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Search Methods for: protocols for post-op hypocalcemia following a thyroidectomy, a systematic review
No full textThe databases included in this search are [list of databases: PubMed (NLM), Cochrane Library (Wiley), Embase (Elsevier), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Science Direct (Elsevier), CINAHL(Ebscohost). A grey literature search included TRIP medical database(tripdatabase.com) and Clinical Trials (Clinicaltrials.gov). All final searches were performed on December 8, 2025 by the librarian and were fully reported on December 8, 2025. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix (___). They are also archived at [DOI].
A summary of the search results:
PubMed (NLM) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (1,977 Results)
Cochrane Library (Wiley) from 01/01/2005 to12/31/2025 (1,132 results)
Embase (Elsevier) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (4,461 results)
Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (2,112 Results)
Science Direct (Elsevier) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (137 results)
CINAHL (Ebscohost) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (312 results)
TRIP Pro (tripdatabase.com) from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2025 (1,114 results)
Clinical Trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) 01/01/2005-12/31/2025 (17 results)
The search resulted in 11,262 results. 5,500 duplicate studies were found and omitted by the librarian [SB] using EndNote 20 and following the following the Wichor Bramer method. This resulted in 5,762 records to screen from databases, websites and registries. Studies were screened by title and abstract by two blinded and independent reviewers. If a tiebreaker was needed, a third reviewer was called in. This process was repeated for full text article screening and article selection. Appendix ___.Krausz Library of Podiatric MedicineTemple University HospitalTemple University Hosptial, Endocrine SurgeryTo identify studies to include or consider for this systematic review, the review team worked with a librarian (SB) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-S extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (SB) developed the search for PubMed and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (Jacob Brintzenhoff, MLIS) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search included the date restrictions of 01/01/2005-12/31/2025 per request of the researcher
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Chronic Kidney Disease: Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factors in a National Cohort
No full textRationale & Objective
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is an acute neurological condition that, if untreated, can result in severe complications, such as intracerebral hemorrhage. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of developing PRES; however, it is unclear whether this risk is primarily driven by comorbid conditions or if renal dysfunction itself is an independent risk factor. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence, outcomes, and resource utilization of PRES across CKD stages compared with patients without kidney disease.
Study Design
A retrospective study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database.
Setting & Participants
Adult patients nonelectively admitted with PRES from 2016 to 2019.
Exposures
Different stages of CKD versus no kidney disease
Outcomes
All-cause in-hospital mortality, Incidence of PRES hospitalizations, in-hospital morbidity (intracerebral hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, brain herniation, and status epilepticus), and health care resource utilization (length of hospital stay and total hospitalization charges)
Analytical Approach
Multivariate logistic and linear regression analyses were conducted using survey design methods.
Results
The cohort included 12,605 patients, representing 0.014% of all admissions. PRES incidence increased from 0.013% in 2016 to 0.015% in 2019 (P = 0.01) and demonstrated a dose-response relationship with CKD stage progression. Key risk factors for PRES included female sex, White race, hypertension, metastatic cancer, solid organ transplantation, rheumatologic disorders, substance use disorders, carotid artery stenosis, migraines, and cerebral atherosclerosis. Kidney failure (KF) was strongly associated with in-hospital mortality (aOR 5.12, 95% CI, 2.09-12.53, P < 0.001). The length of stay, total hospitalization charge, and rates of neurological complications were similar between CKD/KF and patients without kidney disease.
Limitations
The use of administrative data limits access to detailed clinical information. Residual confounding factors remain possible.
Conclusions
This is the largest study to date on PRES in CKD populations. CKD is strongly associated with PRES, with a dose-response relationship, and KF is an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality, emphasizing the need for heightened clinical vigilance in this population.
Plain-Language Summary
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a serious brain condition that can cause seizures, confusion, and even death if not recognized and treated in time. However, it is often overlooked because its symptoms can be vague. While PRES is commonly linked to high blood pressure and immune system diseases, its connection to chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been unclear. This study used a large national database to examine how often PRES occurs in people with CKD and its impact on their health. The findings show that the risk of PRES increases as kidney disease worsens, with patients in kidney failure being the most vulnerable. These results highlight the need for early recognition and close monitoring of patients with CKD to improve their care.Lewis Katz School of MedicineMedicineTemple University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund, 2024-2025 (Philadelphia, Pa.
Safe in the Home: Development of a Training Manual for Home Modifications for People Experiencing Homelessness
No full text"Safe in the Home" is a training manual that outlines home modification strategies to support individuals transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. The project was developed through an immersive collaboration with Pathways to Housing (PTH), an organization that provides housing and services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. Chronic homeless is defined as being homeless for at least one year while living with a disabling condition such as chronic illness, mental health, and substance use disorder (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2023). The transition from being unhoused to residing in a home can come with many challenges, including participation in household management, activities of daily living, and ambulating safely within the home. To address the challenges faced by this population, the manual was developed to support positive outcomes for individuals transitioning from chronic homelessness to stable housing. The manual provides guidance, recommendations, and education to support the adjustment to stable housing.Temple University. College of Public HealthHealth and Rehabilitation Science
Syllabus: Local Government Law, LAW 0574, Spring 2025
No full textTemple University. James E. Beasley School of LawLawThis course will explore the legal structure of local governments, including the sources of local government authority, limits on local government actions, the tension between state and local control, and the internal decision-making structures of local governments. Our non-exclusive focus will be on urban government. We will read cases and draw on examples from around the country, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.Temple University Libraries Textbook Affordability Project, 2025 (Philadelphia, Pa.
Environmental justice implications of NFIP pricing reforms: A case study of Miami-Dade County
No full textThe National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) faces mounting financial difficulties in the era of climate change. To increase revenue and reduce their debts, the NFIP recently introduced a new pricing methodology called Risk Rating 2.0, claiming that this new approach more accurately assesses flood risk and distributes prices more equitably. The equitability of Risk Rating 2.0 is worth investigating, as environmental justice scholars have long criticized the NFIP for disproportionately benefitting wealthy homeowners over more vulnerable flood zone residents. This study utilizes Miami-Dade County, Florida as a case study to examine the environmental justice implications of Risk Rating 2.0. On average, wealthier zip codes are experiencing greater price increases than low- and middle-income neighborhoods. However, lower-income and higher-poverty zip codes still face an elevated cost burden compared to wealthier neighborhoods. These findings suggest that, although the NFIP’s new pricing methodology distributes prices more equitably than it has in the past, it does not address environmental justice concerns, as flood insurance premiums are rising across the board and still disproportionately burden low- and middle-income zip codes. In particular, Miami-Dade County’s lower-income zip codes near the Everglades face substantial rate increases due to their severe flood vulnerability, meaning flood insurance will likely become unaffordable for many residents.Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in HumanitiesTemple University. College of Liberal ArtsPolitical ScienceEnvironmental Studie
Understanding the perceived experiences of the collaboration between Temple OT Level I students and UUH Outreach clients
No full textThe Level I Occupational Therapy (OT) Fieldwork (FW) experience is defined by Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) as providing students with experience to apply knowledge to practice (Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education [ACOTE], 2018). One Level I FW experience offered to Temple University’s Occupational Therapy students is an opportunity to collaborate with clients of UUH Outreach. UUH Outreach is a non-profit organization in Northwest Philadelphia promoting aging in place.
