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Works from 2024
The impact of environmental externalities on pediatric dermatologic conditions, Alexandra Ola Baczynski and Wendy E. Kim (Article)
Hepatocellular carcinoma in acute hepatic porphyria: A meta-analysis of observational studies, Ashwani K. Singal, Rewanth K. Reddy, Mohan C. Gudiwada, et al. (Article)
Seated pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in patients with heart failure: Results of the PROACTIVE-HF trial, Jason L. Guichard, Eric L. Bonno, Michael E. Nassif, et al. (Article)
The natural history of isolated common femoral endarterectomy for chronic limb-threatening ischemia, Michael Chaney, Gaurang Joshi, Jose L. Cataneo Serrato, et al. (Article)
Validation of artificial intelligence-based application to estimate nutrients in daily meals, Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, and Koichiro Kinugawa (Letter)
Poor correlation of venous lactate with systemic oxygen saturation in the paediatric cardiac ICU: A pilot study, Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Angela Klein, et al. (Article)
Distinguishing hypertensive cardiomyopathy from cardiac amyloidosis in hypertensive patients with heart failure: A CMR study with histological confirmation, Katarzyna Elzbieta Gil, Vien Truong, Chuanfen Liu, et al. (Article)
Development and implementation of a multicenter registry for resuscitation-focused transesophageal echocardiography, Felipe Teran, Clark G. Owyang, Trenton C. Wray, et al. (Article)
Valve-in-valve TAVR complicated by hemodynamically unstable aortic insufficiency and pulseless electrical activity, Artush Grigoryan, Hrayr Ghazaryan, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Poster)
Rare association of aortic atresia with balanced superior-inferior ventricles: Case report of successful neonatal biventricular repair and review of the literature, Puja Mehta Mather, Luca Vricella, Chawki El-Zein, et al. (Article)
Antenatal risk of coarctation for newborns at Hartford Hospital (ARCH) pathway: A predictor of postnatal management strategy, Alicia Wang, Matthew Cummins, Elizabeth Flerlage, et al. (Article)
Delirium screening in critically ill children: secondary analysis of the multicenter PICU up! Pilot Trial Dataset, 2019-2020, Razvan Azamfirei, Deanna Behrens, Sofia Padilla, et al. (Article)
Echocardiographic strain to predict need for transplant or mortality in Fontan patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Rohit S. Loomba, S Javed Zaidi, et al. (Article)
Fluid overload and AKI after the norwood operation: The correlation and characterization of routine clinical markers, Julia Weld, Erin Kim, Priya Chandra, et al. (Article)
Hysteroscopy for early pregnancy loss: Managing EPL with a reproductive surgery mindset, Kelly Ryan, Mary McKenna, Kirsten Sasaki, et al. (Abstract)
ID: 344560 Spinal cord stimulation as a dual-purpose treatment for spinal cord injury, pain and functional restoration, Ramsis Ghaly, Tain Yu, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Abstract)
Long-term elagolix + add-back therapy in women with endometriosis-associated pain for 48 months + 12 month post-treatment follow-up: A safety update on bone mineral density data of a phase 3 study, James A. Simon, Jin Hee Kim, James W. Thomas, et al. (Abstract)
Neurologic disease in the obstetric patient, Konstantin Inozemtsev, Evelyn Yeh, and Ned F. Nasr (Article)
The end-of-life experience: A once in a lifetime opportunity, Lauren Rissman and Barry P. Markovitz (Article)
Hands-on demonstration of neuraxial ultrasound, Eva Martinez (Oral/Podium Presentation)
One lung Ventilation, Eugene Villa (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Untargeted metabolomic biomarker discovery for the detection of ectopic pregnancy, Onur Turkoglu, Ayse Citil, Ceren Katar, et al. (Article)
OSCE: PA Catheters, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Pericardial Diseases, Danop Nanegrungsunk (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Second-trimester ultrasound receipt mediates the relationship between public insurance and prenatal diagnosis of a congenital heart defect, Joyce L. Woo, Rupali Gandhi, Christina Laternser, et al. (Article)
TEE Review, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Changes in adequacy of splanchnic oxygen delivery and splanchnic artery doppler after bolus feedings in infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Rohit S. Loomba, Saloni P. Sheth, Joshua Wong, et al. (Article)
The Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference (PACC)®: Updates on clinical pharmacology and comorbidity management in intrathecal drug delivery for cancer pain, Timothy R. Deer, Salim M. Hayek, Jay S. Grider, et al. (Article)
Haemodynamic effects of intra-aortic balloon pumps stratified by baseline pulmonary artery pulsatility index, George Kalapurakal, Vinh Q. Chau, Teruhiko Imamura, et al. (Article)
