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Combat blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI): Decade of recognition; promise of progress by DePalma, Ralph G., Hoffman, Stuart W.

“…•Between 2007–2015, out of the one million combat veterans screened for traumatic brain injury (TBI), 8.4% of these Veterans received a diagnosis of TBI after…”
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Determinants of long-term survival after major surgery and the adverse effect of postoperative complications by Khuri, Shukri F, Henderson, William G, DePalma, Ralph G, Mosca, Cecilia, Healey, Nancy A, Kumbhani, Dharam J

“…The objective of this study was to identify the determinants of 30-day postoperative mortality and long-term survival after major surgery as exemplified by 8…”
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Low-intensity blast induces acute glutamatergic hyperexcitability in mouse hippocampus leading to long-term learning deficits and altered expression of proteins involved in synaptic plasticity and serine protease inhibitors by Chen, Shanyan, Siedhoff, Heather R., Zhang, Hua, Liu, Pei, Balderrama, Ashley, Li, Runting, Johnson, Catherine, Greenlief, C. Michael, Koopmans, Bastijn, Hoffman, Timothy, DePalma, Ralph G., Li, De-Pei, Cui, Jiankun, Gu, Zezong

“…Neurocognitive consequences of blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) pose significant concerns for military service members and veterans with the…”
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Beirut Ammonium Nitrate Blast: Analysis, Review, and Recommendations by Al-Hajj, Samar, Dhaini, Hassan R., Mondello, Stefania, Kaafarani, Haytham, Kobeissy, Firas, DePalma, Ralph G.

“…A massive chemical detonation occurred on August 4, 2020 in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. An uncontrolled fire in an adjacent warehouse ignited ~2,750 tons of…”
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Perspectives on Primary Blast Injury of the Brain: Translational Insights Into Non-inertial Low-Intensity Blast Injury by Siedhoff, Heather R, Chen, Shanyan, Song, Hailong, Cui, Jiankun, Cernak, Ibolja, Cifu, David X, DePalma, Ralph G, Gu, Zezong

“…Most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) during military deployment or training are clinically "mild" and frequently caused by non-impact blast exposures…”
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Ferritin and Percent Transferrin Saturation Levels Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes by Zacharski, Leo R, Shamayeva, Galina, Chow, Bruce K, DePalma, Ralph G

“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk associate with ferritin and percent transferrin saturation (%TS) levels. However, increased risk…”
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Low-intensity open-field blast exposure effects on neurovascular unit ultrastructure in mice by Li, Chao, Chen, Shanyan, Siedhoff, Heather R, Grant, DeAna, Liu, Pei, Balderrama, Ashley, Jackson, Marcus, Zuckerman, Amitai, Greenlief, C Michael, Kobeissy, Firas, Wang, Kevin W, DePalma, Ralph G, Cernak, Ibolja, Cui, Jiankun, Gu, Zezong

“…Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) induced by low-intensity blast (LIB) is a serious health problem affecting military service members and veterans. Our…”
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Endovascular obliteration of saphenous reflux: A multicenter study by Merchant, Robert F., DePalma, Ralph G., Kabnick, Lowell S.

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the differences in clinical outcomes in patients treated with endovenous saphenous vein obliteration with…”
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Pulsed Microwave Energy Transduction of Acoustic Phonon Related Brain Injury by Hubler, Graham K., Hoffman, Stuart W., Andreadis, Tim D., DePalma, Ralph G.

“…Pulsed microwaves above specific energy thresholds have been reported to cause brain injury in animal models. The actual physical mechanism causing brain…”
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Trends, outcomes, and predictors of open and conversion to open cholecystectomy in Veterans Health Administration hospitals by Kaafarani, Haytham M.A., M.D., M.P.H, Smith, Tracy Schifftner, M.S, Neumayer, Leigh, M.D., M.S, Berger, David H., M.D., M.H.C.M, DePalma, Ralph G., M.D, Itani, Kamal M.F., M.D

“…Abstract Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) accounts for more than 85% of cholecystectomies. Factors prompting open cholecystectomy (OC) or…”
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Secondary chronic venous disorders by Meissner, Mark H., MD, Eklof, Bo, MD, Smith, Phillip Coleridge, MD, Dalsing, Michael C., MD, DePalma, Ralph G., MD, Gloviczki, Peter, MD, Moneta, Gregory, MD, Neglén, Peter, MD, O’ Donnell, Thomas, MD, Partsch, Hugo, MD, Raju, Seshadri, MD

“…Secondary chronic venous disorders (CVD) usually follow an episode of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT). Most occluded venous segments recanalize over the…”
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Long-Term Effects of Low-Intensity Blast Non-Inertial Brain Injury on Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice: Home-Cage Monitoring Assessments by Siedhoff, Heather R, Chen, Shanyan, Balderrama, Ashley, Sun, Grace Y, Koopmans, Bastijn, DePalma, Ralph G, Cui, Jiankun, Gu, Zezong

“…Mild traumatic brain injury induced by low-intensity blast (LIB) exposure poses concerns in military personnel. Using an open-field, non-inertial blast model…”
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Nanometer ultrastructural brain damage following low intensity primary blast wave exposure by Song, Hailong, Konan, Landry, Cui, Jiankun, Johnson, Catherine, Hubler, Graham, DePalma, Ralph, Gu, Zezong

“…Blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is of particular concern among military personnel due to exposure to blast energy during military training and…”
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Health care trends and vascular specialists: The good, the bad, and the ugly by DePalma, Ralph G., MD

“…Current health care trends include movements toward general health care reform and rapidly evolving changes affecting treatment of vascular disease…”
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Opioids: Twin Plagues of the Twenty-First Century by Jammoul, Maya, Jammoul, Dareen, Wang, Kevin K., Kobeissy, Firas, Depalma, Ralph G.

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and opioid use disorder (OUD) comprise twin plagues causing considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. As interactions…”
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Reduction of iron stores and clinical outcomes in peripheral arterial disease: outcome comparisons in smokers and non-smokers by DePalma, Ralph G, Zacharski, Leo R, Chow, Bruce K, Shamayeva, Galina, Hayes, Virginia W

“…A prospective randomized trial suggested that iron (ferritin) reduction improved outcomes in smokers. The present study reanalyzed the trial results in smokers…”
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Ferritin levels, inflammatory biomarkers, and mortality in peripheral arterial disease: A substudy of the Iron (Fe) and Atherosclerosis Study (FeAST) Trial by DePalma, Ralph G., MD, Hayes, Virginia W., MS, Chow, Bruce K., MS, Shamayeva, Galina, MS, May, Patricia E., MD, Zacharski, Leo R., MD

“…Background This study delineated correlations between ferritin, inflammatory biomarkers, and mortality in a cohort of 100 cancer-free patients with peripheral…”
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Linking blast physics to biological outcomes in mild traumatic brain injury: Narrative review and preliminary report of an open-field blast model by Song, Hailong, Cui, Jiankun, Simonyi, Agnes, Johnson, Catherine E., Hubler, Graham K., DePalma, Ralph G., Gu, Zezong

“…•Blast exposures are associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI); during recent conflicts most of these have been classified as mild TBI (mTBI).•The role and…”
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Optimal serum ferritin level range: iron status measure and inflammatory biomarker by DePalma, Ralph G, Hayes, Virginia W, O'Leary, Timothy J

“…Abstract This report provides perspectives concerning dual roles of serum ferritin as a measure of both iron status and inflammation. We suggest benefits of a…”
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Bloodletting: Past and Present by DePalma, Ralph G., MD, Hayes, Virginia W., MS, Zacharski, Leo R., MD

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