Submissions from 2019-2020
Following Patients with Severe Coronary Artery Calcifications Detected by Low-Dose CT Scan for Lung Cancer Screening, Amry Majeed, Christine Shusted, Brooke Ruane, and Julie Barta
The Financial and Psychosocial Impact of Medicinal Cannabis, Chris Ahmed; Andrew Lee; Amanda Campbell; Gregory Garber, MSW, LCSW; Neil D. Palmisiano, MD; and Brooke Worster, MD
Phosphorylation of a K channel by PKC regulates the excitability of primary sensory neurons and pain signaling, Tyler D. Alexander; Lianteng Zhi, PhD; Tanziyah Muqeem; and Manuel Covarrubias, MD, PhD
Effects of Medications on Cognitive Function and Falls in Older African Americans with Diabetes, Diana Alnemri and Robin J. Casten
Effect of Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiograms on the Prognosis of Infective Endocarditis, D. Arias, E. Halpern, F. Forsberg, and J. R. Eisenbrey
Evaluating the Utility of Diagnostic Workups for Biliary Atresia in Neonates with Cholestatic Jaundice Following Prolonged TPN, Melissa Austin and Zubair H. Aghai
State-Level CPR Education Legislation Associated With Higher Survival After Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Older Adults, Megan Barnes, David G. Buckler, Tyler D. Alexander, Marissa Lang, Alexis Zebrowski, Douglas J. Wiebe, Benjamin S. Abella, and Brendan G. Carr
Falls and Traumatic Brain Injury in the Elderly on Aspirin or Anticoagulant Therapy, Jonathan Bassig, David Nauheim, Stanton Miller, Patricia Williams, and Tingting Zhan
MCI: CPAP Treatment of OSA, Kaitlin Berry; Cindy Cheng, MD, PhD; and Karl Doghramji, MD
Evaluation of Rotator Cuff Repair with Concomitant Biceps Tenodesis, Matthew Beucherie; Daniel Nemirov; Sommer Hammoud, MD; Meghan Bishop, MD; and Brandon Erickson, MD
Neurostimulants to Improve Consciousness in Acute Comatose Patients, Lyena Birkenstock and Mohammed Kananeh
The Impact of Native Language Status on the Frequency of Heart Failure Readmissions, Cooper Blazek and Dave Katzianer, MD
Oncology Hospital at Home: A retrospective chart review examining whether oncology patients placed under observation status by the ED could be managed in the home setting, Mary Blumenfeld; Adam Binder, MD; and Nathan Handley, MD
Comparison of Home Therapy vs Formal Outpatient Physical Therapy in Post-Operative Management of Two-Incision Distal Bicep Tendon Repair, Joseph Botros; John Horneff III, MD; Thomas Harper; and Brent Page
Training the Next Generation of Family Medicine Providers through Group Buprenorphine-Naloxone Visits, Krystina Callahan; Lara Weinstein, MD; Erica Li, MD; Sunny Lai, MD; and Alexis Silverio
Utility of point of care ultrasound for identifying dental abscesses in emergency department patients presenting with dental pain, Matthew Cervantes; Kelly Goodsell, MD; and Arthur Au, MD
Blood Transfusion Requirements for Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Min Choi and Hitoshi Hirose, MD, PhD
Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin in Differentiating Sepsis from Noninfectious SIRS in Adult Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Keshav Choudhuri; Umer Mukhtar, MD; M. Kamran Athar, MD; David Boorman, MS; Fred Rincon, MD; Matthew Vibbert, MD; Syed O. Shah, MD; Jacqueline S. Urtecho, MD; and Jack Jallo, MD
Transdermal Lidocaine for Perioperative Pain: a Systematic Review of the Literature, Alexa Cohen, Jordan Smoker, Mohammad R. Rasouli, and Eric S. Schwenk
Plasma exosome miR-155-5p as an independent prognostic risk factor for Mycosis Fungoides, Adam Cohen-Nowak and Neda Nikbakht
Avoiding Antiplatelet Reversal in Non-Operative Intracranial Hemorrhages: Functional Outcomes of Guideline-Based Practice, Angelo d'Antonio-Bertagnolli; Lyena Birkenstock; Ariya Mobaraki; Christine Hammer, MD; Syed O. Shah, MD; Jack Jallo, MD, PhD; and Courtney Pendleton, MD
Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy Outcomes for Acute Pulmonary Embolism, Nicholas D. D'Antonio; Jae Hwan Choi, MD; Thomas J. O'Malley, MD; Elizabeth J. Maynes, MD; Matthew P. Weber, MS; Martín Mellado, MD; Frances M. West, MD; Taki Galanis, MD; Carin F. Gonsalves, MD; Gregary D. Marhefka, MD; Bharat K. Awsare, MD; Geno J. Merli, MD; and Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, MD
Ethnic Differences in Germline Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer, Kathryn Dent and Rebecca J. Jaslow, MD
Functional Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion in Opioid-Tolerant Patients, Max Detweiler; Noah Levy; Dhruv K.C. Goyal; Ariana Reyes; and Alex R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA
Microbial Keratitis After Penetrating and Endothelial Keratoplasty, Nicolas Dohse, Turner D. Wibbelsman, Sara Rapuano, Kristin Hammersmith, Parveen Nagra, Christopher Rapuano, and Zeba A. Syed
Motivational Interviewing for CPAP Adherence, Grayton Downing; Caitlin Green; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Impact of in-house specialty pharmacy on access to novel androgen axis inhibitors in men with advanced prostate cancer, Anna Driscoll; Nathan Handley, MD, MBA; Adam Binder; Siobhan Henry; and W. Kevin Kelly, DO
Manipulation of Genome Integrity Signaling Axes Contributing to Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness, Frank Duan and Veronica Rodriguez-Bravo, PhD
Understanding the Relationship Between Drug Overdose Death Rates and Socioeconomic Factors, William Duan and Dennis J. Hand
The Effects of Total Intravenous Versus Inhalational Anesthesia on Fluid Balance for Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Jaime Eberle-Singh; David Maguire, MD; and Harish Lavu, MD
Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Greater than 90 years of age experience in 26 patients in a Large Tertiary Care Center: Outcome comparison with younger patients, Nicholas Elmer; Ahmad Sweid, MD; Joshua H. Weinberg; Vivian Xu; Kavya Shivashankar; Tyler D. Alexander, MS; Jane Khalife, MD; Michael R. Gooch, MD; Nabeel Herial, MD; Nohra Chalouhi, MD; Pascal Jabbour, MD; Robert H. Rosenwasswer MD; and Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD
Structural Brain Plasticity in Epilepsy Patients Selected for Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Study of Diffusion Tensor Imaging Based Assessment of Tract Alterations, Umma Fatema and Mahdi Alizadeh
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Discharged Directly Home from a Medical Intensive Care Unit, Michele Fiorella, MS; Preeyal M. Patel; Ann Zheng; Lauren McDonnell, MSN, ACNP; Mina Yasuoka, MSN; and Erika J. Yoo, MD
Predictors of Functional Outcomes following Operative Treatment of Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures, Andrew Fisher; Ryan Rogero; Joseph O'Neil, MD; Daniel Fuchs, MD; and Steven Raikin, MD
Determining the Role of Surgery in Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary CNS Lymphoma, Tyler Fox; Michael Baldassari; Lohit Velagapudi; Karim Hafazalla; Christopher J. Farrell, MD; James J. Evans, MD; David W. Andrews, MD; Kevin Judy, MD; and Donald Ye, MD
Does Maternal Methadone Dose Correlate with Severity of Intrauterine Growth Restriction in Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?, D. Friedman, J. Smith, M. Lafferty, and Z. H. Aghai
Characterizing Patch Test Findings in African American ACD Patients, Vaibhav Garg, Bruce Brod, and Anthony Gaspari
The Role of RASSF5 on Cell Growth and Hippo Signaling in Rhabdomyosarcoma, Megan Garver; Lee Helman, MD; and Katrina Slemmons, PhD
Investigation of the Superman Stretch on Posterior Capsule Range of Motion, Brian Gibbs; Christopher M. Aland, MD; and Joshua Hornstein, MD