Journal Club, Lucas Rizkalla and Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neurobiological implications of chronic stress and metabolic dysregulation in inflammatory bowel diseases, Aleksandar Sic, Kiana Cvetkovic, Eshanika Manchanda, et al. (Article)
Hands-on lab: Advanced Vascular Access, Farzad Ebrahimi, Arjang Khorasani, and Danop Nanegrungsunk (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD: Acute Myocardial Ischemia and Hyperglycemia in the Perioperative Period, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The role of nitric oxide and neuroendocrine system in pain generation, Aayush Gupta, Maja Vejapi, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
A complex case: High-risk pulmonary embolism resulting in cardiac arrest during postpartum hemorrhage, Rocio Barriga Guzman, Viktoriya Bikeyeva, Joseph Adams, et al. (Poster)
Mock Oral, Adib Alturkmani and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Exparel and beyond: Novel local anesthetics, where we are and what is coming up, Osman Syed, Clara Nemr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Lecture: Fluid Resuscitation, Chu-Yin Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Nathan Cao and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Clifton Rodrigues and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Proposed nutrition competencies for medical students and physician trainees: A consensus statement, David M. Eisenberg, Alexis Cole, Edward J. Maile, et al. (Article)
Assessing suicide risk in chronic pain management: A narrative review across drug classes, Nebojsa Brezic, Strahinja Gligorevic, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Article)
Atrial septal defect stent compression during resuscitation of an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Chawki Elzein, Emily Pena, Narutoshi Hibino, et al. (Article)
Clinical interventions and hemodynamic monitoring in the setting of left ventricular systolic heart failure in children: Insights from a physiologic simulator, Rohit S. Loomba, Fabio Savorgnan, Sebastian Acosta, et al. (Article)
Comparing relative value units for intramedullary limb lengthening procedures to common pediatric orthopaedic surgeries to determine adequate compensation, Jill C. Flanagan, Sonia Gilani, Anirejuoritse Bafor, et al. (Article)
Legislative advocacy in Illinois for firearm injury prevention, Deanna Behrens, Jennie Pinkwater, Jill Fraggos, et al. (Article)
The role of nitric oxide and hormone signaling in chronic stress, anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder, Tamara Jankovic, Marko Bogicevic, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement state of the art review part I: Anatomy and physiology, Elizabeth H. Stephens, Joseph A. Dearani, Alberto Pochettino, et al. (Article)
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement state of the art review part II: Surgical techniques, Elizabeth H. Stephens, Joseph A. Dearani, Alberto Pochettino, et al. (Article)
Mock Oral, Evan Lian and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
TEE Review, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD: Oh No! Both Arteries in My Neck Are Blocked! Now What?, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Program signaling in emergency medicine: The 2022–2023 program director experience, Alexis E. Pelletier-Bui, Timothy Fallon, Michael Cirone, et al. (Article)
Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A case report, Nikolina Madjer, Rahul Shaju, Colin Vipond, et al. (Article)
Obstetric cardiac arrest: A case report, Nikolina Madjer, Daniel Sherlock, Andrii Labchuk, et al. (Article)
Evidence-based medicine culture, curriculum, and program outcomes: A CERA study, Kate Rowland, John W. Epling, Rick Guthmann, et al. (Article)
OSCE Review, Ned Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neuromuscular Blockade, Chu-Yin Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Disparities in prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects: The interplay of insurance and urbanicity, Joyce L. Woo, Rupali Gandhi, Tara Iyengar, et al. (Article)
Patient participation in clinical trials conducted by principal investigators who speak one or more language(s) beyond english: Exploring ethnicity as proxy for language, Anne Rivelli, Osondi Ozoani-Lohrer, Cheryl Lefaiver, et al. (Article)
Local Anesthetics, Konstantin Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal Club, William Harrity and Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Airway Workshop, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Jhazmin Griffith and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Asher Le and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Acute effects of sacubitril/valsartan with initial initiation in pediatric patients in the cardiac intensive care unit, Rohit S. Loomba, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Vincent Dorsey, et al. (Article)
