The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on People With Epilepsy and Vagal Nerve Stimulation Front Neurol. 2021 Feb 26;12:640581. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.640581. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Objectives: Restrictive measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to limit contagion, have had a severe impact on mental health. The burden of lockdown has been particularly heavy on patients with […]

Isometric Yoga-Like Maneuvers Improve Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis-A Nonrandomized Control Trial Glob Adv Health Med. 2021 Feb 24;10:2164956120988259. doi: 10.1177/2164956120988259. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Assess therapeutic value of specific yoga poses for thoracic and lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) taught in office or Internet. STUDY DESIGN: Nonrandomized control trial: Fifty-six adolescents (mean age 14.0 years; mean […]

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Short-term Weight Loss in a Single Italian Institution Obes Surg. 2021 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05343-8. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Italy was the first European country to have a major outbreak of COVID-19. Bariatric procedures were stopped and telemedicine had to be implemented. A large percentage of patients struggled to […]

Patient Satisfaction Is Equivalent Using Telemedicine Versus Office-Based Follow-up After Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2021 Mar 15. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.01413. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has increasingly been considered as a viable alternative to traditional office-based health care, including postoperative follow-up visits. The purpose of […]

Ophthalmologists and WhatsApp: Teleophthalmology is already here Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 15:11206721211002694. doi: 10.1177/11206721211002694. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To estimate the extent of WhatsApp utilization using text and media messages for inter-physician consultations among ophthalmologists (residents and specialists) at various clinical settings and its perceived benefits for ophthalmologists and their patients. We […]

Coincidental ocular findings during retinopathy of prematurity telescreening of 9105 neonates Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 15:11206721211001318. doi: 10.1177/11206721211001318. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To describe the magnitude and spectrum of abnormal ocular findings other than retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) detected during an ROP telescreening programme. METHODS: Retrospective review of the records of all […]

A Comparison of Artificial Intelligence and Human Diabetic Retinal Image Interpretation in an Urban Health System J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2021 Mar 10:1932296821999370. doi: 10.1177/1932296821999370. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Artificial intelligence (AI) diabetic retinopathy (DR) software has the potential to decrease time spent by clinicians on image interpretation and expand the scope of […]

Disparities in Telemedicine Use for Subspecialty Diabetes Care During COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Orders J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2021 Mar 14:1932296821997851. doi: 10.1177/1932296821997851. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine use rapidly and dramatically increased for management of diabetes mellitus. It is unknown whether access to telemedicine care has been equitable during this […]

Impact of Pediatric Electronic Consultations in a Federally Qualified Health Center Telemed J E Health. 2021 Mar 12. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0394. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Background: Access to pediatric specialty care is a challenge, particularly for medically underserved populations. Introduction: One evolving method that has shown promise in helping ameliorate this disparity is electronic consultations […]

Teledermatology in times of COVID-19 J Dermatol. 2021 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15812. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Remote consultations are likely to grow in importance in the following years, especially if the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues. Patients' opinions on teledermatology have already been analyzed, but a current analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic is […]