Submissions from 2008
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
A Canine Model to Study the Significance and Hemodynamics of Polyurethane Foam in Type II Endoleak, A. Mousa, Tamer Malik, R. Beauford, P. Faries, K. Kent, and R. Fogler
Efficacy of Ultraviolet Light and Citric Acid to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Chill Brine, Priti Parikh, Robert Williams, Joseph Eifert, and Joseph E. Marcy
Is Chest X-ray an Adequate Screening Tool for the Diagnosis of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury?, Wylan Peterson, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Fracture of the Scapula with Intrathoracic Penetration in a Skeletally Mature Patient, Cary C. Schwartzbach, Hani Seoudi, Amy E. Ross, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, and Alireza Maekzadeh
Single-Dose Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction With Steroid Avoidance and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Withdrawal in Renal Transplantation, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Debra L. Sudan, Alan N. Langnas, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Prolonged Function of Porcine Islet Xenografts in Macaques Without Immune Suppression, R. Brian Stevens, Theodore Rigley, Jill Y. Skorupa, Gino Liu, John Miller, John Botha, Thomas Veys, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, and Alan Langnas
Successful Steroid Avoidance and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Minimization in Immunological High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Barbara Palmer, Theodore H. Rigley, Debra L. Sudan, and Alan N. Langnas
Cardiac Pneumatic Nail Gun Injury, Jason P. Straus, Randy J. Woods, Mary C. McCarthy, Mark P. Anstadt, and Nancy Kwon
Interleukin-2 and the Regulation of Autoimmune B Cells, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Deandra R. Smith, Elliot T. Stevens, and John D. Miller
In Situ Reconstruction with Cryopreserved Arterial Allografts for Management of Mycotic Aneurysms or Aortic Prosthetic Graft Infections, Wei Zhou, Peter H. Lin, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas T. Terramani, John H. Matsuura, Mitchell Cox, Eric Peden, Marlon Guerrero, Eric J. Silberfein, Alan Dardik, David Rosenthal, and Alan B. Lumsden
Submissions from 2005
A Case Report of Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Cladophialophora Bantiana Treated in a Burn Unit, Brett D. Arnoldo, Gary F. Purdue, Kathryn M. Tchorz, and John L. Hunt
Team Training Initiatives and Human Factors Research in Medicine, Linda M. Barney
Middle-Aged Man With Penetrating Trauma to the Pancreaticoduodenal Complex, Thomas Bening, John K. Bini, Brian Perry, and Melanie L. Richards
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease, Emelia J. Benjamin, Mariell Jessup, John M. Flack, Harlan M. Krumholz, Kiang Lui, Vinay M. Nadkami, Dorothy A. Rhoades, Beatriz Rodriguez, Rosalyn P. Scott, Malcolm P. Taylor, Eric J. Velazquez, and Marilyn A. Winkleby
Car-Surfing in Southwest Ohio: Incidence and Injuries, Joshua Carey, Mary C. McCarthy, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Lisa Patterson, and Randy J. Woods
Greater Early Pancreas Graft Loss in Women Compared with Men after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation, Christopher Colling, R. Brian Stevens, Elizabeth Lyden, James T. Lane, Lynn Mack-Shipman, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and Jennifer Larsen
Injury Prevention Efforts: Past Successes and Future Challenges, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Complications arising from Splenic Embolization following Blunt Splenic Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Randy J. Woods, and Earl Haley
Histoplasmosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at a Large Midwestern University Transplant Center, A. G. Freifeld, P. C. Iwen, B. L. Lesiak, R. K. Gilroy, R. Brian Stevens, and Andre C. Kalil
The Basics of Documentation, Coding and Billing for Residents, Kimberly M. Hendershot and Samir Fakhry
The Business of Medicine Part II: Documentation, Coding, and billing for Residents, Kimberly M. Hendershot and Samir Fakhry
Healthcare Provider Estimates of Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index: Implications for Research and Patient Safety, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, Samir Fakhry, Jason Roland, Khashayar Vaziri, Kevin Dwyer, and Hani Seoudi
Granulocytic Sarcoma (GS) as first manifestation of AML, Maged Khalil, Tamer Malik, A. Mousa, Madhumati Kalavar, R. J. Fogler, and Lichter Stephen
Aprotinin Preserves Cellular Junctions and Reduces Myocardial Edema After Regional Ischemia and Cardioplegic Arrest, Tanveer A. Khan, Cesario Bianchi, Eugenio Araujo, Pierre Voisine, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Jian Li, Frank W. Sellke, and Tamer Malik
Delayed Detection of a Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury Caused by Positive Pressure Ventilation: A Case Report and a Proposed System of Classification of Delayed Diagnosis of Traumatic Injuries, M. Klingman, Jonathan M. Saxe, and S. A. Hai
The Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Cell Junctions: Catenins, Cadherins and Connexins, Tamer Malik, Cesario Bianchi, and Frank W. Sellke
IVUS-guided VCF Placement: An Alternative Approach to an Increasingly Popular Vena Cava Filter Placement Technique, John H. Matsuura
Reproduction and Transplantation: Report on the AST Consensus Conference on Reproductive Issues and Transplantation, Dianne B. McKay, Michelle A. Josephson, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
