Publications by authors named "Elizabeth Zipprer"
Aim: To study the effect of real time continuous glucose monitor (RT-CGM) use on glycemic parameters in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in real world practice.
Methods: We retrospectively studied 91 adult subjects with DM who had been using Dexcom™ RT-CGM. Two consecutive hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), both prior to and after at least 3 months of RT-CGM initiation, were collected.
Background: Insurance status has been associated with disparities in stage at cancer diagnosis. We examined how Medicaid expansion (ME) impacted diagnoses, surgical treatment, use of neoadjuvant therapies (NCRT), and outcomes for Stage II and III rectal cancer.
Study Design: We used 2010-2017 American College of Surgeons National Cancer Database (NCDB) to identify patients ages 18-65, with Medicaid as primary form of payment, and were diagnosed with Stage II or III rectal cancer.
Background: To facilitate development within erythrocytes, malaria parasites increase their host cell uptake of diverse solutes including Ca++. The mechanism and molecular basis of increased Ca++ permeability remains less well studied than that of other solutes.
Methods: Based on an appropriate Ca++ affinity and its greater brightness than related fluorophores, Fluo-8 was selected and used to develop a robust fluorescence-based assay for Ca++ uptake by human erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum.