Lincoln Hospital

About: Lincoln Hospital is a healthcare organization based out in New York, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Emergency department. The organization has 1033 authors who have published 929 publications receiving 14486 citations. The organization is also known as: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center & Lincoln Hospital.

New dysmorphic features in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.

Abstract: We report a new case of Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome with a hypoplastic right kidney, persistent pulmonary hypertension, and mitral valve regurgitation. Other pertinent features included broad thumbs, broad big toes, syndactyly of the third and fourth fingers bilaterally, beaked nose, broad columella of the nose, patent ductus arteriosus, and motor and mental retardation. The testes were descended. The 3 month old patient had delayed motor and mental development corresponding to a 1 month old infant.

Characteristics of asthmatic patients with and without repeat emergency department visits at an inner city hospital

Abstract: Objective: The objective of this study was to document the frequency and clinical characteristics associated with repeat emergency department (ED) visits for asthma in an inner city population with a high burden of asthma. Methods: During an ED visit for asthma in an inner city hospital (‘index visit’), patients completed a valid survey addressing disease and behavioral factors. Hospital records were reviewed for information about ED visits and hospitalizations for asthma during the 12 months before and the 90 days after the index visit. Results: One hundred and ninety-two patients were enrolled; the mean age was 42 years, 69% were women, 36% were black, 54% were Latino, 69% had Medicaid, and 17% were uninsured. 100 patients (52%) were treated and released from the ED, 88 patients (46%) were hospitalized, and 4 patients (2%) left against medical advice. During the subsequent 90 days, 64 patients (33%) had at least one repeat ED visit for asthma and 27 (14%) were hospitalized for asthma. In a multi...

Second primary malignancies among cancer patients.

Abstract: Background Rate of second primary malignancies (SPM) is steadily increasing over the last decades. New therapies, early diagnostic markers, screening tests for a larger number of individuals contribute to the increase prevalence of SPM. In the current study, we try to described the demographic composition of SPM victims, distribution of primary sites, and the impact of related factors on prognosis. Methods We conducted a retrospective study identifying patients over the age of 18 who were diagnosed with SPM from the 16 most common cancer sites between 2000 and 2013 from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to analyze the relationship between different factors associated to the prognosis of SPM. Standard incidence rate of multiple primary (MP-SIR) was also calculated. Results A total of 303,753 patients were diagnosis with SPM and 76,168 of whom (25.08%) were included in our analytic cohort. Patients with prostate cancer was vulnerable to SPM, accounting for 34.59%, and SPM was prone to occur in lung and bronchus, accounting for 24.90%. The heat map shows that esophagus cancer survivors have the highest risk of developing stomachache tumors (SIR =5.08). The result of Cox regression suggests that a history of liver was associated with the shortest survival time (HR =1.64, 95% CI, 1.54-1.75, P<0.001). Conclusions With the advancement of medical standards, the survival time of cancer patients is prolonged, but the occurrence of SPM is also increasing, and the prognosis is not optimistic. More attention needs to be invested in the prevention and treatment of SPM.

Fetal thoracic measurements in prenatal diagnosis of jeune syndrome

Abstract: We describe prenatal sonographic findings in a 34-week fetus with Jeune syndrome or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (ATD). The long bones measured were less than third percentile; the thoracic circumference (TC) measured 216 mm (< 2.5th percentile); the abdominal circumference (AC) measured 303.5 mm (50th – 75th percentiles) and the rib cage perimeter (RCP) measured was 98 mm. The TC/AC was 0.70 (normal, 0.85) and the RCP/TC was 0.45 (normal, 0.68). Following birth diagnosis of Jeune syndrome was made based on radiographic analysis, which was subsequently confirmed by clinical and postmortem examination. This case highlights the utility of both TC/AC and RCP/TC in diagnosis of ATD and other skeletal dysplasias associated with a small thorax.