Submissions from 2018
High-Grade Urothelial Carcinoma on Urine Cytology Resembling Umbrella Cells, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould
HIV-Related Stigma, Quality of Care, and Coping Skills: Exploring Factors Affecting Treatment Adherence among PLWH in Haiti, Muni Rubens and Anshul Saxena
Hospital-Wide Hand Hygiene Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections, Yola Duhaney, Andrea Bloomfield, and Cam Kha
Implement Best Practice to Reduce the Rate of Colon Surgical Site Infections (SSI) below the NHSN Mean at South Miami Hospital, Ami Kruger and Gilyem Casanova
Improving Length of Stay: Transitioning Care from the Emergency Department to a Clinical Decision Unit, Griselle Pastor, Van Cronkhite, Natalie Mancuso, and Emilia Villoch
Improving the therapeutic index for nonoperable esophageal cancer patients with modern radiation technologies, Michael Chuong and Matthew Hall
Is diabetes mellitus equivalent to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease from a healthcare cost perspective? Insights from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: 2010–2013, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Joseph Salami, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Victor Okunrintemi, Emeka Osondu, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Left-Biased Clavicle Length Asymmetry in Children and Young Adults 12 to 25 Years Old, Pooya Hosseinzadeh
Merging of Two Observation Units to Increase Capacity and Decrease Length of Stay, Diana Rios
Mid/Distal Esophageal Cancer and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer (Siewert Type I and II), Michael Chuong
Modern Temporomandibular Joint Arthroscopy: Operative Single-Cannula Arthroscopy, Joseph McCain
Nurse Patient Ratios’ Requirements for the Care of Bariatric Patients (2T), Ashley Escandon, Gaileen Quammie, Bianca De La Barra, and Anielka Corea Membreno
Nurses' Perception of Unit-Based Competency Assessment Compared to Traditional Skills Fair, Solimar Figueroa, Judith Bowling, Roberto Roman Laporte, Tanya Cohn, and Jose Irizarry
Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes through Evidence-based Interventions for the at Risk Pre-term Labor Population, Deborah Pol, Geraldine Lamoglia, Erin Soto, Lou-Jean Reyes, Idalmys Castillo, Jennifer Brooks, Alecia Ballard, Beth-Ann Fraser, Laura Timmons, and Allison Marmol
Outcomes of office-based temporomandibular joint arthroscopy: a 5-year retrospective study, Joseph McCain
Persistent socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and health in the United States: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2002-2013, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Joseph Salami, and Khurram Nasir
Phase I study of sorafenib and tipifarnib for recurrent glioblastoma: NABTC 05-02, Minesh Mehta
Pre-Hospital FAST-ED Initiatives Improve t-PA and Endovascular Treatment Times, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, Ivis Gonzalez, Virginia Ramos, Jayme Strauss, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Procalcitonin in Practice: Chronicle of a Health System's Journey to Better Sepsis Care, Maria Gauthreaux
Promoting Post Arthroplasty Incision Healing: A Nurse Driven Initiative, Kimberly Thomas
Reduce Turn Around Time in Pre Anesthesia Testing (PAT), Arlyn Cua
Sclerotherapy of Vascular Malformations, Guilherme Dabus
SMH Implements Strategies for Prevention of SSI in Bariatric Surgery, Maria Fuego
Socially Accountable Medical Education: An Innovative Approach at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Affiliates
The effects of bracing and knee flexion angle on hamstring activity during crutch walking: A preliminary study for post-operative care, John Zvijac and Luis Vargas
The Lived Experiences of Role Transition among Novice Clinical Nurse Educators: A Phenomenological Study, Edwina Brathwaite
The Nursing Management of Open Abdomen Patients, Rosemary Lee
The Power of Poop, Barbara Russell
Towards phenotyping stroke: Leveraging data from a large-scale epidemiological study to detect stroke diagnosis, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
TREVO stent-retriever mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke secondary to large vessel occlusion registry, Guilherme Dabus and Italo Linfante
