Submissions from 2008
CT Scan in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Help or Hindrance?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Benjamin Monson, Curtis J. Wozniak, Jennell Smith, Mary C. McCarthy, and Alex Little
Is Chest X-Ray an Adequate Screening Tool for the Diagnosis of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Wylan Peterson, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Nancy Nwuneli, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Mary C. McCarthy
Diagnosis of Blunt Intestinal and Mesenteric Injury in the Era of Multidetector CT technology--are Results Better?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Jonathan M. Saxe, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Randy J. Woods, Harry L. Anderson, and Mary C. McCarthy
Robotic Rectal Cancer Surgery, Minia Hellan, Joshua Ellenhorn, and Alessio Pigazzi
Robotic-Assisted Placement of a Hepatic Artery Infusion Catheter for Regional Chemotherapy, Minia Hellan and Alessio Pigazzi
The Impact of Lymph Node Number on Survival in Patients With Lymph Node-Negative Pancreatic Cancer, Minia Hellan, Can-Lan Sun, Avo Artinyan, Pablo Mojica-Manosa, Smita Bhatia, Joshua Ellenhorn, and Joseph Kim
Intratracheal Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Presenting with Protracted Airway Obstruction: A Case Study, M. Khan, Peter G. Michaelson, and M. L. Hinni
Carotid Intima Media Thickness Is Increased in Type 1 and Type 2, but not Post-Transplant Diabetes Compared to Non-Diabetes Kidney Transplant Recipients, Jennifer Larsen, James Lane, Gerald Groggel, R. Brian Stevens, Jillian Witte, Terica Hudson, Elisabeth Lyden, and Jungeng Sun
Coagulation and Inflammatory Responses in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Donors, Josh Levitsky, Alison Freidfeld, Julie Stoner, Elisabeth Lyden, Alan Langnas, R. Brian Stevens, Penny Hardiman, and Andre C. Kalil
A Systematic Approach for Preoperative Rhinoplasty Planning, Manuel A. Lopez, Peter G. Michaelson, and John G. Westine
Reproductive System Trauma, Mary C. McCarthy and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Impact of Cerebral Oxygen Monitoring in Patients with Severe Head Injury, Mary C. McCarthy, Ian C. Wenker, Hugh Moncrief, Jean M. Sands, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Randy J. Woods, Jonathan M. Saxe, Kathryn M. Tchorz, and Harry L. Anderson
Perlecan: a Major IL-2-Binding Proteoglycan in Murine Spleen, John D. Miller, Elliot T. Stevens, Deandra R. Smith, Thomas N. Wight, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Progression of Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Prospective Observational Study, Raj K. Narayan, Andrew I. R. Maas, Franco Servadei, Brett E. Skolnick, Michael N. Tillinger, Lawrence F. Marshall, and Mary C. McCarthy
A Massive Transfusion Protocol to Decrease Blood Component Use and Costs, Terence O'Keeffe, Majed Refaai, Kathryn M. Tchorz, John E. Forestner, and Ravi Sarode
Lateral Neck Mass in a 67-Year-Old Male (Case 16), James R. Ouellette, V. Siripurapu, and B. Davidson Smith Jr.
A Neoadjuvant Strategy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Helps Patients Receive All Components of Care: Lessons from a Single-Institution Database, May Piperdi, Theodore P. McDade, Joon K. Shim, Mary E. Sullivan, Giles L. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Outcomes in Combined and Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplants, Vinaya Rao, Elisabeth R. Lyden, Clifford D. Miles, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, and Sandeep Mukherjee
Predictors of Proteinuria in Renal Transplant Recipients Treated with Sirolimus, Vinaya Rao, Clifford D. Miles, John Sandoz, Megan E. Henning, Theodore Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, and R. Brian Stevens
Management of Sepsis: Early Resuscitation, Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba, Alvaro Visbal, Melissa L. Whitmill, and David Amponsah
Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Contemporary Review of the Literature, Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba, and Melissa L. Whitmill
63-Year-Old Female with Jaundice (Case 18), J. D. Schmidt, James R. Ouellette, and G. Mercogliano
Survival Following Combined Intrapericardial Inferior Vena Cava and Thoracic Aortic Injury Caused by Blunt Trauma, Hani Seoudi, Edward A. Lefrak, Alan Speir, Kimberly M. Hendershot, John Moynihan, and Samir Fakhry
Do Patients with Apparently Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Receive Guideline-Directed Care?, Joon K. Shim, May Piperdi, Theodore P. McDade, Giles L. Whalen, Mary E. Sullivan, Bilal Piperdi, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Dyslipidemia Can Be Controlled in Diabetic as well as Nondiabetic Recipients after Kidney Transplant, Vijay Shivaswamy, R. Brian Stevens, Ramona Zephier, Junfeng Sun, Gerald Groggel, Judi Erickson, and Jennifer Larsen
Modern Approaches to Combining Sirolimus With Calcineurin Inhibitors, R. Brian Stevens
A Case-Matched, Retrospective, Single-Center Study Comparing Low-Dose Tacrolimus/Sirolimus and Tacrolimus/MMF after Renal Transplantation with Early Steroid Withdrawal after rATG Induction, R. Brian Stevens, Megan E. Henning, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Clifford D. Miles, Vinaya Rao, Gerald C. Groggel, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Randomized Trial of Single-Dose Versus Divided-Dose Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Renal Transplantation: An Interim Report, R. Brian Stevens, David F. Mercer, Wendy J. Grant, Alison G. Freifeld, James T. Lane, Gerald C. Groggel, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, Jill Y. Skorupa, Anna J. Skorupa, Kecia A. Christensen, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, Alan N. Langnas, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Single-Dose Induction with Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (rATG) Safely Improves Renal Allograft Function and Reduces Chronic Allograft Nephropathy, R. Brian Stevens, David F. Mercer, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, Anna J. Skorupa, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, Vinaya Rao, Clifford D. Miles, Gerald C. Groggel, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Hashimoto's Encephalopathy after Intensive Lymphocyte Depletion with Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in a Renal Transplant Patient, R. Brian Stevens, C. B. Wakefield, D. Alonso, Jill Y. Skorupa, Theodore H. Rigley, David M. Penn, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Long Term Follow-Up after Early Steroid Withdrawal and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Minimization in Moderate to High Immunologic Risk Renal Transplant Recipients Including ABO Incompatible and Donor-Specific Antibody (DSA), R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, David F. Mercer, Megan E. Henning, Theodore H. Rigley, Jill Y. Skorupa, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Anna J. Skorupa, Alison G. Freifeld, Clifford D. Miles, Vinaya Rao, and Gerald C. Groggel
Successful Calcineurin-Inhibitor (CI) Discontinuation Following Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) in Renal Allograft Recipients; Reduced Chronic Allograft Nephropathy (CAN) and Improved Renal Function without Increased Rejection or Graft Loss, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, David F. Mercer, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, Jill Y. Skorupa, Anna J. Skorupa, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, Clifford D. Miles, Vinaya Rao, and Gerald C. Groggel