Clinical outcomes after tracheostomy in children with single ventricle physiology: Collaborative research from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Multicenter Cohort, 2010-2021, Christopher W. Mastropietro, Peter Sassalos, Christine M. Riley, et al. (Article)
Factors that mediate change in creatinine and acute kidney injury after the Norwood operation: Insights from high-fidelity haemodynamic monitoring data, Rohit S. Loomba, Sheena Mansukhani, and Joshua Wong (Article)
Hocus POCUS! Parental quantification of left-ventricular ejection fraction using point of care ultrasound: Fiction or reality?, Amina Jaji and Rohit S. Loomba (Article)
Perioperative management of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy in patients undergoing interventional techniques: 2024 Updated Guidelines from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Devi Nampiaparampil, et al. (Article)
Risk factors for readmission with preeclampsia: A call for more preventative surveillance and counseling, Akash Jani, Kathryn Field, Maureen Shields, et al. (Article)
Trauma surgeons experience compassion fatigue - a major metropolitan area survey, Lea Hoefer, Leah C. Tatebe, Purvi Patel, et al. (Article)
Journal Club, Trina Sircar and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Opioid Use Disorder in Anesthesiology, Ned Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
TEE Review, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of Electrolyte Disorders, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Opioids/Analgesics, Evelyn Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Elevating the importance of local elections, Deanna M. Behrens, Lauren Gambill, and Andrew F. Beck (Article)
IV Anesthetics, Konstantin Inozemtsev (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Inhalational Anesthetics, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Preoperative Evaluation, Ned Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mock Oral, Clifton Rodrigues and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Janhavi Dhargalkar and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Jhazmin Griffith and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Estimation of the inferior caval vein saturation using high-fidelity non-invasive haemodynamic values and validation of modelled estimates, Rohit S. Loomba, Saul Flores, Juan S. Farias, et al. (Article)
Morbidity and mortality of common femoral endarterectomy, Michael Chaney, Gaurang Joshi, Jose Cataneo Serrato, et al. (Article)
Sarcoidosis-lymphoma syndrome and CVID: Finding the zebra and overcoming health disparity barriers, Emma C. Williams and Andrea A. Pappalardo (Article)
The expanding role of sonography for the diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis: Results of a large case series, Carlos M. Fernandez, Elliot M. Levine, Abraham Shashoua, et al. (Article)
Efficacy, tolerability, and bone density outcomes of elagolix with add-back therapy for endometriosis-associated pain: 12 months of an ongoing randomized phase 3 trial, Charles E. Miller, Jin Hee Kim, Robin Kroll, et al. (Article)
Oral smoothened inhibitors for Gorlin Syndrome: A clinical review, Alexandra Ola Baczynski, Brian Cahn, Brandon Worley, et al. (Article)
3D sonographic diagnosis of hydrosalpinx: Implications for the non-laparoscopy confirmation of pelvic inflammatory disease, Carlos Fernandez, Elliot Levine, Irma Sodini, et al. (Article)
Apixaban induced cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, Hillary K. Deveaux, Katelyn Garza, and Laarni Quimson (Abstract)
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma presenting in a not so clear way, Omair Syed, George T. Kalapurakal, Matthew R. O’Reilly, et al. (Abstract)
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-induced liver cirrhosis: A common problem but preventable disease with aggressive screening and prevention, Hillary K. Deveaux, Anjali Gundeti, Kristjana Mitrollari, et al. (Abstract)
Unveiling a rare case of acute eosinophilic pneumonitis, Noor Qaddour, Suyashi Singh, Yoonho Park, et al. (Abstract)
Mock Oral, Vinicius Da Silva Moreira and Chu-Yin Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Structured tube weaning using the hunger provocation method in infants with single ventricle heart defects: A multicenter study, Joshua Wong, Rohit Loomba, Kiona Y. Allen, et al. (Article)
Perspectives of challenges in counseling for congenital heart defects, Joyce L. Woo, Rupali Gandhi, Shelvonne Burton, et al. (Article)
Right-sided Morgagni diaphragmatic hernia presenting as isolated left shoulder pain, Morgan K. Kemerling, Isimenmen Okekumata, Rusul Alasadi, et al. (Article)
Effect of scanning speed, scanning pattern, and tip size on the accuracy of intraoral digital scans, Hongseok An, Eleni E. Langas, and Aria S. Gill (Article)