What is the best way to calculate IOL power for cataract surgery?, William Trattler
Submissions from 2017
Estimates of Mortality Benefit From Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics: A Dose Response Meta-Analysis, Ehimen Aneni, Emeka Osondu, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Adnan Younus, Khurram Nasir, and Emir Veledar
Erratum: Correction of Figure. The Implication of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Diabetes, Khurram Nasir
The State of the Absorb Bioresorbable Scaffold: Consensus From an Expert Panel, Ramon Quesada
Barriers of Whiteboard Use, Paige Kaplan, Jessica Isaac Lopez, Vanessa Marquez, Cynthia Francois, Gilberto Perez, and Ana Barro Hernandez
Can standardizing skin preparation agents for surgical patients versus using doctor's preferences reduce surgical site infections?, Alice Davel-Freitas, Sheila Hodgson, Patrick Dennison, Lian Acosta, and Jenilice Novoa Miralles
Central Line Infection Prevention, Yesenia Perez, Armando Gomez, Kristina Casals, Anna Diaz, Susana Salgado, and Horacio Lopez
Do diabetic patients have decreased readmissions with a discharge team composed of diabetic educators from moment of admission in comparison to floor nurses performing discharging?, Walter Diaz, Lizzette Gonzalez, Laura Pinero, Bianca Porras, Marian Ramos, and Joselyn Ruiz Cruz
Do you need a nap?, Andrew Gonzalez, Christian de Quesada, Giancarlo Tapanes, Michael Alfonso, Rachel Rairden, Alicia Ali, Tania Carballo, Yoandra Gallardo, and Olga Viego
Fixed Workstation versus Workstations on Wheels in the Emergency Department, Ariel Bowers, Razvan Buricel, Andrea Jimenez, Stefanie Moses, Yandro Perez Trevieso, and Juan Ramirez
How does endotracheal suctioning with normal saline affect mechanically ventilated patients?, Jamil Aboumansour, Kristina Del Rey, Danielle Herrera, Philip Huynh, Guadalupe Izaguirre, Hazel Lara, Elizabeth Magallon, Valeria Miranda, Arturo Pena, Angela Rabaza, and Naomi Rosa
Inpatient Pain Management, Anel Chirino, Kelly Vasquez, Liliana Quezada, Skarlet Santana, Yensly Gonzalez Carrazana, and Vanessa Castellanos
Interventions to Reduce Emergency Department Wait Times, Briege Osle, Patricia Brito Gomez, Madeleine Cook, Gerald Santiesteban, Tatiana Pardo, Lauren Gonzalez, and Stephanie Costa
Nurse to Patient Ratio, Meliss Cabrera-Matiz, Jasmine Cabrera, Michelle Cedeno, Andres Moya Aguilar, Guillermo Martin III, Stephanie Velazquez, and Lia Williams
Oh wait, what did you say?, Taylor Salas, Christina Cabrera, Peggy Noel, Margarita Ramirez, Yabeiri Nieves, Patrick Charles, and Michelle Garcia
Overcoming Challenges to Implementing Beside Shift Report, Matt Mihm, Zahily Dominguez, Jessica Infante, Tina McCants, Desha Fleureme, and Crystal Everett
Pain Protocol: To improve pain management in the acute care setting, Elizabeth Cerdeira, Lauren Rodriguez, Mariosis Matias, Melissa Granada, Tarrah Kallusingh, and Valerie Juarez
Vaccines: Yes? Or No?, Alicia Davis, Vivian de Mena, Elizabeth Fernandez, Yaima Parra Escalona, and Sofia Valentini
Will implementing an admission/discharge nurse improve the quality of care in hospitalized patients?, Yeine Salvo, Joanna Leal, Tamyko Thomas, Farrah Insignares, Kimberly Cantor, and Shina Chase
Would using a "middleman" during delays in transfer report be more cost efficient to nursing resources and ED wait times?, Gabriel Lastre, Ysis Alvarez, Yenice Lorenzo Santos, Sophia Perez-Heydrich, Lorena Gort, Kimberly Carias, Tiffany Hernandez, Marquita Butler, and Daphne Thelemarque
Use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the evaluation of a giant right atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature, Frank Sanchez, Jonathan Fields, and Ricardo Cury
Can thrombus age guide thrombolytic therapy?, Ripal Gandhi
Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair, David Edelman
Symptom Screening Improves Accuracy of the FAST-ED Scale, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, Jayme Strauss, Virginia Ramos, Ivis Gonzalez, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
The Road to Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Jayme Strauss, Andrew Waisbrot, Daniel Hartnett, and Amy Starosciak
