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Spring 2025 Vol. 20 - Issue 1
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Click on the cover at right to download a PDF of the full issue
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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
– Meghan Dermody, MD, FACS, FSVS
LG Health’s chief of vascular surgery shares new research on the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in standard-risk patients. Though final data from trials aren’t expected until later this year, early results support TCAR as an appropriate option for both high-risk and standard-risk patients in Lancaster.
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– Julie M. Reichert, Isabella L. Filippone, Miguel A. Ross, and Lindsey L. Perea, DO, FACS
Traumatic hay-hole fall injuries are a unique problem among rural Anabaptist communities, particularly for the pediatric population. The authors report results of two studies conducted to determine if farmers and barn owners would adopt a new hay-hole cover designed to be safe, yet allow for ventilation.
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– Joshua Kopp, DO, and Lisa Fritz, MD
The first of this two-part report examines the composition of Amish home remedies and explores research to illuminate mechanisms of action, indications, side effects, contraindications, and known drug-drug interactions.
– Isabelle Lawler, PharmD, and Michelle Link Patterson, PharmD, BCACP
Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) occurs in approximately 50% of patients receiving opioid therapy. This report’s authors discuss diagnosis and treatment of OIC, with an emphasis on peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonists.
PEARLS OF EDUCATION
— Hehidy Paulino, MD
Pearls from LG Health’s recent “Guiding Graceful Aging of the Older Adult” conference include recommendations and referral resources to engage patients and their family members.
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DEPARTMENTS
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