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Outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing inferior vena cava ligation without reconstruction versus thrombectomy: A retrospective, case-controlled study.

Purpose: Radical nephrectomy with tumor thrombectomy is considered standard of care in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Surgical ligation and interruption of the inferior vena cava (IVC), however, is sometimes necessary when the tumor…

Tags: 2020, Ethun CG, functional outcomes, Hong G, inferior vena cava (IVC), journalArticle, Ligation, Maithel SK, Master VA, Nabavizadeh R, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Ogan K, Patil D, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), September 2020 List, The Journal of urology, thrombectomy, Xie L

Transcorneal electrical stimulation reduces neurodegenerative process in a mouse model of glaucoma.

Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease in which the retinal ganglion cell axons of the optic nerve degenerate concomitant with synaptic changes in the retina, leading finally to death of the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Electrical stimulation has…

Tags: 2020, Annals Of Biomedical Engineering, BDNF, Cavanaugh M, Glaucoma, Hassan JA, Inman DM, journalArticle, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, optic nerve, p75NTR, retina, September 2020 List, Shah JS, Transcorneal electrical stimulation, Willits R

The role of TRPV4 channels in ocular function and pathologies.

Transient potential receptor vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) is an ion channel responsible for sensing osmotic and mechanical signals, which in turn regulates calcium signaling across cell membranes. TRPV4 is widely expressed throughout the body, and plays an…

An orthopaedist's review of diabetic foot wounds and osteomyelitis.

As the number of patients with diabetes continues to grow, complications of diabetes have likewise increased. Specifically, diabetic foot ulcers have become a massive burden to both the diabetic patient population and national healthcare systems.…

Evidence of clonal hematopoiesis and risk of heart failure

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is characterized by persistent clonal expansion of adult hematopoietic stem cells, which has been increasingly found to be associated with cardiovascular disease and adverse outcomes in heart…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Bazeley P, Current Heart Failure Reports, journalArticle, Morales R, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Tang WHW

What about Bob?: An analysis of gendered mental illness in a mainstream film comedy

Mental illness has been a subject of fictional film since the early 20th century and continues to be a popular trope in mainstream movies. Portrayals of affected individuals in movies tend to be inaccurate and largely stigmatizing, negatively…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Film Studies, Gender, Mental Health, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Plummer A, thesis

An orthopaedist’s review of diabetic foot wounds and osteomyelitis

As the number of patients with diabetes continues to grow, complications of diabetes have likewise increased. Specifically, diabetic foot ulcers have become a massive burden to both the diabetic patient population and national healthcare systems.…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Current Orthopaedic Practice, Department of Orthopaedics, DeSanto MR, Emmanuel N, Jeffrey J, journalArticle, Kyle P, Luke VW, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications

Scrotal emphysema with characteristics of
Fournier's gangrene in a community setting

Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening type of necrotizing fasciitis associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. The patient is a 29-year-old incarcerated male who presented to the ED with left-sided scrotal crepitus extending into the…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Cook BP, Department of General Surgery, Department of Urology, Fournier's gangrene, journalArticle, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Ricchiuti D, Scrotal emphysema, Urology case reports, Verdone C

Neonatal outcomes in obese pregnant women who develop preeclampsia.

OBJECTIVE: Obesity and preeclampsia in pregnant women are each independently associated with poorer neonatal outcomes. We study obesity and preeclampsia alone and also in combination in pregnant women to determine their association with neonatal…

Tags: 2020, Asemota O, August 2020 List, Bryson L, Fogel J, journalArticle, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Neonatal ICU, neonate, Obesity, pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy Hypertension

Does using humor to cope with stress justify making fun of patients?

This article considers 3 reasons for derogatory humor in clinical settings and argues that when such humor is directed at patients without understanding their complex histories, it can diminish the therapeutic relationship rather than serve as a…

Tags: 2020, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, August 2020 List, Aultman JM, Department of Family & Community Medicine, journalArticle, Meyers E, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications

Parotid adenocarcinoma metastasis to the breast: A case report.