Ultrasound Training of Surgical Attendings and Residents: A Pilot Study of Learning Assessment, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Kresimira M. Milas, Randall S. Friese, Margaret M. Dunn, Jonathan M. Saxe, and A. Marilyn Leitch
Hemoglobin A1C, Blood Pressure, and Age Predict Higher Carotid Intima Media Thickness after Kidney Transplantation, but Duration of Dialysis, Serum Creatinine, and Time Since Transplant Do Not, Jillian Witte, R. Brian Stevens, Gerald Groggel, Terica Hudson, Elisabeth Lyden, Junfeng Sun, and Jennifer Larsen
A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial Comparing Early (7 Day) Corticosteroid Cessation Versus Long-Term, Low-Dose Corticosteroid Therapy, E. Steve Woodle, M. Roy First, John Pirsch, Faud Shihab, A. Osama Gaber, Paul Van Velduisen, and R. Brian Stevens
Submissions from 2007
Pilot Series of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Subtotal Gastrectomy with Extended Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer, Casandra Anderson, Joshua Ellenhorn, Minia Hellan, and Alessio Pigazzi
Minimally Invasive Approach to Management of Malignant Pericardial Effusion, Casandra Anderson, Minia Hellan, Carey Cullinane, and Frederic Grannis
Robotic Surgery for Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Casandra Anderson, Minia Hellan, K. Kernstine, Joshua Ellenhorn, L. Lai, V. Trisal, and Alessio Pigazzi
Robotic-Assisted Lung Resection for Malignant Disease, Casandra Anderson, Minia Hellan, Clayton Lau, Adres Falabell, Frederic Grannis, and Kemp Kernstine
Clinical Patterns of Surgical Endocarditis, Fritz J. Baumgartner, Jeffrey C. Miliken, John M. Robertson, Alexander G. Stein, Rosalyn P. Scott, and Bassam O. Omari
Parathyromatosis, M. J. Carpenter, Peter G. Michaelson, T. K. Lidner, and M. L. Hinni
Risk Factors for Deep Venous Thrombosis following Brain Injury, Kathleen M. Dominguez, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, and Mary C. McCarthy
Gastrointestinal Staple Line Reinforcement, Douglas M. Downey, S. Ali, M. I. Goldblatt, Jonathan M. Saxe, and J. P. Dolan
Ecthyma Gangrenosum in a Patient With Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Douglas M. Downey, Meghan C. O'Bryan, Steve D. Burdette, Ron Michael Johnson, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Diagnosis of Blunt Intestinal and Mesenteric Injury in the Era of Multi-Detector CT Technology – Are Results Better?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Jonathan M. Saxe, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Randy J. Woods, Harry L. Anderson, and Mary C. McCarthy
Laparoscopy in the Contemporary Management of Acute Appendicitis, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Curtis J. Wozniak, Benjamin Monson, Joseph Crawford, and Mary C. McCarthy
Surgical Residents' Knowledge of Documentation and Coding for Professional Services: An Opportunity for a Focused Educational Offering, Samir Fakhry, Linda Robinson, Kimberly M. Hendershot, and H. David Reines
Pregnancy is Not a Sufficient Indicator for Trauma Team Activation, Wendy Greene, Linda Robinson, Anne G. Rizzo, Joseph Sakran, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Aaron Moore, Kimberly Weatherspoon, and Samir Fakhry
Short-Term Outcomes After Robotic-Assisted Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer, Minia Hellan, Casandra Anderson, Joshua Ellenhorn, Benjamin I. Paz, and Alessio Pigazzi
Laparoscopic No-Touch Resection of a T4 Colon Cancer, Minia Hellan, John Wang, and Alessio Pigazzi
Bifid Epiglottis, Stefanie K. Horne and Peter G. Michaelson
Primary Branchiogenic Carcinoma: The Confusion Continues, Stephen C. Maturo, Peter G. Michaelson, and Jeffrey A. Faulkner
Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Aortic Injuries: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Mary C. McCarthy, Steven W. Price, William K. Rundell, James T. Lehner, Linda M. Barney, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Jonathan M. Saxe, Randy J. Woods, and Mbaga S. Walusimbi
Mitigating Spoilage Risks in Ready-to-Drink Beverages, Julie McKinney and Priti Parikh
Giant Angiomyolipoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature, S. Milanchi, James R. Ouellette, D. Luthringer, and Steven Colquhoun
