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Thoracotomy Resuscitation of a Patient Who Sustained Blunt Force Trauma with a pH of 6.7 on Admission and Ultra Massive Transfusion of 42 Units of Blood
Published in The American surgeon (01-08-2024)“…Extreme acidosis is a life-threatening physiological state that thwarts resuscitative actions and most frequently ends in mortality. This report describes a…”
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Delayed vs Early Admission to Intensive Care: A Retrospective Review of Outcomes and Clinical Indicators of Deterioration Following Trauma
Published in The American surgeon (01-06-2024)“…Unplanned admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is a trauma quality improvement indicator associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and hospital…”
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Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy surgery in children and adults: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force Diagnostic Methods Commission: 2017–2021 Neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy surgery
Published in Epileptic disorders (01-06-2019)“…ABSTRACT In our first paper in this series ( Epilepsia 2015; 56(5): 674–681), we published recommendations for the indications and expectations for…”
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Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods Commission, 2013–2017
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-05-2015)“…Summary The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Diagnostic Methods Commission charged the Neuropsychology Task Force with the job of developing a set…”
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Effect of Timing of Readmission to the ICU on Mortality in Trauma Patients Requiring Critical Care
Published in The American surgeon (01-07-2023)“…ICU readmission is associated with increased mortality. The primary goal of our investigation was to determine the impact of early ICU readmission on mortality…”
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The Effect of BMI on eFAST Accuracy in Trauma by Residents in the Emergency Room
Published in The American surgeon (01-07-2023)“…Blunt trauma patients are often evaluated with extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST). eFAST is a noninvasive, rapid, ultrasound-guided…”
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Postpartum Loss to HIV Care and HIV Viral Suppression among Previously Diagnosed HIV-Infected Women with a Live Birth in New York State
Published in PloS one (11-08-2016)“…Mother-to-child-transmission of HIV in the United States has been greatly reduced, with clear benefits for the child. However, little is known about factors…”
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Surgical Resident Education and Performance in Extended Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma
Published in The American surgeon (01-07-2024)“…Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST) is a rapid triage tool aiding the detection of life-threatening injuries. In academic settings,…”
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Ingested Foreign Bodies in the Sigmoid Colon Requiring Earlier Intervention in Patients With Prior Hysterectomy
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (05-06-2024)“…The use of dentures and dental plates is widespread in the adult population. Accidental ingestion of these foreign objects is not uncommon, with the majority…”
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Coronary Artery Calcification and Risk of Cardiac Complication in Geriatric Trauma Population
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-04-2024)“…Better means of identifying patients with increased cardiac complication (CC) risk is needed. Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is reported on routine chest…”
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Cervical spine collar clearance in the obtunded adult blunt trauma patient: a systematic review and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Published in The journal of trauma and acute care surgery (01-02-2015)“…With the use of the framework advocated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group, our aims were to…”
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Prevention and Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Survivors of Adult Cancers: ASCO Guideline Update
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-10-2020)“…To update the ASCO guideline on the recommended prevention and treatment approaches in the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in…”
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Predicting Unplanned Readmissions to the Intensive Care Unit in the Trauma Population
Published in The American surgeon (01-09-2024)“…Unplanned readmission to intensive care units (UR-ICU) in trauma is associated with increased hospital length of stay and significant morbidity and mortality…”
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The Oscillatory Basis of Working Memory Function and Dysfunction in Epilepsy
Published in Frontiers in human neuroscience (12-01-2021)“…Working memory (WM) deficits are pervasive co-morbidities of epilepsy. Although the pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning these impairments remain…”
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Improving Opioid Prescribing Post-Discharge for Trauma Patients With Rib Fractures: Factors in Prevention of Prolonged Use and Dependency
Published in The American surgeon (01-07-2022)“…Rib fracture (RF) pain management provides analgesia while reducing opioids. We postulated: (1) Prescriber factors affect opiate duration, and (2) lidocaine…”
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Incidental Findings in the Trauma Population: Interdisciplinary Approach and Electronic Medical Record Reminder Association with Pre-Discharge Reporting and Medicolegal Risk
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-04-2021)“…Incidental findings (IFs) are reported in 20% or more of trauma CT scans. In addition to the importance of patient disclosure, there is considerable legal…”
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Non-surgical Management of a Malecot Tube Migrating From a Small Bowel Fistula
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (20-04-2024)“…Foreign bodies are encountered relatively often within the practice of general surgery. We present a unique case of a rubber, self-retaining, radiopaque…”
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Absent CNKSR2 causes seizures and intellectual, attention, and language deficits
Published in Annals of neurology (01-11-2014)“…Synaptic function is central to brain function. Understanding the synapse is aided by studies of patients lacking individual synaptic proteins. Common…”
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The relations between white matter and declarative memory in older children and adolescents
Published in Brain research (06-10-2009)“…Abstract Neural communication between the temporal and frontal cortex underlies mature declarative memory skills. The integrity of white matter pathways…”
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