Publications by authors named "Marilly S Palettas"
Background: Despite the increasing prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnant women, there are limited studies on their anesthesia care and analgesic outcomes after cesarean delivery (CD).
Methods: Patients with OUD on either buprenorphine or methadone maintenance therapy who underwent CD at our institution from 2011 to 2018 were identified. Anesthetic details and analgesic outcomes, including daily opioid consumption and pain scores, were compared between patients maintained on buprenorphine and methadone.
Objective: To report and compare presentation and management of Fournier's Gangrene (FG) in female vs male patients at a single tertiary care center.
Methods: Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, treatments and outcomes were summarized and compared between males and females who were treated for FG from 2011 to 2018 at a single institution.
Results: Of the 143 patients treated for FG at our institution, 33 (23%) were female.
Reducing fluoroscopy time (FT) during percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is an opportunity for stewardship of ionizing radiation in stone patients. We present our initial results of a radiation reduction protocol (RRP) used during PCNL with fluoroscopy-guided access by the urologist. Retrospective chart review of all PCNL cases performed between January and October 2017, divided in two groups: pre-RRP (group 1) and post-RRP (group 2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Electrophysiological measurements are used in longitudinal clinical studies to provide insight into the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and the relationship between muscle weakness and motor unit (MU) degeneration. Here, we used a similar longitudinal approach in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1[G93A]) mouse model of ALS.
Methods: In vivo muscle contractility and MU connectivity assays were assessed longitudinally in SOD1(G93A) and wild type mice from postnatal days 35 to 119.