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update, Lori Mosca, Carole Banka, Emelia J. Benjamin, Kathy Berra, Cheryl Bushnell, Rowena J. Dolor, Theodore G. Ganiats, Antoinette S. Gomes, Heather L. Gornik, Clarissa Gracia, Martha Gulati, Constance K. Haan, Debra Judelson, Nora Keenan, Ellie Kelepouris, Erin Michos, Kristin Newby, Suzanne Oparil, Pamela Ouyang, Mehmet C. Oz, Diana Petitti, Vivian W. Pinn, Rita F. Redberg, and Rosalyn P. Scott
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update, Lori Mosca, Carole Banka, Emelia J. Benjamin, Kathy Berra, Cheryl Bushnell, Rowena J. Dolor, Theodore G. Ganiats, Antoinette S. Gomes, Heather L. Gornik, Clarissa Gracia, Martha Gulati, Constance K. Haan, Debra Judelson, Nora Keenan, Ellie Kelepouris, Erin Michos, Kristin Newby, Suzanne Oparil, Pamela Ouyang, Mehmet C. Oz, Diana Petitti, Vivian W. Pinn, Rita F. Redberg, Rosalyn P. Scott, Katherine Sherif, Sidney C. Smith Jr., George Sopko, Robin H. Steinhorn, Neil J. Stone, Kathryn A. Taubert, Barbara A. Todd, Elaine Urbina, and Nanette K. Wenger
The Management and Control of Chemical Hazards in Food, Carolina Naar and Priti Parikh
Tumors at the Aortoiliac/Inferior Vena Cava Bifurcation: Preoperative, Anesthetic, and Intraoperative Considerations, James R. Ouellette, David V. Cossman, Nicholas P. McAndrew, and Allan W. Silberman
Colorectal Cancer Metastasis Presenting as a Testicular Mass: Case Report and Review of the Literature, James R. Ouellette, Jens Erik Harboe-Schmidt, Sandra Brackert, and Allan W. Silberman
Interventional Options for Malignant Upper GI Obstruction, 2nd ed, James R. Ouellette, Lisa Patterson, and Paula M. Termuhlen
Perioperative Management and Nutrition in Patients with Liver and Biliary Tract Disease, James R. Ouellette, J. Sitzman, and Steven Colquhoun
Critical Issues in the Investigation of Outbreaks of Foodborne Illness Involving Food Workers, Priti Parikh and Benjamin Chapman
Ultraviolet Light and Dimethyl Dicarbonate to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Chill Brine, Priti Parikh, Robert Williams, Joseph Eifert, and Kumar Mallikarjunan
Laparoscopic Medial-to-lateral Colon Dissection: How and Why, Alessio Pigazzi, Minia Hellan, Douglas R. Ewing, Benjamin I. Paz, and Garth Ballantyne
Leveraging Technology Standards to Facilitate Mapping Content to Competencies and Outcomes, Rosalyn P. Scott, Valerie Smothers, and Chris Candler
Successful Calcineurin-Inhibitor Discontinuation Following Early Steroid Withdrawal in Renal Allograft Recipients Is Associated with Reduced Chronic Allograft Nephropathy, Improved Renal Function without Increased Risk of Rejection, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, David F. Mercer, Theodore H. Rigley, K. Nielson, M. Henny, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Low Dose Tacrolimus in Combination with Sirolimus in Renal Transplantation Is Not Associated with Graft Loss or Dysfunction; a Retrospective, Case-Matched Single-Center Experience, R. Brian Stevens, Megan E. Henning, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Improved Renal Graft Function Following Single-Dose rATG (6 mg/Kg/24h) Induction, R. Brian Stevens, David F. Mercer, Wendy J. Grant, Megan E. Henning, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Theodore H. Rigley, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Successful Early Steroid Withdrawal and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Minimization in Moderate to High Immunological Risk Renal Transplant Recipients Including ABO and Cross Match Positive Recipients, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Wendy J. Grant, David F. Mercer, Jean F. Botha, Debra L. Sudan, and Alan N. Langnas
Teaching Trauma Care in India: An Educational Pilot Study From Bangalore, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Naveen Thomas, Sujatha Jesudassan, Ramegh Kumar, R. Chinnadurai, Asha Thomas, Rosemarie I. Tchorz, Prabhkara Murthy Chaturvedula, Jennifer K. Parks, and Rebekah A. Naylor
Immunologic Integrity after Splenic Embolization for Trauma, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Kathleen M. Dominguez, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Jonathan M. Saxe, Harry L. Anderson, and Mary C. McCarthy
Influence of Interleukin-2 Deficiency on the Generation of Autoimmune B Cells, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Deandra R. Smith, Elliot T. Stevens, and John D. Miller
Maternal Microchimerism Leads to the Presence of Interleukin-2 in Interleukin-2 Knock out Mice: Implications for the Role of Interleukin-2 in Thymic Function, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Elliot T. Stevens, Deandra R. Smith, and John D. Miller
