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Research paper thumbnail of Equilibration of Hemoglobin Concentration after Transfusion in Medical Inpatients Not Actively Bleeding

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1994

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Research paper thumbnail of Positive rK39 Serologic Assay Results in US Servicemen with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008

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Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in American Indians and Alaska Natives

JAMA, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of A Prospective Study of the Incidence of Myocarditis/Pericarditis and New Onset Cardiac Symptoms following Smallpox and Influenza Vaccination

PloS one, 2015

Although myocarditis/pericarditis (MP) has been identified as an adverse event following smallpox... more Although myocarditis/pericarditis (MP) has been identified as an adverse event following smallpox vaccine (SPX), the prospective incidence of this reaction and new onset cardiac symptoms, including possible subclinical injury, has not been prospectively defined. The study's primary objective was to determine the prospective incidence of new onset cardiac symptoms, clinical and possible subclinical MP in temporal association with immunization. New onset cardiac symptoms, clinical MP and cardiac specific troponin T (cTnT) elevations following SPX (above individual baseline values) were measured in a multi-center prospective, active surveillance cohort study of healthy subjects receiving either smallpox vaccine or trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV). New onset chest pain, dyspnea, and/or palpitations occurred in 10.6% of SPX-vaccinees and 2.6% of TIV-vaccinees within 30 days of immunization (relative risk (RR) 4.0, 95% CI: 1.7-9.3). Among the 1081 SPX-vaccinees with complete follow-u...

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Research paper thumbnail of Goblet cell response after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 2016

To determine whether patients without dry eye preoperatively have an altered conjunctival goblet ... more To determine whether patients without dry eye preoperatively have an altered conjunctival goblet cell density and mucin secretion postoperatively and to explore what factors affect changes in goblet cell density and mucin secretion. The former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. Prospective nonrandomized clinical study. Impression cytology was used to determine conjunctival goblet cell density before and 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). The McMonnies questionnaire, Schirmer test, tear breakup time, corneal sensitivity, rose bengal staining, and computerized videokeratoscopy were also performed to assess tear-film and ocular-surface health. The ratio of goblet cell to total cells changed postoperatively from baseline in both groups (P < .001). The most significant change was a median 29% decrease 1 month postoperatively. However, there were no significant differences between groups over...

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Research paper thumbnail of Functional voice outcomes after thyroidectomy: An assessment of the Dsyphonia Severity Index (DSI) after thyroidectomy

Surgery, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Androgen deprivation in men with prostate cancer is associated with an increased rate of bone loss

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 2002

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Research paper thumbnail of Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled, Prospective Randomized Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Paravertebral Block with and Without Continuous Paravertebral Block Analgesia in Outpatient Breast Cancer Surgery

Pain Medicine, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Voice Outcomes after Total Thyroidectomy, Partial Thyroidectomy, or Non-Neck Surgery Using a Prospective Multifactorial Assessment

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Outcomes of 33 patients from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan undergoing bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2011

Object There are no published long-term data for patients with penetrating head injury treated wi... more Object There are no published long-term data for patients with penetrating head injury treated with bilateral supratentorial craniectomy, or supra- and infratentorial craniectomy. The authors report their experience with 33 patients treated with bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy from the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Methods An exploratory analysis of Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) scores at 6 months in 33 patients was performed. Follow-up lasting a median of more than 2 years was performed in 30 (91%) of these patients. The association of GOS score with categorical variables was explored using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test or Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used for ordinal/continuous data. To provide a clinically meaningful format to present GOS scores with categorical variables, patients with GOS scores of 1–3 were categorized as having a poor outcome and those with scores of 4 and 5 as having a good outcome. This analys...

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Research paper thumbnail of The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Determine the Effect of Thiazolidinediones on Retinal Thickness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of The Utility of Serum Thyroglobulin Measurement at the Time of Remnant Ablation for Predicting Disease-Free Status in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis Involving 3947 Patients

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Oral gabapentin for photorefractive keratectomy pain

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels on the day before oocyte retrieval do not correlate with oocyte maturity

Fertility and Sterility, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Fourth-Generation Fluoroquinolones Gatifloxacin and Moxifloxacin on Epithelial Healing Following Photorefractive Keratectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005

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Research paper thumbnail of Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation With Standard Pathologic Evaluation for the Staging of Colon Carcinoma

Annals of Surgery, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of A Randomized Controlled Trial of Local Heat Therapy Versus Intravenous Sodium Stibogluconate for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Comparison of Circumference Body Composition Measurements and Eight-Point Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to Measure Body Fat Percentage

Military medicine, 2017

To compare the circumference measurement (CM) body composition method and 8-point segmental bioel... more To compare the circumference measurement (CM) body composition method and 8-point segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis (DSM-BIA) to dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in military members. The objective was to compare three body composition methods. Our hypothesis was the CM is as accurate as DSM-BIA and DEXA in assessing body fat percentage (%BF). Cross sectional, observational study. Healthy active duty military males and nonpregnant females. Seventy-six participants (mean age 35.0 ± 9.7 years, mean body mass index 28.9 ± 4.7 kg/m(2)), outpatient clinic setting was used. Agreement between DEXA and the other two methods was examined using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) using the two-way random method with absolute agreement. Repeated measures analysis of covariance was used to examine the effect of gender and waist circumference on differences in %BF. The agreement of DSM-BIA with DEXA for females was ICC = 0.93 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.87-0.96) and f...

