Submissions from 2018
Predicting response to checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma beyond PD-L1 and mutational burden, Miguel Villalona Calero and Zuanel Diaz
2 Clarke/Neuroscience: Intiative to Reduce Falls and Related Injuries - The Effective Use of Existing Equipment, Tools, and Processes, Marianne Issa and Denise McFarlane
An evaluation of the stability of image quality parameters of Elekta X-ray volume imager and iViewGT imaging systems, Alonso Gutierrez
Angiographic and clinical outcomes of balloon remodeling versus unassisted coil embolization in the ruptured aneurysm cohort of the GEL THE NEC study, Guilherme Dabus
Dissecting spinal aneurysms: conservative management as a therapeutic option, Guilherme Dabus and Italo Linfante
Endovascular Treatment of Concurrent Bilateral Common and Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Preserved Pelvic Circulation: Bilateral Iliac Branch Devices with Opposing Single Division Internal Iliac Artery Sparing, Ramsey Al-Hakim, Libby Watch, and Alex Powell
Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care Units: Experience From a Large Healthcare System, Donna Lee Armaignac, Anshul Saxena, Muni Rubens, Carlos Valle, Lisa-Mae Williams, Emir Veledar, and Louis Gidel
Multiple DICER1-related tumors in a child with a large interstitial 14q32 deletion, Jessica Ordonez
Psychological Factors and Their Association with Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Women and Men, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Khurram Nasir, Maribeth Rouseff, Sankalp Das, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, and Arthur Agatston
Repeat reirradiation of the spinal cord: multi-national expert treatment recommendations, Minesh Mehta
The Utility of a Wireless Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring System in Patients Requiring Mechanical Circulatory Support, Francisco Javier Jimenez-Carcamo
Trends in Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalizations in the U.S., 2005–2014, Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Trends in Use and Expenditures of Brand-name Atorvastatin After Introduction of Generic Atorvastatin, Joseph Salami, Javier Valero-Elizondo, and Victor Okunrintemi
Favorable Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Profile Is Associated With Lower Healthcare Costs Among Cancer Patients: The 2012-2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Joseph Salami, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, and Khurram Nasir
HAC Your Patients: An Initiative to Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions, Jobic Ray Butao, Joahna Lausa, and Olivia Cocabo
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in the Post-Partum Population, Suganya Gobinathan and Sonya Clayton
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
A Rare Co-Infection of Ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in South Florida, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates, Seema Chandra, and Nicole Ross
Case Report: Late Presentation of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates, Dorty Morency, Cristina Dou, and Guido Steegers
Case Study: Incarceration of the Retroverted Gravid Uterus - A Complication of Natural Pregnancy, Eduardo Lopez Del Castillo, Patricia Perfetto, and Muhammad Aziz
Coordination of BG Testing, Insulin Administration and Delivery of Meal Trays, Maria Gough and Margaret Geneve
Diabetes and Obesity as Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery of Medicare Age Patients, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates
E-Dates: Enhancing Competency of Novice/Advanced Beginner RNs, Sally Bonet, Lizette Gonzalez, and Kelly Delgado
Effect of Short and Long Sleep Duration in Predicting Obesity Among Various Racial Ethnic Groups of a Large Multi Ethnic Organization, Muhammad Aziz
Examining the Use of Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Optimizing Antimicrobial Usage in Respiratory Viral Infections, Deandra Romero, Ana Lopez-Samblas, and Maria Rojo-Carlo
Impact of Education and Growth on an Engaged Workforce and Positive Outcomes, Katia Abaunza, Maria Gauthreaux, and Nathalia De Oro
Improving IV Site and IV Fluid/Antibiotic End Time Documentation in the Observation Unit, Sheila Alabastro, Claudette Mijares, Maria Santos Lozano, and Daisy Gutierrez
Interprofessional Communication Education-Learning to Speak the Same Language to Improve Patient Safety, Zulma Berrios, Kayce Tugg, and Marjorie Lima
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen, Rosalina Butao, Cherylyn Jauregui, Andres Soto, and Giovanna Vanegas
Operative Outcomes in Same Day vs. Next Day Laparoscopic Appendectomies, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Projection of Potential Reimbursement of a Post-Hospital Discharge Pharmacist Operated Medication Management Service, Patricia Gonzalez-Abreu, Maria Perez Arias, and Ana Lopez-Samblas
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Eva Mitra, and Jobic Ray Butao
Role of Ras Oncogene and Selective Mutant on Differentionation of 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes, Camila Sarcone, Yongjun Huang, Maria-Luisa Veisaga, and M. Alejandro Barbieri
Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy in Natural Conception: A Case Report, Muhammad Aziz, Cristina Dou, and Julio Arronte
The association between insurance status and diagnostic imaging for acute abdominal pain among emergency department patients in the United States, 2005-2014, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates
The Circulating Nurse's Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Importance of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) for Preventive Care: Ultilizing the "Patient Advisories" Section in Cerner as an Aid to Record and Order Age Appropriate Preventive Screeenings, Andres Rodriguez, Mythili Penugonda, Eduardo Lopez Del Castillo, Muhammad Aziz, and Nicole Ross
