2022
Preoperative Treatment of Severe Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension Mitigates Healthcare Disparities and Prevents Adverse Postoperative Discharge to a Nursing Home
Wachtendorf L, Azimaraghi O, Rangasamy V, Sane M, Subramaniam B, Vazquez R, Wongtangman K, Houle T, Bellin E, Akeju O, Straker T, Chambers T, Oriol N, Eikermann M, committee F. Preoperative Treatment of Severe Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension Mitigates Healthcare Disparities and Prevents Adverse Postoperative Discharge to a Nursing Home. Annals Of Surgery 2022, 276: e185-e191. PMID: 35762618, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultDatabases, FactualDiabetes MellitusHealthcare DisparitiesHumansHypertensionNursing HomesPatient DischargeRetrospective StudiesConceptsNursing homesNursing facilitiesHealthcare disparitiesWhite raceBlack raceMitigate healthcare disparitiesAcademic healthcare networkBlack patientsDiabetes mellitusSelf-identifySevere diabetes mellitusPatients of black raceMedication-based treatmentNursesPostoperative dischargePatient raceHealthcare networkOptimal preoperative assessmentPrimary associationPrimary outcomeAdverse dischargeIncreased riskMediation analysisHomeDisparities
2012
Diagnostic utility and correlation of tumor markers in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of children with intracranial germ cell tumors
Qaddoumi I, Sane M, Li S, Kocak M, Pai-Panandiker A, Harreld J, Klimo P, Wright K, Broniscer A, Gajjar A. Diagnostic utility and correlation of tumor markers in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid of children with intracranial germ cell tumors. Child's Nervous System 2012, 28: 1017-1024. PMID: 22547227, PMCID: PMC3526807, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1762-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerm cell tumorsIntracranial germ cell tumorsFollow-up examinationAlpha-fetoproteinCerebrospinal fluidCell tumorsTumor markersDiagnosis of germ cell tumorsCerebrospinal fluid alpha-fetoproteinDiagnostic utilityBeta-human chorionic gonadotropinRetrospective study of patientsCerebrospinal fluid of childrenSerum AFP valuesAlpha-fetoprotein valuesStudy of patientsHuman chorionic gonadotropinTumor relapseAFP valuesArea under curveHistopathological diagnosisRetrospective studyChorionic gonadotropinLogistic regression modelsHistopathological data