI (AUC: 0.89, 95% CI 0.83–0.95, P < 0.0001).

KEY FINDING: Age, comorbidities, spinal cord injury, prolonged mechanical ventilation, prolonged ICU stay, and prolonged hospital stay are independent risk factors for needing long-term nursing care (LTC).