ABO Incompatible Renal Transplantation Using Steroid-Free Immunosuppression, Lucile E. Wrenshall, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, and David F. Mercer
Submissions from 2006
Hands-Offs: Improving Information Transfer, Linda M. Barney
Avian Flu: what the Otolaryngologist Needs to Know, Stephen K. Burkhead, Peter G. Michaelson, and Eric A. Mair
Prehospital Hypoxia Affects Outcome in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Study, John H. Chi, M. Margaret Knudson, Mary J. Vassar, Mary C. McCarthy, Michael B. Shapiro, Susan Mallet, John J. Holcroft, Hugh Moncrief, Jennifer Noble, David Wisner, Krista L. Kaups, Lynn D. Bennick, and Geoffrey T. Manley
Abdominal Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
The Effect of a Trauma Center Based Intervention Program on Recidivism among Adolescent Driving Offenders, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, S. B. Hamilton, Daniel Demko, and Mary C. McCarthy
Delayed Closure of Ventral Abdominal Hernias after Severe Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Lisa A. Patterson
Complications of Biliary Tract Surgery and Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh and J. B. Peoples
Admissions for Gunshot Wound Injuries Following a Statewide Concealed Firearms Law, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Wylan Peterson, Russell Uptegrove, and Mary C. McCarthy
Diagnosing Thoracic Aortic Injury in Polytrauma: Are Chest X-Rays Sufficient?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Wylan Peterson, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Randy J. Woods, and Mary C. McCarthy
Screening for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Are Chest X-Rays Adequate?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Wylan Peterson, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Nancy Nwuneli, and Mary C. McCarthy
Cost of Care in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and The Incremental Impact of Infections, Samir Fakhry, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, and Anne G. Rizzo
Diagnosis and Therapy of Primary Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in Adults: Case Report and Review of Literature, Minia Hellan, Theresa Lee, and Terrence Lerner
Transvaginal Excision of a Large Rectal Stromal Tumor; An Alternative, Minia Hellan and Vijay K. Maker
Documentation, Coding, and Billing in the Intensive Care Unit Part III, Kimberly M. Hendershot and Samir Fakhry
Duration and Safety of Computed Tomography in Severely Injured Blunt Trauma Patients, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Samir Fakhry, H. Hakiman, Linda Robinson, R. Hanna, Anne G. Rizzo, K. Vaziri, and K. Dwyer
Documentation, Coding, and Billing: the ICU, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Samir Fakhry, R. Pyles, and S. Prince
Estimated Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index: Implications for Research and Patient Safety, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, Jason Roland, Khashayar Vaziri, Anne G. Rizzo, and Samir Fakhry
Comparison of Piperacillin/Tazobactam and Imipenem/Cilastatin, both in Combination with Tobramycin, Administered Every 6h for Treatment of Nosocomial Pneumonia, Manjari Joshi, Michael Metzler, Mary C. McCarthy, Stephen Olvey, Wedad Kassira, and Angel Cooper
Deficiencies in Phenotype Expression and Function of Dentritic Cells from Patients with Early Breast Cancer, C. Kichler-Lakomy, Alexandra C. Budinsky, Roswitha M. Wolfram, Minia Hellan, Chistoph Wiltschke, Thomas Brodowicz, H. Viernstein, and Christoph C. Zielinski
Pancreas, Kidney, and Islet Transplantation: What Every Physician Needs to Know, Jennifer Larsen, Gerald C. Groggel, and R. Brian Stevens
Pancreaticoduodenectomy After Neoadjuvant Therapy in a Jehovah's Witness with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Case Report and Approach to Avoid Transfusion, David Magner, James R. Ouellette, Joseph R. Lee, Steven Colquhoun, Simon Lo, and Nicholas N. Nissen
Could Human Umbilical Cord Blood be Used to Regenerate Damaged Myocardium?, Tamer Malik, R. Fogler, and Wu Gui Fu
Cardiac Surgery Alters Myocardial Growth Factors and Cell Junctions, Tamer Malik, A. Mousa, R. Beauford, F. W. Selke, and R. J. Fogler
Research: The Inconspicuous, Salient Pillar of Residency. One Resident's Perspective for Prospective Resident Researchers, Peter G. Michaelson
Home Versus Laboratory Sleep Studies, Peter G. Michaelson and Eric A. Mair