Metastatic salivary gland tumors are rare clinical entities of the head and neck. Parotid gland carcinoma with distant metastases heralds a poor prognosis with a median survival of 4.3-7.3 months. The lungs, long bones, liver and brain are the …

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Azouz V, Department of General Surgery, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, journalArticle, Liu L, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Smith BM, Summa Health System Akron City Hospital, Williams G

The short-term effect of a single lapse in anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment for diabetic macular edemawithin routine clinical practice.

PURPOSE: Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of vision loss in diabetics. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment option for DME, although the injections are costly and require…

Tags: 2020, American Journal of Ophthalmology, August 2020 List, Babiuch AS, Briskin IN, Conti TF, Enwere DU, Greenlee TE, Hom GL, journalArticle, Maatouk CM, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Singh RP, Yalamanchili SP

Delaying cancer cases in urology during COVID-19: review of the literature.

PURPOSE: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic affecting hospital systems and the availability of resources for surgical procedures. Our aim is to provide guidance for urologists to help prioritize urologic cancer surgeries. …

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Bahler CD, coronavirus, COVID-19, Ferguson EL, journalArticle, Mahenthiran A, Masterson TA, Natarajan JP, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Sundaram CP, Tachibana I, The Journal of urology, Urologic Neoplasm, Urologic Surgical Procedures

Post-operative hyperglycemia and its association with surgical site infection after instrumented spinal fusion.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between postoperative hyperglycemia and surgical site infection among patients who underwent primary instrumented spinal fusion surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected data on all eligible patients …

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Beck A, Blucher JA, Chen AF, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Goh BC, hyperglycemia, journalArticle, Kang JD, Lopez WY, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, Schoenfeld AJ, serum glucose, Spinal Fusion, spine surgery, Surgical site infection, Upadhyaya S

Impact of trauma center designation in pediatric renal trauma: national trauma data bank analysis.

INTRODUCTION: The pediatric kidney is the most common urinary tract organ injured in blunt abdominal trauma. Trauma care in the United States has been established into a hierarchical system verified by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Bukavina L, Fernstrum A, Journal of Pediatric Urology, journalArticle, Mahran A, Mishra K, Narayanamurthy V, National Trauma Data Bank, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, outcomes, Raina R, Renal trauma, Ross J, Swindle M, Trauma level, Woo L

Development of acute kidney injury following pediatric cardiac surgery.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the pediatric population is a relatively common phenomenon. Specifically, AKI has been found in increasing numbers within the pediatric population following cardiac surgery, with up to 43% of pediatric patients …

Tags: 2020, Acute kidney injury, August 2020 List, Chakraborty R, journalArticle, Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Nephrology, Pediatrics, Raina R, Sethi SK, Sharma A, Sharma K, Thoracic surgery

An overview of rickets in children

Rickets is a common bone disease worldwide that is associated with disturbances in calcium and phos- phate homeostasis and can lead to short stature and joint deformities. Rickets can be diagnosed based on history and physical examination,…

Seeing red: Blood sample hemolysis is associated with prolonged emergency department throughput

Introduction: Hemolyzed emergency department (ED) blood specimens impose substantial burdens on various aspects of delivering care. The ED has the highest incidence of hemolysis among hospital departments. This study assessed the association and…

Tags: 2020, August 2020 List, Emergency Medicine, Good DM, hemolysis, Hustey FM, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, journalArticle, length-of-stay, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Phelan MP, poor sample, pre-analytical, Reineks EZ, rework, throughput, waste

A second generation leishmanization vaccine with a markerless attenuated leishmania major strain using CRISPR gene editing

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by Leishmania protozoa transmitted by infected sand flies. Vaccination through leishmanization with live Leishmania major has been used successfully but is no longer practiced because it resulted…

