Publications by authors named "Richard Sekerak"
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- Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing ultra-low contrast percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) show minimal changes in kidney function post-procedure and have favorable one-year outcomes.
- A study analyzed 100 CKD patients who received less than 30 mL of contrast during PCI, finding no significant difference in eGFR after the procedure and a low requirement for renal replacement therapy (RRT).
- The research concludes that ultra-low contrast PCI is a safe option for advanced CKD patients, potentially preserving renal function and facilitating future kidney transplants.
Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether race, specifically American white and American black, correlates with the ratio of cancellous to total bone at the iliac crest.
Summary Of Background Data: Studies have demonstrated higher proximal femur bone density in American blacks than American whites.
Study Design: Cross-sectional observational cohort study.
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with the development of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction following lumbosacral fusion.
Summary Of Background Data: Adjacent segment degeneration to both proximal and distal areas of spinal fusion is a postoperative complication of lumbar fusion.
Recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated that common cardiovascular risk factors are strongly associated with adverse outcomes in COVID-19. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) and epicardial fat (EAT) have shown to outperform traditional risk factors in predicting cardiovascular events in the general population. We aim to determine if CAC and EAT determined by Computed Tomographic (CT) scanning can predict all-cause mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19 disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Spinal anesthesia (SA) has been shown in several studies to be a viable alternative to general anesthesia (GA) in laminectomies, discectomies, and microdiscectomies. However, the use of SA in spinal fusion surgery has been very scarcely documented in the current literature. Here we present a comparison of SA to GA in lumbar fusion surgery in terms of perioperative outcomes and cost.
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