Primary Care Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening (PCOSA), Alyssa Givens; Risa Goldberg; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Prediction of Neonatal Birthweight associated with Maternal Obesity and Diabetes, Laura Gleason and Rebekah McCurdy, MD, MPH
Identifying the Prevalence of underdiagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in the Primary Care Population via Targeted Screening Measures, Risa Goldberg; Alyssa Givens; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Protocol for Ground Glass Opacity, Elissa Goldman
Improving the Accuracy of DaT Scan Interpretation: a retrospective study to identify variables that standardize the review of DaT scans for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, Hannah Hackbart; Andrew B. Newberg, MD; and Tsao-Wei Liang, MD
Impact of smartphone usage on children’s horizontal fusional amplitudes, Jordan Hamburger; Judith Lavrich, MD; and Kammi Gunton, MD
Renal Mass Ablation in the Octogenarian and Nonagenarian Population, Callum Hamilton; Amanda Smolock, MD; Colette Shaw, MD; and Conor McKee, MD
The Use of Cementless Components Does Not Significantly Increase Procedural Costs in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Samantha Harrer; Michael Yayac, MD; William J. Hozack, MD; Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; and P. Maxwell Courtney, MD
Measuring the Efficacy of Medical Management Versus Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Acute Stroke, Colton Hemphill, Franziska Herpich, Muhammad Athar, and Eunice Lee
Evaluating the Migration Rates in Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Trials, William Hirsch; Nikolaos Mouchtouris, MD; and Ashwini Sharan MD
Is facet joint distraction a cause of postoperative axial neck pain after ACDF surgery?, Nathan Houlihan; Srikanth N. Divi, MD; Dhruv K.C. Goyal; John J. Mangan, MD; Justin D. Stull, MD; Matthew S. Galetta; Jeffrey A. Rihn; Mark F. Kurd, MD; D. Greg Anderson, MD; Alan S. Hilibrand, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA; Christopher K. Kepler, MD, MBA; Gregory D. Schroeder, MD; and Joseph K. Lee, MD
Outcomes in Knot vs Knotless Surgery in Labrum Tears, Zachary Howell and Benjamin Hendy, MD
Spectrum of Renal Biopsy Findings in TRIDENT Cohort, Casey Jackson; Shira Blady; Shatakshee Chatarjee, PhD; Matthew Palmer, MD, PhD; and Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD
Meta-analysis of repair techniques for mixed nerve damage, Grant Jones, Zachary J. Herman, and Asif Ilyas
What is the effect of Iodine Contrast Agents on the Subharmonic Signal Generated from Ultrasound Contrast Agents?, Neal Kalantri, Cara Esposito, and Jaydev Dave
Marked Circadian Variation in Number and Type of Hyperacute Strokes During the 24 Hour Day-Night Cycle, Eeman Khorramian, Sidney Starkman, Nerses Sanossian, David Liebeskind, Gilda Avila, Samuel Stratton, Marc Eckstein, Frank Pratt, Latisha Sharma, Lucas Restrepo, Miguel Valdes-Sueiras, May Kim-Tenser, Pablo Villablanca, Robin Conwit, Scott Hamilton, Jeffrey L. Saver, and FAST-MAG Trial Investigators and Coordinators
Effects of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome on Long-Term Growth Parameters, Ayoung Kim; Anastasiya Latushko, MD; and Zubair H. Aghai, MD
Dual Mobility Bearing Articulations Result in Lower Rates of Dislocation After Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty., Zachary Kozick; William Li; Matthew Sherman; Camilo Restrepo, MD; Eric B. Smith, MD; and P. Maxwell Courtney, MD
Outcomes of Formalized Physical Therapy vs. Self-Directed Home Exercise, Thomas Lee and Daniel Bowles
Down Regulation with Luteal GnRH Agonist Therapy in Euploid Embryo Transfers Does Not Impact Pregnancy Rates, Isabelle Levin; Keri Bergin, MD; Dmitry Gounko; Joseph Lee; and Alan Copperman, MD