Thrombolysis of a stroke patient with history of rtPA-associated angioedema, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, Amy Starosciak, and Brian Wolf
Evidence-based Review on the Use of Proton Therapy in Lymphoma From the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG) Lymphoma Subcommittee, Michael Chuong
Abstract 16614: Positive Impact of Tele-ICU Monitoring on Hospital Mortality and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care With Cardiovascular Disease: Experience From a Large Healthcare System, Anshul Saxena, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Khurram Nasir, and Emir Veledar
MBA degree is needed for leadership roles in Medical Physics profession, Alonso Gutierrez
Hyaluronic acid family in bladder cancer: potential prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets, Murugesan Manoharan
High Rate of Recurrent De Novo Mutations in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies, Sara Dorison
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Juan Batlle
A Deficiency of Nutrition Education and Practice in Cardiology, Arthur Agatston
Adequate sampling of multiple thyroid nodules by fine-needle aspiration, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould
Comparison of initial patient setup accuracy between surface imaging and three point localization: A retrospective analysis, Alonso Gutierrez
Does education modify the effect of ethnicity in the expression of ideal cardiovascular health? The Baptist Health South Florida Employee Study, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Victor Okunrintemi, Sankalp Das, Maribeth Rouseff, Don Parris, Arthur Agatston, Theodore Feldman, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Endovascular Treatment of Middle Cerebral Artery M2 Occlusion Strokes: Clinical and Procedural Predictors of Outcomes, Guilherme Dabus and Italo Linfante
Presentation: Session 006: Host Hospital Presentation: Discuss the integration of the Magnet Model components in the lived experience of a facility, Sherry Stathers, Rosalina Butao, Dawn Kressly, Janelle Mentzel, Julie David, and Jan Brodnax
Rivaroxaban versus fondaparinux for thromboprophylaxis after endovenous laser ablation, Frederic Baumann
Structured reporting platform improves CAD-RADS assessment, Ricardo Cury
Study of young patients with myocardial infarction: Design and rationale of the YOUNG-MI Registry, Khurram Nasir
The Importance of Certification Cost as One Barrier to Certification, Nada Wakim
Treatment of wide-necked aneurysms with the Low-profile Visualized Intraluminal Support (LVIS Jr) device: a multicenter experience, Guilherme Dabus and Italo Linfante
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
Safety and outcomes of simultaneous vasospasm and endovascular aneurysm treatment (SVAT) in subarachnoid hemorrhage, Italo Linfante
Orthodeoxia without Platypnea in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in the Presence of a Cerebral Abscess and Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: Unusual Complications and Transcatheter Endovascular Treatment, Jacky Blank and Veronica Palmero Gonzalez
Age, Sex, and Racial Differences in Neuroimaging Use in Acute Stroke: A Population-Based Study, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Changing Dogma and Decreased Collateral Damage in Breast Cancer Care, Jane Mendez
Continuous Aspiration Mechanical Thrombectomy for the Management of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Experience, Ramsey Al-Hakim, Alok Bhatt, and James Benenati
Cortical Screws as an Alternative for Pedicle Screw Fixation for Unstable Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: Technical note and Initial Results, Daniel Segui and Sergio Gonzalez-Arias
Gastroduodenal artery coiling to curb upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Ramsey Al-Hakim, Thomas Scagnelli, and George Sanchez
Hurricane Irma – ‘No’ Clinical Impact, Leslee Gross, Louis Gidel, Lisa-Mae Williams, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Carlos Valle, and Donna Lee Armaignac
Irma - No Clinical Impact, Donna Lee Armaignac
Navigating Transitions: IV Epoprostenol to oral Treprostinil, Michael Salinero, Tina Hyman, Margarita Pallares, and Francisco Javier Jimenez-Carcamo