Cristina A. Figueroa Villalba, MD
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- Red Cell Damage During Extracorporeal Life Support.Figueroa Villalba CA, Saifee NH, Chandler WL. Red Cell Damage During Extracorporeal Life Support. ASAIO J 2024 PMID: 38950201, DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002265.
- Puzzling undetectable haptoglobin in a transfused pregnant patientChaves Rivera M, Choucair I, Vera M, El-Khoury J, Figueroa Villalba C. Puzzling undetectable haptoglobin in a transfused pregnant patient. Clinica Chimica Acta 2024, 561: 119829. PMID: 38917868, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2024.119829.
- Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic reviewJacobs J, Sharma D, Stephens L, Villalba C, Rinder H, Woo J, Wheeler A, Gerberi D, Goel R, Tormey C, Booth G, Bloch E, Adkins B. Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic review. British Journal Of Haematology 2024, 204: 1500-1506. PMID: 38291731, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19313.
- Challenges in recognising paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.Jacobs JW, Booth GS, Woo JS, Stephens LD, Figueroa Villalba CA, Adkins BD. Challenges in recognising paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria. Transfus Med 2023 PMID: 38151804, DOI: 10.1111/tme.13024.
- Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answerBurke O, Jacobs J, Tormey C, Rinder H, Villalba C, Lee E, Campos J, Abels E, Yurtsever N. Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answer. Lab Medicine 2023, 55: 520-523. PMID: 38142129, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmad107.
- Immunity in the balance: Fatal disseminated adenovirus infection in a patient undergoing plasma exchange and immunosuppressive chemotherapy for anti‐glomerular basement membrane diseaseJacobs J, Villalba C, Stendahl K, Tormey C, Abels E. Immunity in the balance: Fatal disseminated adenovirus infection in a patient undergoing plasma exchange and immunosuppressive chemotherapy for anti‐glomerular basement membrane disease. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2023, 38: 770-777. PMID: 37698143, DOI: 10.1002/jca.22088.
- Hemolysis or wine? A case of red-wine-colored plasmaMalaeb H, Vera M, Figueroa Villalba C, El-Khoury J. Hemolysis or wine? A case of red-wine-colored plasma. Clinica Chimica Acta 2023, 542: 117277. PMID: 36870523, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117277.
- Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria: A Systematic Review.Jacobs JW, Figueroa Villalba CA, Booth GS, Woo JS, Stephens LD, Adkins BD. Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria: A Systematic Review. Blood Adv 2023 PMID: 36716137, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009516.
- A preliminary study of hydrocodone and hydromorphone to oxycodone ratios for distinguishing impurities from independent opioid useChoucair I, Villalba C, Vera M, Cassella-Mclane G, Durant T, El-Khoury J. A preliminary study of hydrocodone and hydromorphone to oxycodone ratios for distinguishing impurities from independent opioid use. Clinical Biochemistry 2022, 112: 6-10. PMID: 36535386, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2022.12.009.
- Alloimmunization following antigen‐negative red blood cell transfusionJacobs J, Binns T, Abels E, Iyer K, Villalba C, Verma A, Sostin N, Tormey C. Alloimmunization following antigen‐negative red blood cell transfusion. Transfusion 2022, 63: 430-434. PMID: 36458330, DOI: 10.1111/trf.17208.
- A case of spuriously low serum creatinine concentrations in a patient with acetaminophen poisoningVerma A, Figueroa Villalba C, Choucair I, El-Khoury JM. A case of spuriously low serum creatinine concentrations in a patient with acetaminophen poisoning. Clinica Chimica Acta 2022, 535: 195-196. PMID: 36075459, DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.09.001.
- Thrombosis in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuits.Figueroa Villalba CA, McMullan DM, Reed RC, Chandler WL. Thrombosis in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuits. ASAIO J 2022, 68: 1083-1092. PMID: 34860711, DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001605.
- Low haptoglobin in pregnancy: physiological or intravascular hemolysis?Cristina Figueroa Villalba, Ibrahim Choucair, Michael Vera, Edward Lee, Joe El-Khoury, Low haptoglobin in pregnancy: physiological or intravascular hemolysis?, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 158, Issue Supplement_1, November 2022, Page S6,
- Conversion From Activated Clotting Time to Anti-Xa Heparin Activity Assay for Heparin Monitoring During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.Figueroa Villalba CA, Brogan TV, McMullan DM, Yalon L, Jordan DI, Chandler WL. Conversion From Activated Clotting Time to Anti-Xa Heparin Activity Assay for Heparin Monitoring During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Critical Care Medicine 2020, 48: e1179-e1184. PMID: 33009103, DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004615.
- Impact of preoperative hypoferremia on RYBG patientsIMPACT OF PREOPERATIVE HYPOFERRMIA ON RYBG PATIENTS Schiavone, Maximo et al. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 10, S85 - S86 ASMBS E-Poster Abstracts / Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 13 (2017) S66–S226