“Aging in place” refers to older adults aged 55+ who prefer to stay in their own homes and maintain independence as they age (National Institute on Aging, 2023). An expectation for this community-based Level I FW is for students to apply their knowledge of home modifications and quality of life recommendations to promote independence and safety. A qualitative study was conducted to gather data on the perceptions of clients who previously participated in this collaborative Level I FW regarding their experience. Twelve participants, aged 65-84, engaged in focus group interviews. Thematic analysis of the focus group interviews highlighted three primary themes and several subthemes. While the clients largely reported satisfaction with the experience, the findings also supported the need for further student education regarding funding sources to acquire home modifications and increased frequency of communication between students and clients would be beneficial.Temple University. College of Public HealthHealth and Rehabilitation Science
The Impact of Contemporary Emerging Resistant Fungal Infections in Vulnerable Populations and Methods for Treatment
No full textOver the past decade emerging resistant fungal infections have become apparent as the next healthcare threat. These infections are opportunistic and affect immunocompromised or hospitalized populations and with the development of modern medicine the rates of these populations are rising. There are only four classes of antifungals: azoles, polyenes, antimetabolites, and echinocandins. The concern is with multidrug resistant fungi’s the mortality rate for these infections has been increasing with a large surge seen during the Covid pandemic. The Candida and Aspergillus species of fungus are considered the biggest threats as they have multidrug resistant strains, and they can cause lethal complications. Resistance is caused by overuse of the antifungals and selective pressure causing the fungi to develop genetic mutations to avoid the drug’s therapeutic effects. To tackle this problem new treatments or intervention methods must be introduced. It has been difficult to produce new treatments as fungi are very similar to humans and pharmaceutical companies are struggling in finding unique pathway or targets that won’t be toxic to humans. However, there are some known targets that require more testing before they can be developed into an approved drug.Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award in STEM DisciplinesTemple University. College of EngineeringBioengineerin
The geometry of end-periodic mapping tori
No full textLet be a boundaryless infinite-type surface with finitely many ends and consider an end-periodic homeomorphism of S. The end-periodicity of ensures that , its associated mapping torus, has a compactification as a -manifold with boundary; further, if is atoroidal, then admits a hyperbolic metric. Such maps admit invariant \emph{positive and negative Handel-Miller laminations}, , , whose leaves naturally project to the arc and curve complex of a given compact subsurface .
As an end-periodic analogy to work of Minsky in the finite-type setting, we show that for every there exists (depending only on and the \emph{capacity} of ) for which implies . Here denotes the total geodesic length of in , and the infimum is taken over all hyperbolic structures on .
This work produces the following: given a closed surface , we provide a family of closed, fibered hyperbolic manifolds in which is totally geodesically embedded, (almost) transverse to the pseudo-Anosov flow, with arbitrarily small systole.Mathematic
Covert Abortion Networks: How Civil Society Subverts the State and Provides Abortion, No Matter What
No full textThis dissertation investigates the ability of Covert Abortion Networks (CANs) to provide abortion access in the face of legal threats and the erosion of the access environment. CANs operate across a variety of legal and practical contexts to help people access abortions, no matter what. A common refrain in the pro-choice community is that abortion restrictions do not work; this project investigates why they do not work. I argue that abortion restrictions fail to have a lasting effect on the birth rate because of civil society’s organizing to provide abortions in the face of legal threats and erosion of the access environment. These networks establish both informal and formal linkages, ties, and organizations to facilitate access despite legal constraints. The level of institutionalization of civil society determines the shape of these CANs.
Using a comparative case analysis of communist-era Romania, Turkey, and Appalachia, this study illustrates how three distinct levels of institutionalization of civil society shape CANs. This study employs a mixed-methods approach to address these questions. A statistical analysis of birth rate data and abortion laws from 1960 to 2019 shows that abortion restrictions do not have a lasting effect on the birth rate. Then, through case analyses incorporating historical analysis, interviews with CANs, and organizational mapping, I demonstrate how CANs are formed and function in various civil society settings. Ultimately, this project shows that no, abortion restrictions do not work well. And they do not work well because of the will of civil society to supplement abortion access no matter what, through the creation and organizing of CANs. Abortion restrictions and erosion of the access environment are heavily undermined by civil society actors who mobilize covertly to maintain access under hostile conditions.Political Scienc
MOTIVATIONS AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CORPORATE FINANCIALIZATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE LISTED NON-FINANCIAL COMPANIES
No full textThe increasing trend of financialization in Chinese listed firms has drawn attention from the academic community. This paper is based on the financial data of 2,154 nonfinancial and non-real estate listed companies from 2008 to 2018 and aim to investigate the driving factors and economic consequences of corporate financialization in Chinese capital market. The results show that corporate financialization in China is influenced by motives such as preventive savings, investment substitution, shadow banking, and earnings management. The latter three motives are more pronounced than preventive savings, suggesting a speculative nature to the financialization trend, which separates these companies from the real economy's development. In terms of economic consequences, financialization tends to displace primary business activities, particularly in corporate research and development (R&D) investments. Over the long term, this may lead to insufficient incentives for corporate innovation and development, gradually weakening their competitive edge. Therefore, it is crucial to focus on supporting the real economy, enhancing financial supervision, and guiding companies to stay aligned with their intended objectives to prevent excessive financialization.Global Financ