• Myokine Musclin Expression Is Elevated in Rats after Burn 

  Maredia, Navin; 0000-0002-3315-0684 (2017-01-17)

  INTRODUCTION: Annually, over 2 million people in the US experience severe burns, a condition marked by a hypercatabolic state with significant muscle loss. Muscle is necessary for glucose and lipid metabolism. Previous ...

• Subbasal Nerve Plexus Changes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Correlate with Tear Levels of IGFBP-3 

  Stuard, Whitney L. (2018-01-23)

  INTRODUCTION: Changes in the corneal subbasal nerve plexus have been reported in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and suggest that these changes may provide an early, surrogate marker for the onset of peripheral ...

• The Association Between Tobacco Use and Intradialytic Hemodynamics in Hemodialysis Patients 

  Sonderman, Mark; 0000-0001-7755-5272 (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Intradialytic hypotension is known to be associated with increased mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Smoking is a modifiable risk factor that is more commonly seen in patients with large decreases ...

• Socioeconomic Disparities in Follow-up Care for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Impact on Glycemic Control 

  Viroslav, Hannah (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Only 13% of young adults (YA) with type 1 diabetes (T1D), nationally, achieve the American Diabetes Association glycemic target of <7%. YA with T1D of low socioeconomic status (SES) have incrementally worse ...

• Improved Detection of Higher Risk Prostate Cancer by MRI-Targeted Versus Standard Template Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy 

  Wong, Daniel (2018-01-23)

  IMPORTANCE: The majority of new prostate cancer (PCa) diagnoses made in the United States occur via transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided systematic template prostate biopsy ("standard biopsy"). Since this modality depends ...

• Power of OCT-A (Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography) in Glaucoma 

  Yang, Alex (2018-01-23)

  PURPOSE/RELEVANCE: OCT-A is a new non-invasive, motion contrast micro-vascular imaging modality. Using OCT-A, we analyzed vessel density measurements and structural properties in controls, glaucoma suspects and patients ...

• Quantifying Differences in Femoral Head and Neck Asphericity in the Common Hip Conditions of Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) and Hip Dysplasia Versus Controls Using Radial 3DCT Imaging and Volumetric Segmentation 

  Schauwecker, Natalie (2018-01-23)

  AIM: 3DCT analysis of femoral head and bump anatomy in quantifying pathology in common hip conditions of FAI and hip dysplasia versus controls. Material and Methods: Consecutive patients who obtained 3DCT imaging for hip ...

• Cocaine Use and General Anesthesia: A Prospective Study of Cardiovascular Effects 

  Vu, Kevin (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Cocaine usage in surgical patients is a concern for many hospitals. In large urban hospitals, up to 1.0% of elective surgical patients and 38% of major trauma victims may test positive for cocaine preoperatively. ...

• Comparisons of Anterior Vaginal Wall Indentation Parameters in Age-Matched Control and Prolapse Patients Using an Operator Independent Artificial Finger 

  Wang, Connie; 0000-0001-5811-5087 (2018-01-23)

  GOAL: To compare reaction forces of the human anterior vaginal wall in control (C) and prolapsed (P) women in response to pressure applied at different angles of indentation through an automated artificial finger equipped ...

• Reduced Physical Activity Levels in Children after Acute Venous Thromboembolism 

  Yang, Zhuo (2018-01-23)

  INTRODUCTION: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), accompanied by its chronic sequelae such as post-thrombotic syndrome, has reached epidemic proportions. Early identification may offer an opportunity for effective intervention ...

• Solid Organ Transplantation & Data Mining: Bloodstream Infections Have a Significant Impact on One-Year Survival and qSOFA ≥ 2 Predicts 3-Day Mortality 

  Liu, Terrence (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: We created a retrospective and prospective database of SOT recipients using innovative data mining tools. This study describing the epidemiology of BSI in SOT serves as a proof of concept of such techniques in ...

• Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes among Patients with Venous Thromboembolic Events in the Early Post-Transplant Period 

  Kanade, Rohan (2018-01-23)

  INTRODUCTION: With the introduction of lung allocation score (LAS), progressively sicker patients are undergoing lung transplantation (LT) which has the potential to increase the risk of venous thromboembolic (VTE) events ...

• Assessing Laboratory Values in Transgender Women Treated with Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy 

  Jiao, Rhoda (2018-01-23)

  OBJECTIVE: Laboratory results are used to guide clinical decision making, and reference ranges are developed to describe the variation seen in healthy individuals so that pathologic values can be distinguished from normal ...

• Potential Impact of the Site-Neutral Payment Policy on Regions and Hospitals with Differential LTAC Utilization: A National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries 

  Kirby, Benjamin; 0000-0003-4060-2471 (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Long-term acute care hospitals (LTAC) are the fastest growing and most expensive post-acute care provider. Due to rising LTAC use, beginning in 2018 the site-neutral payment (SNP) policy will reduce reimbursement ...

• Evaluating Teleretinal Imaging Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Dallas County Hospital System 

  Lee, Jessica (2018-01-23)

  INTRODUCTION: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States. Approximately one third of patients with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy, which is the leading cause of new cases of ...

• Maxillary Growth and Speech Outcomes Following Staged Palatoplasty: A Single-Center Approach 

  Leininger, Kurt (2018-01-23)

  INTRODUCTION: Cleft lip and palate are the most common craniofacial abnormalities in children. However, timing and staging of cleft palate repair remain controversial. Timing of palate repair depends on balancing the speech ...

• Utility of the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale in Detecting Autopsy-Proven Dementia in Patients with Low Education 

  Li, Chengxi (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR) assesses impairment in 6 cognitive and functional domains to stage cognitive decline and dementia. Each domain is scored from 0 (no impairment) to 3 (severe ...

• Increased Rates of Readmission, Reoperation, and Mortality Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Ankle Fractures Are Associated with Diabetes Mellitus 

  Liu, Jennifer W. (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Ankle fractures are amongst the most common type of fracture injury in adults with an annual incidence of 187 fractures per 100,000 people in the United States. Previous groups have shown that diabetes mellitus ...

• Subcutaneous Fat Thickness as a Risk Factor for Return to OR in Total Knee Arthroplasties 

  Prabhakar, Pooja, Narayanan, Ajay (2018-01-23)

  BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an increasingly common procedure performed in the United States. Post-operative complications after TKA, such as unplanned returns to the operating room for an infection or ...

• How Do Open Distal Tibia Fractures Differ from Open Tibial Shaft Fractures? 

  Nguyen, Ivy (2018-01-23)

  PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare a cohort of open distal tibia fractures to open tibial shaft fractures in regards to injury severity, method of fixation, and outcomes. METHODS: This is a retrospective ...

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