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Works from 2024
Valve-in-valve TAVR complicated by hemodynamically unstable aortic insufficiency and pulseless electrical activity, Artush Grigoryan, Hrayr Ghazaryan, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Poster)
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)
Neurologic disease in the obstetric patient, Konstantin Inozemtsev, Evelyn Yeh, and Ned F. Nasr (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)
Neurobiological implications of chronic stress and metabolic dysregulation in inflammatory bowel diseases, Aleksandar Sic, Kiana Cvetkovic, Eshanika Manchanda, et al. (Article)
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)
Exparel and beyond: Novel local anesthetics, where we are and what is coming up, Osman Syed, Clara Nemr, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Assessing suicide risk in chronic pain management: A narrative review across drug classes, Nebojsa Brezic, Strahinja Gligorevic, Kenneth D. Candido, 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Atrial septal defect stent compression during resuscitation of an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Chawki Elzein, Emily Pena, Narutoshi Hibino, et al. (Article)
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)
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)
Keyword Review: Advanced, Evan Lian and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword Review: Advanced, Lucas Rizkalla and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword Review: Advanced, Clifton Rodrigues and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD - PONV Prophylaxis in Ambulatory Surgery: SAMBA Guidelines, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of long-acting dexamethasone viscous gel delivered by transforaminal injection for lumbosacral radicular pain, Alan Miller, Kenneth D. Candido, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Journal Club, Nelson Sham and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Regarding "Issues of informed consent for non-specialists conducting colorectal cancer screenings", Sareena Ali, Robert Mowery, and Ryan T. Hoff (Letter)
TEE Review, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Define the problem: Collaboration, mission, or funding?, Richard Guthmann (Response or Comment)
Comparison of ductal stent versus surgical shunt as initial intervention for neonates with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, Bao Nguyen Puente, Christopher W. Mastropietro, Saul Flores, et al. (Article)
Delayed abdominal aortic aneurysm sac rupture after open repair, Ahmad Asha, Adnan Khan, Gaurang Joshi, et al. (Article)
Identification, characterization, and ranking of candidate metrics for selection to anesthesiology residency: An iterative survey of program directors, Michael P. Hofkamp, Daniel Saddawi-Konefka, Emily G. Teeter, et al. (Article)
Mock Oral, Janhavi Dhargalkar and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Complete versus partial revascularization for older adults with acute coronary syndrome: A meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized and multivariable adjusted data, André Luiz Carvalho Ferreira, Luanna Paula Garcez de Carvalho Feitoza, Ana Yasmin Cáceres Lessa, et al. (Article)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Artush Grigoryan and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Catherine Roberts and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Mortality & Morbidity (M&M) Conference, Benjamin Warren and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Assessment of urinary dysfunction following midurethral sling placement: A comparison of two voiding trial methods, Angela Leffelman, Henry H. Chill, Ayesha Kar, et al. (Article)
Ethical considerations in fetal cardiology, Stefani Samples, Rupali Gandhi, Joyce Woo, et al. (Article)
Nicardipine versus nitroprusside-the budget-friendly battle for baby blood pressure control, Saul Flores, Erik R. Su, and Rohit S. Loomba (Article)
Relapse Hodgkin lymphoma autologous stem cell transplant long term follow up, Sabree Abedrabo (Abstract)
SAGES guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of appendicitis, Sunjay S. Kumar, Amelia T. Collings, Ryan Lamm, et al. (Article)
The ethics of some placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials, Elliot M. Levine and Carlos M. Fernandez (Letter)
OSCE Review: Communication with Other Professionals, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The natural history of isolated common femoral endarterectomy for chronic limb-threatening ischemia, Michael Chaney, Gaurang Joshi, Jose L. Cataneo Serrato, et al. (Article)
Keyword Review, Arjang Khorasani and Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword Review, Arjang Khorasani and William Harrity (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keyword Review, Arjang Khorasani and Asher Le (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Substance P’s impact on chronic pain and psychiatric conditions—A narrative review, Charles Humes, Aleksandar Sic, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Factors associated with renal oxygen extraction in mechanically ventilated children after the Norwood operation: Insights from high fidelity haemodynamic data, Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Juan S. Farias, et al. (Article)
PBLD: Weekend Woes - Alone in Interventional Radiology, Evelyn Yeh (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior Grand Rounds, Evert Gonzalez and Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Association between family history and early-onset atrial flutter across racial and ethnic groups, Anish S. Shah, Ana Ongtengco, Victor Qiao, et al. (Article)