Levy Z, Satti S, Grillo A J Emerg Med 2014 Feb;46(2):e63-4 PMID: 24238591 Abstract
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Why we should care about global health
Khan O, Derman R, Testa K Del Med J 2014 Feb;86(2):49-51 PMID: 24783717 Abstract
Haptoglobin phenotype and abnormal uterine artery Doppler in a racially diverse cohort
Weissgerber TL, McGee PL, Myatt L, Hauth JC, Varner MW, Wapner RJ, Thorp JM, Mercer BM, Peaceman AM, Ramin SM, Samuels P, Sciscione AC, Harper M, Saade G, Sorokin Y, J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2014 Jan; PMID: 24345080 Abstract Abstract Objective: The anti-oxidant and proangiogenic protein haptoglobin (Hp) is believed to be important for
Early hospital readmission in the trauma population: are the risk factors different?
Morris DS, Rohrbach J, Sundaram LM, Sonnad S, Sarani B, Pascual J, Reilly P, Schwab CW, Sims C Injury 2014 Jan;45(1):56-60 PMID: 23726120 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hospital readmission rates will soon impact Medicare reimbursements. While risk factors for readmission have been described for medical and elective surgical patients, little is known about their predictive value specifically
Instability of delay classification and determination of early intervention eligibility in the first two years of life
Lobo MA, Paul DA, Mackley A, Maher J, Galloway JC Res Dev Disabil 2014 Jan;35(1):117-26 PMID: 24176257 Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) to track development and classify delays in low- and high-risk infants across the first two years of
Asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing screening duplex ultrasonography
Zubrow MT, Urie J, Jurkovitz C, Jiang X, Bowen JR, DiSabatino A, Weintraub W J Hosp Med 2014 Jan;9(1):19-22 PMID: 24288353 Abstract BACKGROUND: Because of concerns for propagating clots into pulmonary emboli by the placement of pneumatic compression boots (PCBs), the standard of care at our institution was to perform a duplex Doppler ultrasound with
Preconception maternal nutrition: a multi-site randomized controlled trial
Hambidge KM, Krebs NF, Westcott JE, Garces A, Goudar SS, Kodkany BS, Pasha O, Tshefu A, Bose CL, Figueroa L, Goldenberg RL, Derman RJ, Friedman JE, Frank DN, McClure EM, Stolka K, Das A, Koso-Thomas M, Sundberg S, BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2014;14:111 PMID: 24650219 Abstract BACKGROUND: Research directed to optimizing maternal nutrition commencing prior to
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine use in women during pregnancy: do their healthcare providers know?
Strouss L, Mackley A, Guillen U, Paul DA, Locke R BMC Complement Altern Med 2014;14:85 PMID: 24592860 Abstract BACKGROUND: The National Institutes of Health reported in 2007 that approximately 38% of United States adults have used at least one type of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). There are no studies available that assess general CAM
Using the AUDIT-PC to predict alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients
Pecoraro A, Ewen E, Horton T, Mooney R, Kolm P, McGraw P, Woody G J Gen Intern Med 2014 Jan;29(1):34-40 PMID: 23959745 Abstract BACKGROUND: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) occurs when alcohol-dependent individuals abruptly reduce or stop drinking. Hospitalized alcohol-dependent patients are at risk. Hospitals need a validated screening tool to assess withdrawal risk, but no
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Applications of justification and optimization in medical imaging: examples of clinical guidance for computed tomography use in emergency medicine
Sierzenski PR, Linton OW, Amis ES, Courtney DM, Larson PA, Mahesh M, Novelline RA, Frush DP, Mettler FA, Timins JK, Tenforde TS, Boice JD, Brink JA, Bushberg JT, Schauer DA Ann Emerg Med 2014 Jan;63(1):25-32 PMID: 24134958 Abstract Availability, reliability, and technical improvements have led to continued expansion of computed tomography (CT) imaging. During a