Evidence of Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of Heart Failure

Purpose of Review
Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is characterized by persistent clonal expansion of adult hematopoietic stem cells, which has been increasingly found to be associated with cardiovascular disease and adverse…

Tags: CHIP, Cleveland Clinic, Clonal hematopoiesis, Current Heart Failure Reports, Heart failure, Inflammasome, Janus kinase 2, journalArticle, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Peter Bazeley, Rommel Morales, Ten-eleven translocation-2, W. H. Wilson Tang

Using the social ecological model to identify drivers of nutrition risk in adult day settings serving East Asian older adults

Adult day care (ADC) centers provide community-based care (including meals) to frail, ethnically diverse older adults, many of whom are at risk for malnutrition. To support the development of interventions to benefit ADC users, the authors aimed to…

The role of miR-150 regulates bone cell differentiation and function.

BACKGROUND: mir-RNAs play a role in regulating bone homeostasis. In this study we assessed the functional role of mir-RNA 150 in bone homeostasis. We also assess the effects of miR-150 deficiency on osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation and…

Mo1279 physician training and credentialing in endoscopic submucosal dissection in the united states: A survey-based study.

Tags: 2020, Alaber OA, Bhatt A, Chak A, Chandar AK, Dumot JA, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, journalArticle, July 2020 List, Mejia Perez LK, Mistry S, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications

Meropenem-induced resistant hypokalemia.

ABSTRACT: Meropenem is a β-lactam antibiotic from the carbapenem class that has been one of the most effective drugs in treating some of the most serious infections in hospitalized patients. Because of its unique β-lactam structure, it has a wide…

Tags: 2020, Deepti A, Farjana A, Glover JA, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, journalArticle, July 2020 List, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Salil A

A systematic review of ketamine for the treatment of depression among older adults.

Objective: To review the currently available data on the use of ketamine in the treatment of depression among older adults from randomized controlled studies.; Design: Randomized controlled trials.; Setting: Variable.; Participants: 60 years and…

Effects of gap position on perceptual gap detection across late childhood and adolescence.

The ability to detect a silent gap within a sound is critical for accurate speech perception, and gap detection has been shown to have an extended developmental trajectory. In certain conditions, the detectability of the gap decreases as the gap is…

ACTH treatment for management of nephrotic syndrome: A systematic review and reappraisal.

BACKGROUND: In recent years, the use of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy for treatment of proteinuria due to nephrotic syndrome (NS) has been heavily explored. ACTH therapy, which comes in the natural (H. P. Acthar Gel) or synthetic…

Advanced myeloma masquerading as chronic shoulder pain in a 48-year-old man: A diagnostic dilemma.

Although solitary plasmacytomas may occasionally present as collar bone swellings or fractures, multiple myeloma involving clavicle is extremely rare. Ten to forty per cent of multiple myeloma cases are asymptomatic and are incidental diagnoses. Our…

Tags: 2020, Bhadra R, BMJ case reports, cancer - see oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, journalArticle, July 2020 List, malignant disease and immunosuppression, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance associated neuropathy, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Nikova T, Ravakhah K, renal system, Somasundaram M, St Vincent Charity Medical Center

Transient receptor potential vanilloid channel regulates fibroblast differentiation and airway remodeling by modulating redox signals through NADPH oxidase 4.

Asthma is characterized by pathological airway remodeling resulting from persistent myofibroblast activation. Although transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFβ1), mechanical signals, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in fibroblast…

Reconstructive urology. Preoperative testing for urethroplasty is not associated with outcomes-a NQSIP study

OBJECTIVE To assess the current practice of routine preoperative testing before urethroplasty and to determine if the results are clinically significant. METHODS Data was obtained from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)…

Tags: 2020, Avila A, Bukavina L, Gonzalez CM, journalArticle, July 2020 List, low-risk, Mahran A, Mishra K, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Physicians, Ponsky LE, Raina R, Sidagam V, Urology

The effect of preterm birth, recurrent laryngeal nerve lesion, and postnatal maturation on hyoid and thyroid movements, and their coordination in infant feeding.