Opioid Tolerance Influences Outcomes after Lumbar Fusion in Patients with Degenerative Pathology, Noah Levy, Max Detweiler, Dhruv K.C. Goyal, Ariana Reyes, and Alexander R. Vaccaro
Effects of Rocking on Attention and Arousal, Jonathan Lubeck; Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA; and Rachel L. Dumont, MS, OTS
AIN to Ulnar Motor Nerve Transfer Meta Analysis, Melanie Luikart and Asif M. Ilyas, MD
Effects of Corneal Transplant on Rates of Retinal Detachment, Daniel S. MacKinnon; Zeba A. Syed, MD; Durga Borkar; and Hannah Levin
Statistics of Tumor Micro-environment, Brenton Maisel and Inna Chervoneva
Patient and Renal Outcomes of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder Following Solid Organ Transplantations - A Single Center Experience, Kashka Mallari, Goni Katz-Greenberg, and Maria Martinez Cantarin
The Presence of GC-C in Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by Colorectal Cancer Cells, Alexandre Martinez and Adam E. Snook
In vivo T cell genetic engineering with melanoma-specific TCR and CAR, Toby Mathew and Vitali Alexeev
Nighttime Melatonin Administration and Insulin Sensitivity, Albert McHugh and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Outcomes and Indications for Thoracofemoral Bypass in the Endovascular Age: A case series and Literature Review, Andrea McSweeney and Babak Abai, MD
Ahmed vs Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Device in Uveitic Glaucoma, Zoe McWatters; Sapna Sinha, MD; Allen Ganjei; Marlene Moster, MD; Michael Pro, MD; Elizabeth Dale, MD; Daniel Lee, MD; Jonathan S. Myers, MD; L. J. Katz, MD; Scott Fudemberg, MD; Anand Mantravadi, MD; Natasha Kolomeyer, MD; and Reza Razeghniejad, MD
Middle Fossa Extension of Posterior Fossa Meningiomas is Associated with Poorer Clinical Outcomes, David Morgan; Donald Y. Ye, MD; Michael P. Baldassari; Omaditya Khanna, MD; Aria Mahtabfar, MD; Tyler Henry; Haley Wendt; David W. Andrews, MD; Christopher J. Farrell, MD; James J. Evans, MD; and Kevin D. Judy, MD
Early Perioperative Fluid Benchmarking to Predict Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) Outcomes, David Moskal; Carrie D. Walsh; Sofia Duque; Charles Yeo, MD, FACS; and Harish Lavu, MD, FACS
The Effect of Perceived Physician Opinion on Breastfeeding in Women with Opioid Use Disorder Who Are Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment, Lacey Murray; Meghan Gannon, PhD; and Vanessa Short, PhD, MPH
Static vs. Expandable PEEK Interbody Cages: A Comparison of One-Year Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes for One-Level TLIF, Ryan Nachwalter; Parthik Patel, MD; and Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Assessment of the Composition and Biologic Activity of Platelet Rich Plasma and its Relationship to Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis, Daniel Nemirov, Bijan Dehghani, Habib Zahir, Xiaoning Yuan, Christine Kim, Reyna Bhandhari, Patrick Fava, Yurii Chinenov, Joseph Nguyen, Laura Donlin, Brian Halpern, Scott Rodeo, and Miguel Otero
Cardiac Risk Factors Predicting 30/90 Day Readmission Rates in Lumbar Decompression Surgeries, Blake Nourie, Kevin Xiao, Joseph Bechay, and Dhruv K.C. Goyal
The Use of Wearable Technology in the Detection of Operator Fatigue, James O'Shea and Stanton Miller, MD, MPH
Static v. Expandable TLIF Cage Outcomes, Harrison Pajovich; Ryan Nachwalter; Lohit Velagapudi; Joseph Zarowin; and Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Discharged Directly Home from a Medical Intensive Care Unit, Preeyal M. Patel; Michele Fiorella, MS; Ann Zheng; and Erika J. Yoo, MD
Detecting Different States of Ventilation with a Wearable Device through Minute Ventilation, Yash Patel; Michael Morano; Marc J. Torjman, PhD; InduPriya Eedara, MS; Moeness Amin, PhD; Channy Loeum; and Jeffrey I. Joseph, DO
