Annals of surgery
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To examine associations of objectively-measured free-living physical activity (PA) with changes in depressive symptoms and mental and physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over 7 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). ⋯ Among adults who underwent RYGB, multiple objective PA measures were associated with decreases in depressive symptoms and improvements in mental and physical HRQoL throughout 7 years, independent of weight loss, indicating PA is a modifiable behavior to augment outcomes.
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Multicenter Study
Yield of Adding chest CT to Abdominal CT to Detect COVID-19 in Patients Presenting with Acute Gastrointestinal Symptoms (SCOUT-3): Multicenter Study.
To determine the incremental yield of standardized addition of chest CT to abdominal CT to detect COVID-19 in patients presenting with primarily acute gastrointestinal symptoms requiring abdominal imaging. Summary Background Data: Around 20% of patients with COVID-19 present with gastrointestinal symptoms. COVID-19 might be neglected in these patients, as the focus could be on finding abdominal pathology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several centers have routinely added chest CT to abdominal CT to detect possible COVID-19 in patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms. However, the incremental yield of this strategy is unknown. ⋯ The yield of adding chest CT to abdominal CT to detect COVID-19 in patients presenting with acute gastrointestinal symptoms is extremely low with an additional detection rate of around 1%.