A5023089960- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Disaster Response and Management
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Hernia repair and management
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Abdominal Surgery and Complications
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
Michigan Medicine
1999-2025
University of Michigan
2014-2024
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2024
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2024
Informa (United Kingdom)
2021
A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
2001-2017
Alberta Medical Association
2010
Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living
2008
Palo Alto University
2007
Stanford University
2007
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a debilitating chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by abscess formation and development of multiple draining sinus tracts in the groin, axillae, perineum. Using proteomic transcriptomic approaches, we responses HS depth, revealing immune centered on IFN-γ, IL-36, TNF, with lesser contribution from IL-17A. We further identified B cells plasma cells, associated increases immunoglobulin production complement activation, as pivotal players...
• Acute spinal cord injury occurred in 2.6% of the 114 510 patients entered into Major Trauma Outcome Study from 1982 to 1989. The most common causes were motor vehicle accidents (40%), falls (20%), and gunshot wounds (13.6%). Almost 80% with had multiple injuries. Cervical was seen 65% isolated injury, but only 52% hospital mortality rate 17%, injuries having a significantly higher than (19.8% vs 6.9%). TRISS method overpredicted among (450 379), not those injury. A program for better...
The treatment of Hürthle cell neoplasms the thyroid is controversial because a lack information about their clinical behavior and long-term follow-up. We reevaluated our experience past 33 years compared early with more aggressive surgical approach used during ten years. treated 62 patients neoplasm from 1949 through 1982. Twenty-six had benign 35 malignant proven by capsular or vascular invasion nodal metastasis. Fourteen deaths were directly attributable to recurrent metastatic disease,...
Femoral neck fractures are uncommon but serious injuries in young adults, with high rates of nonunion and avascular necrosis reported. This study was undertaken to examine the relationship between mechanism severity injury, anatomic site fracture, health status, method therapy on incidence these complications adults. The hospital records 32 skeletally mature patients ages 15 50 years (mean, 33) treated for femoral fracture 1975 1982 were reviewed, data analyzed 25 a minimum 2-year followup...
Surgical site infections are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality add significantly to the cost care. One component national Infection Prevention (SIP) program is ensure timely administration prophylactic antibiotics, key factor reduce postoperative infection. Our anesthesia department decided assume responsibility for timing antibiotic prophylaxis we initiated multitiered approach remind anesthesiologist administer antibiotics. We used our clinical information system implement...
• The purpose of this study was to examine our experience with the diagnosis, surgical approach, and outcomes surgery for organic hyperinsulinemia in era transhepatic venous sampling. During period from 1978 1991, 50 patients were evaluated treated at University Michigan Medical Center, all whom underwent preoperative localization. Forty-one (82%) had solitary, benign tumors; four (8%) either multiple tumors or islet cell dysplasia; five (10%) metastatic disease. Forty-seven laparotomy,...
• We reviewed medical records and films of all 196 trauma patients who underwent computed tomography (CT) between June 1982 October 1986 to see whether CT achieved the level accuracy attributed it, diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) performed in conjunction with was a useful test for blunt abdominal trauma, laparotomy mandatory when pelvic fluid collections were seen by after trauma. A total 36 DPL, 29 before seven CT. There false-negative CTs that clinically significant. Diagnostic positive...
Objective To determine the preventable death rate (PDR) and frequency types of inappropriate medical care in a large, rural region Michigan. Design A prospective study all deaths caused by injury during 1-year period. Methods Preventability appropriateness were determined using structured implicit review process expert panel. second panel was convened to confirm reliability process. Main Results One hundred fifty-five injury-related underwent review. Four (2.6%) found be definitely 16...
Primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is a systemic disease causing bone loss. Periodontal local inflammatory characterized by alveolar The older literature records that HPT associated with loss of radicular lamina dura and brown tumors the bone, but contemporary studies are lacking.The objective study was to determine effects on oral bony structures periodontal in population.This cross-sectional, case-controlled study.The conducted at clinics endocrine surgery hospital dentistry.Fifty-nine...
Thirty-three patients with 38 digital tip injuries were followed up for an average of eight months. All had no bone exposed at the time initial consultation and treated by open technique allowing secondary wound healing. Stationary two-point discrimination averaged 3.5 mm follow-up examination. The final appearance digits this method was considered satisfactory surgeons alike. Comparison other methods reconfirms that treatment in adults, where is exposed, a reasonable therapeutic...