Movements of the hyoid and thyroid are critical for feeding. These structures are often assumed to move in synchrony, despite evidence that neurologically compromised populations exhibit altered kinematics. Preterm infants are widely considered to be…

Barriers to Outpatient Pediatric Chronic Pain Clinic Participation Among Referred Patients.

Initial clinic evaluation among referred patients and factors limiting treatment initiation are not well characterized. We conducted a retrospective review of referrals to our outpatient pain clinic to identify intake visits and factors associated…

Tags: 2020, adolescents, Barriers, Bhalla Tarun, Boppana Sushmitha S, Chronic pain, clinic referral, Clinical pediatrics, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Kim Stephani S, Miller Rebecca, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Smith Timothy P, Tobias Joseph D, Tumin Dmitry, Wrona Aubrey, Wrona Sharon

Asymmetrical gait kinematics of free-ranging callitrichines in response to changes in substrate diameter and orientation.

Arboreal environments present considerable biomechanical challenges for animals moving and foraging among substrates varying in diameter, orientation, and compliance. Most studies of quadrupedal gait kinematics in primates and other arboreal mammals…

Tags: 2020, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dunham Noah T, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Locomotion, McNamara Allison, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Phelps Taylor, Primate, Shapiro Liza J, Stability, The Journal of experimental biology, Young Jesse W

Unasked, Unheard: Detecting Elder Abuse in an Aging Population Commentary on Unasked, Unheard: Detecting Elder Abuse in an Aging Population.

Tags: 2020, Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Department of Internal Medicine, Ellis Ariana, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Mostow Eliot N, NEOMED College of Medicine, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Stiff Katherine M

CD30 positive Leukemic Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.

Tags: 2020, CD30 positivity, Christensen Luisa F, Cooper Kevin D, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Ellis Ariana, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Kord Honda, leukemic CD30, Meyerson Howard, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Sezary syndrome, Sharma Timmie

Swallow Safety is Determined by Bolus Volume During Infant Feeding in an Animal Model.

Feeding difficulties are especially prevalent in preterm infants, although the mechanisms driving these difficulties are poorly understood due to a lack of data on healthy infants. One potential mechanism of dysphagia in adults is correlated with…

Safety of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Patients Taking Methotrexate.

Tags: 2020, Autoimmune disease, Chaitoff Alex, Chronic inflammatory disease, Ellis Ariana, Fernandez Anthony P, Havele Sonia A, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Khanna Urmi, Langford Carol A, Methotrexate, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Parambil Joseph, Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

Scoping Review and Commentary on Prognostication for Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage with Advances in Surgical Techniques.

INTRODUCTION: The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score provides an estimate of

Tags: 2020, Beutler Timothy, Bodman Alexa, Du Lydia, Gould Grahame, intracerebral hemorrhage, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Krishnamurthy Satish, Latorre Julius Gene, Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Neurocritical care, Prognosis, Therapeutic index, Zyck Stephanie

Maternal Body Dissatisfaction and Accuracy of Infant Weight Perception in Families From Low-Income Backgrounds.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between maternal body dissatisfaction and mother's (mis)perception of their infant's weight classification among families from low-income households. METHODS: Mother-infant dyads were recruited during well-child…

Tags: 2020, Academic pediatrics, body dissatisfaction, Brown Callie L, Copeland Kristen A, Infant, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, Khalsa Amrik Singh, Kharofa Roohi Y, low-income, Misik Lauren, mother, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Ollberding Nicholas J, weight perception

Association of Self-Reported Functional Hearing Impairment and Patient-Provider Communication with Frequency of Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Tags: 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, journalArticle, June 2020 Update II, NEOMED College of Medicine Student, NEOMED Student Publications, Reed N, Stolnicki W, Willink A

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