The Progression of Gender Disparity between Orthopedic and General Surgery Residencies, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates
Traumatic Pneumothorax in a Division I College Football Player, McKirven Ceus
Use of a Discharge Checklist to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Itzel De Los Santos and Nicole Paz
Advanced endografting techniques: snorkels, chimneys, periscopes, fenestrations, and branched endografts, Ripal Gandhi
Bilateral Neuropathy Dermatitis Following Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report, Alexander Van der Ven
Endovascular management of iliac aneurysmal disease with hypogastric artery preservation, Brian Schiro, Ripal Gandhi, Constantino Pena, Adam Geronemus, Alex Powell, and James Benenati
Factors of health in the protection against death and cardiovascular disease among adults with subclinical atherosclerosis, Khurram Nasir
Impact of time to testosterone rebound and comorbidity on the risk of cause-specific mortality in men with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer, Andrew Renshaw
LVIS Jr Device for Y-Stent-Assisted Coil Embolization of Wide-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms: A Multicenter Experience, Guilherme Dabus and Italo Linfante
Molecular Characterization of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Potential three microRNA Prognostic Signature, Murugesan Manoharan
Patient-Provider Communication and Health Outcomes Among Individuals with Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Disease in the USA, Victor Okunrintemi
Pipeline Embolization Device for Pericallosal Artery Aneurysms: A Retrospective Single Center Safety and Efficacy Study, Guilherme Dabus
Type II endoleaks: diagnosis and treatment algorithm, Brian Schiro
Abstract MP05: Life’s Simple 7 and Incident Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Distal Clavicle Fracture Repair Using Cortical Button Fixation With Coracoclavicular Ligament Reconstruction, Gautam Yagnik, David Porter, and Charles Jordan
The Circulating Nurse’s Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes
Interventions to Improve Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times, Jayme Strauss
10-Year Resource Utilization and Costs for Cardiovascular Care, Khurram Nasir and Emir Veledar
Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing, Yola Duhaney
Brain Metastases in Lung Cancer With Targetable Mutations-Reply, Minesh Mehta
Causes of Troponin Elevation and Associated Mortality in Young Patients, Khurram Nasir
Coronary artery disease reporting and data system (CAD-RADSTM): Inter-observer agreement for assessment categories and modifiers, Christopher Maroules and Ricardo Cury
Endovascular management of acute aortic dissection, Ripal Gandhi
First Pass Effect: A New Measure for Stroke Thrombectomy Devices, Italo Linfante and Guilherme Dabus
Germline variants in DNA repair genes, diagnostic radiation and risk of thyroid cancer, Robert Udelsman
Modeling the target dose fall-off in IMRT and VMAT planning techniques for cervical SBRT, Alonso Gutierrez
The Road to Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Jayme Strauss, Andrew Waisbrot, Daniel Hartnett, and Amy Starosciak
Why your nursing networks matter, Tanya Cohn
Dangerously Overcrowded: The dangers of boarding patients in the Emergency Department?, Meivys Carmenate Carmenate, Nina Ackley, Jennifer Fernandez, Lissbeth Carmona, Lynn Gilmore, Glenis Michelle Artache Gonzalez, Michelle Alvarez, Sarah Jeanty, and Oscar Ladino
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Advantages of Robotic Right Colectomy With Intracorporeal Anastomosis, Gustavo Plasencia
Benchmarking the American Society of Breast Surgeon Member Performance for More Than a Million Quality Measure-Patient Encounters, Starr Mautner
Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes with the Combined Local Aspiration and Retriever in the North American Solitaire Stent-Retriever Acute Stroke (NASA) Registry, Italo Linfante and Guilherme Dabus
Endocrine Surgery: A Hopkins Legacy, Robert Udelsman
Imaging of mesenteric ischemia, Prasuna Inampudi and Constantino Pena
MI: Not a Heart Attack but a Gut Attack, Rosemary Lee and Ana Cabrera
Multi-institutional competing risks analysis of distant brain failure and salvage patterns after upfront radiosurgery without whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastasis, Manmeet Ahluwalia
Parathyroid, Thyroid and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Anatomy in an Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), Robert Udelsman
The Evolving Role of Tumor Treating Fields in Managing Glioblastoma: Guide for Oncologists, Minesh Mehta
The long-term survival of robotic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: A multi-institutional study, Mark Dylewski
The relationship of erectile dysfunction and subclinical cardiovascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Emeka Osondu, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, Khurram Nasir, and Ehimen Aneni
Whiplash, Ronald Tolchin
Comparison of Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in China and the United States, Khurram Nasir
Burden of Catastrophic Health Expenditures for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Among Uninsured in the United States, Anshul Saxena and Khurram Nasir
Cardiovascular Risk and Statin Eligibility of Young Adults After an Myocardial Infarction: Partners YOUNG-MI Registry, Khurram Nasir
National Trends in Nonstatin Use and Expenditures Among the US Adult Population From 2002 to 2013: Insights From Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Joseph Salami, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Barry Katzen, and Khurram Nasir
Platelet Transfusion for Patients With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update, Michael Troner