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Are Associated with Increased Bleeding Related Complications Following Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, Kyle Plusch; John Stammers, MBBS, FRCS; Alexus M. Cooper; Chi Xu, MD; Paul Kitei, MD; Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; and Jess H. Lonner, MD
Conjunctival Melanoma: Features Based on the Fitzpatrick Skin Type (FST) in 540 Patients at a Single Ocular Oncology Center, Sunihidi Ramesh, Antonio Yaghy, Lauren A. Dalvin, Sara E. Lally, Jerry A. Shields, and Carol L. Shields
Amelioration of the neuroinhibitory local environment after ischemic injury through in situ astrocyte-to-neuron conversion, Abhinav K. Rao, Yu-Chen Chen, Ning-Xin Ma, Zi-Fei Pei, Susan Keefe, Emma Yellin, Miranda Chen, Fu-Han Yang, Xiao-Song He, and Gong Chen
Gut Microbiome Analysis in Morphine Exposure and Naltrexone-Induced Withdrawal, Nick Rapp, Sean O'Sullivan, and James Schwaber
Evaluating cardiac anatomy as a predictor for success after pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, Paul Richter, Evan Rochlis, and Ethan Halpern
Development of Vaccine Preferences in Parents of Newborns, Ramon Ruiz and Neera Goyal
Neoangiogenesis and Blood-brain Barrier Dysfunction in Human TSC Brain Lesions, Kimberly Sansalone, Pelin Dilsiz, Howard Weiner, Orrin Devinsky, and Delia M. Talos
The Efficacy and Safety Profile of Netarsudil 0.02% in Glaucoma Treatment: Real-World Outcomes, Eric Shiuey, MS; Melih Ustaoglu, MD; Carina Sanvicente, MD; Reza Razeghinejad, MD; L. Jay Katz, MD; Jonathan Myers, MD; and Daniel Lee, MD
Survivorship, Complications, and Outcomes Following Distal Femoral Replacement Using Megaprosthesis, Keenan Sobol; John Strony; Timothy Tan, MD; and Scot Brown, MD
Conversion Total Knee Arthroplasty Needs Its Own Diagnosis Related Group Facility Reimbursement Code, Jonah Stein; Michael Yayac, MD; Gregory K. Deirmengian, MD; Javad Parvizi, MD; and P. Maxwell Courtney, MD
Retrospective Review of Fluoroscopic Swallowing Studies and Outcomes at an Academic Health Center, Rachel Strock; Priyha Mahesh; Baskaran Sundaram, MD; and Gregory C. Kane, MD
Prevalence of asymptomatic gonorrhea and chlamydia infections among Ryan White HIV population visiting a Center City HIV clinic, Sarah Stuccio, Rakhshanda Akram, and Lisa A. Spacek
Late Complications of Free Flaps in Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction, Swapna Vasudevan and Cory Bovenzi, MD
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Microwave Ablation Prior to Liver Transplantation, Nicole Wagner, Amanda Smolock, Michael Markovitz, Varun Danda, Christopher Neely, Warren Maley, Jesse Civan, and Colette Shaw
Surgical Resection of Convexity Meningiomas: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis, Haley Wendt, Michael Baldassari, Donald Ye, and Kevin Judy
Development of a HERT Trained Interprofessional Student Decontamination Team for Hospital Mass Casualty Response, Ashley Wong, Claire Zurlo, and Edward Jasper
Zero Tolerance – Mitigating the Opioid Epidemic Amongst Minimally Invasive Urologic Patients, Daniella Wong; Thenappan Chandrasekar, MD; and Costas Lallas, MD
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device outflow graft stenting: Indications and outcomes, Chelsey T. Wood, MFA; Elizabeth J. Maynes, MD; Thomas J. O'Malley, MD; Rohinton J. Morris, MD; Louis E. Samuels, MD; H. Todd Massey, MD; and Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Cardiac Risk Factors Predicting 30/90-Day Readmission Rates in Lumbar Decompression Surgeries, Kevin Xiao, Blake Nourie, Joseph Bechay, and Dhruv K.C. Goyal
Phenotype-Genotype Correlations in Patients with Epidermolysis Bullosa with PLEC Mutations, Elizabeth Zhang, Masoomeh Faghankani, Hassan Vahidnezhad, and Jouni Uitto