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Research paper thumbnail of Multimodal Assessment of Body Pain in Orofacial Pain Patients

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), Jan 10, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of A Clinicopathologic Study of Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of Equilibration of Hemoglobin Concentration after Transfusion in Medical Inpatients Not Actively Bleeding

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1994

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Research paper thumbnail of Positive rK39 Serologic Assay Results in US Servicemen with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008

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Research paper thumbnail of Long-term Efficacy of BCG Vaccine in American Indians and Alaska Natives

JAMA, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of A Prospective Study of the Incidence of Myocarditis/Pericarditis and New Onset Cardiac Symptoms following Smallpox and Influenza Vaccination

PloS one, 2015

Although myocarditis/pericarditis (MP) has been identified as an adverse event following smallpox... more Although myocarditis/pericarditis (MP) has been identified as an adverse event following smallpox vaccine (SPX), the prospective incidence of this reaction and new onset cardiac symptoms, including possible subclinical injury, has not been prospectively defined. The study's primary objective was to determine the prospective incidence of new onset cardiac symptoms, clinical and possible subclinical MP in temporal association with immunization. New onset cardiac symptoms, clinical MP and cardiac specific troponin T (cTnT) elevations following SPX (above individual baseline values) were measured in a multi-center prospective, active surveillance cohort study of healthy subjects receiving either smallpox vaccine or trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV). New onset chest pain, dyspnea, and/or palpitations occurred in 10.6% of SPX-vaccinees and 2.6% of TIV-vaccinees within 30 days of immunization (relative risk (RR) 4.0, 95% CI: 1.7-9.3). Among the 1081 SPX-vaccinees with complete follow-u...

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Research paper thumbnail of Goblet cell response after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 2016

To determine whether patients without dry eye preoperatively have an altered conjunctival goblet ... more To determine whether patients without dry eye preoperatively have an altered conjunctival goblet cell density and mucin secretion postoperatively and to explore what factors affect changes in goblet cell density and mucin secretion. The former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. Prospective nonrandomized clinical study. Impression cytology was used to determine conjunctival goblet cell density before and 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) or laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). The McMonnies questionnaire, Schirmer test, tear breakup time, corneal sensitivity, rose bengal staining, and computerized videokeratoscopy were also performed to assess tear-film and ocular-surface health. The ratio of goblet cell to total cells changed postoperatively from baseline in both groups (P < .001). The most significant change was a median 29% decrease 1 month postoperatively. However, there were no significant differences between groups over...

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Research paper thumbnail of Functional voice outcomes after thyroidectomy: An assessment of the Dsyphonia Severity Index (DSI) after thyroidectomy

Surgery, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Androgen deprivation in men with prostate cancer is associated with an increased rate of bone loss

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 2002

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Research paper thumbnail of Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled, Prospective Randomized Trial Evaluating the Efficacy of Paravertebral Block with and Without Continuous Paravertebral Block Analgesia in Outpatient Breast Cancer Surgery

Pain Medicine, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Voice Outcomes after Total Thyroidectomy, Partial Thyroidectomy, or Non-Neck Surgery Using a Prospective Multifactorial Assessment

Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Outcomes of 33 patients from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan undergoing bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2011

Object There are no published long-term data for patients with penetrating head injury treated wi... more Object There are no published long-term data for patients with penetrating head injury treated with bilateral supratentorial craniectomy, or supra- and infratentorial craniectomy. The authors report their experience with 33 patients treated with bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy from the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Methods An exploratory analysis of Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) scores at 6 months in 33 patients was performed. Follow-up lasting a median of more than 2 years was performed in 30 (91%) of these patients. The association of GOS score with categorical variables was explored using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test or Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance. The Spearman correlation coefficient was used for ordinal/continuous data. To provide a clinically meaningful format to present GOS scores with categorical variables, patients with GOS scores of 1–3 were categorized as having a poor outcome and those with scores of 4 and 5 as having a good outcome. This analys...

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Research paper thumbnail of The Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Determine the Effect of Thiazolidinediones on Retinal Thickness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of The Utility of Serum Thyroglobulin Measurement at the Time of Remnant Ablation for Predicting Disease-Free Status in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: A Meta-Analysis Involving 3947 Patients

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of Oral gabapentin for photorefractive keratectomy pain

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels on the day before oocyte retrieval do not correlate with oocyte maturity

Fertility and Sterility, 2013

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Research paper thumbnail of The Effect of Fourth-Generation Fluoroquinolones Gatifloxacin and Moxifloxacin on Epithelial Healing Following Photorefractive Keratectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005

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Research paper thumbnail of Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation With Standard Pathologic Evaluation for the Staging of Colon Carcinoma

Annals of Surgery, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of A Randomized Controlled Trial of Local Heat Therapy Versus Intravenous Sodium Stibogluconate for the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmania major Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Comparison of Circumference Body Composition Measurements and Eight-Point Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to Measure Body Fat Percentage

Military medicine, 2017

To compare the circumference measurement (CM) body composition method and 8-point segmental bioel... more To compare the circumference measurement (CM) body composition method and 8-point segmental bioelectrical impedance analysis (DSM-BIA) to dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in military members. The objective was to compare three body composition methods. Our hypothesis was the CM is as accurate as DSM-BIA and DEXA in assessing body fat percentage (%BF). Cross sectional, observational study. Healthy active duty military males and nonpregnant females. Seventy-six participants (mean age 35.0 ± 9.7 years, mean body mass index 28.9 ± 4.7 kg/m(2)), outpatient clinic setting was used. Agreement between DEXA and the other two methods was examined using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) using the two-way random method with absolute agreement. Repeated measures analysis of covariance was used to examine the effect of gender and waist circumference on differences in %BF. The agreement of DSM-BIA with DEXA for females was ICC = 0.93 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.87-0.96) and f...

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Research paper thumbnail of Multimodal Assessment of Body Pain in Orofacial Pain Patients

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), Jan 10, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of A Clinicopathologic Study of Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013

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