2019
Multidisciplinary strategies to treat severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus reduce inpatient mortality rate: Experience from an academic community hospital
Kadayakkara D, Balasubramanian P, Araque K, Davis K, Javed F, Niaki P, Majumdar S, Buller G. Multidisciplinary strategies to treat severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus reduce inpatient mortality rate: Experience from an academic community hospital. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0220956. PMID: 31393971, PMCID: PMC6687156, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient mortality ratesSevere hypoglycemiaReadmission ratesDiabetes mellitusMortality rateNotification ratesStandardized treatmentGeneral internal medicine wardsMultidisciplinary strategyPatient's medical teamInpatient mortality rateInternal medicine wardsICD-10 codesPost-intervention studyStandardization of treatmentGlucose measurementsAcademic community hospitalSame observation periodDiabetic patientsHospitalized patientsMedicine wardsRetrospective reviewPhysician notificationPoor outcomeSecondary diagnosisProinsulin Expressing Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
Celli R, Tang LH, Cai G, Freedman-Weiss M, Colunga M, Salem RR, Majumdar S, Jain D. Proinsulin Expressing Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas. Pancreas 2019, 48: 55-59. PMID: 30451800, DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000001196.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsNeuroendocrine tumorsAvailable clinicopathologic dataIHC-negative tumorsSurgical oncology centersNormal insulin levelsIHC-positive tumorsSerum proinsulinClinicopathologic featuresPNET patientsClinicopathologic dataHypoglycemic patientsInsulin levelsProspective studyOncology centersSerum glucoseSuch tumorsClinical significanceInsulin immunohistochemistryRare casePatientsImmunohistochemistryProinsulinomaTumorsInsulinoma
2017
A Systematic Review of Proinsulin-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Murtha TD, Lupsa BC, Majumdar S, Jain D, Salem RR. A Systematic Review of Proinsulin-Secreting Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2017, 21: 1335-1341. PMID: 28510792, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-017-3428-8.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsNeuroendocrine tumorsSystematic reviewRare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumorYale-New Haven HospitalMajority of patientsMedian tumor diameterLower insulin levelsBiomedical databases PubMedNew Haven HospitalSymptomatic hypoglycemiaMost patientsFemale predominanceTumor diameterClinicopathologic featuresInsulin levelsUncommon diseaseMean ageOvid MEDLINEHormonal levelsDatabases PubMedPatientsProinsulinomaHormone productionTumors