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The term vasoplegia describes hypotension refractory to vasopressor therapy, a common finding related to cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. High doses of vasoactive agents are associated with adverse effects such as peripheral and mesenteric ischemia. Databases were systematically searched for literature on methylene blue as an adjunct therapy to treat vasoplegia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvolving Technologies for Tissue Cutting.
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am
November 2019
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 7500 Cambridge Street, Suite 6100, Houston, TX 77054, USA.
This article reviews evolving and lesser known technologies for tissue cutting and their application in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommentary: Blunt rupture of two cardiac chambers following a motor vehicle collision.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
September 2019
From the Michael DeBakey Department of Surgery, (M.J.W.Jr), Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX.
Mitral valve velocity time integral and passive leg raise as a measure of volume responsiveness.
Crit Ultrasound J
December 2018
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 1400 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, USA.
Background: Fluid responsiveness is an important topic for clinicians. Aggressive hydration has been shown to lead to worse outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of mitral valve (MV) velocity time integral (VTI) as a non-invasive marker of volume responsiveness.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrected carotid flow time and passive leg raise as a measure of volume status.
Am J Emerg Med
August 2019
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America.
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of corrected carotid flow time (FTc) with passive leg raise (PLR) as a non-invasive marker of volume status in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.
Methods: Prospective observational study of ESRD patients presenting to the Emergency department requiring hemodialysis. The common carotid artery was evaluated in long axis.
Bedside Echocardiography and Passive Leg Raise as a Measure of Volume Responsiveness in the Emergency Department.
J Ultrasound Med
May 2019
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the value of bedside echocardiography with a passive leg raise as a noninvasive marker of volume responsiveness.
Methods: This work was a prospective observational study of patients with end-stage renal disease presenting to the emergency department. The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) velocity time integral (VTI) was obtained.
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation After Diphenhydramine Ingestion.
J Med Toxicol
September 2018
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, 6651 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Introduction: Diphenhydramine is a widely used first-generation histamine (H) antagonist that can be obtained without prescription in many countries. Massive ingestions can result in severe toxicity and even death. We describe a case of diphenhydramine overdose leading to cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cannulation for refractory ventricular fibrillation, a process we refer to as extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTime to stroke: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study of blunt cerebrovascular injuries.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2018
From the Department of Surgery (C.C.B., J.J.S., C.D.B., M.J.C.), Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado; Department of Surgery (M.K.M., J.M.), McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Surgery (J.P.S., M.A.C.), University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Surgery (M.B., J.K.), Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Department of Surgery (M.B., J.K.), Assia Medical Group/Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Surgery (M.C.S., P.R.B.), Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Surgery (S.J., D.J.H.), Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Utah; Department of Surgery (L.H., D.M.S.), R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Surgery (R.C., C.W.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Surgery (J.S., V.A.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Surgery (J.D.), University of Colorado Health North Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado; Department of Surgery (J.P.V., C.V.R.B.), Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Department of Surgery (A.C., T.L.Z.), Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Department of Surgery (R.C., A.E.B.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Surgery (T.Z.M., A.K.M.), University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont; Department of Surgery (J.P.H., K.L.), Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey; Department of Surgery (M.W.), North Memorial Health, Robbinsdale, Minnesota; Department of Surgery (H.B.A., A.M.W.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Surgery (J.K., K.I.), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Surgery (S.M., Y.M.C.), Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Surgery (H.L.W., B.C.), Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia; Department of Surgery (C.G.D.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Surgery (S.S., J.L.H.), Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Surgery (D.C.C.), Marshfield Clinic, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery (M.D.Z., M.D.R.-Z.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Department of Surgery (B.C.M.), Grady Memorial Hospital, Chickasha Oklahoma; Department of Surgery (E.J.R., P.U.), WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina; Department of Surgery (C.R., E.T.), East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina; Department of Surgery (S.G., T.J.), George Washington University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; Department of Surgery (J.M.H., K.L.L.), Via Christi Hospital, Wichita, Kansas; Department of Surgery (N.K., B.C.), Banner-University of Arizona Tucson, Tucson, Arizona; Department of Surgery (A.F.K., S.R.T.), Baylor College of Medicine/Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Surgery (B.Z.), Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Surgery (C.J.W., K.J.K.), Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery (T.N., S.B.Z.E.), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Surgery (K.A.P., C.E.D.), Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California; Department of Surgery (K.K., F.B.), John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (T.S.D., J.M.G.), and University of California, Davis, Davis, California.
Background: Screening for blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs) in asymptomatic high-risk patients has become routine. To date, the length of this asymptomatic period has not been defined. Determining the time to stroke could impact therapy including earlier initiation of antithrombotics in multiply injured patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGetting it RITE: Impact of a Dedicated Hospital Medicine Curriculum for Residents.
South Med J
January 2018
From the Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas, and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medical Care Line, Houston, Texas.
Objective: The goal of this study was to improve resident confidence in inpatient care and knowledge in hospital medicine topics with a newly developed rotation and curriculum called the Resident Inpatient Training Experience.
Methods: This study was a prospective observational study completed by postgraduate year-2 (PGY-2) internal medicine residents in two affiliated hospitals. Forty-six PGY-2 residents each rotated on the Resident Inpatient Training Experience service for 1 month and completed a pre- and postrotation confidential online survey.
Pulmonary vascular obstruction by squamous cells is not involved in amniotic fluid embolism.
Am J Obstet Gynecol
April 2018
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub Hospital, 6651 Main Street, Suite F1096, Houston, TX 77030. Electronic address:
Derivation of a Three Biomarker Panel to Improve Diagnosis in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
Front Neurol
November 2017
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Background: Nearly 5 million emergency department (ED) visits for head injury occur each year in the United States, of which <10% of patients show abnormal computed tomography (CT) findings. CT negative patients frequently suffer protracted somatic, behavioral, and neurocognitive dysfunction. Our goal was to evaluate biomarkers to identify mild TBI (mTBI) in patients with suspected head injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlacenta previa without morbidly adherent placenta: comparison of characteristics and outcomes between planned and emergent deliveries in a tertiary center.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
March 2019
a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston , TX , USA.
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare patient outcomes between planned and emergent cesarean deliveries for placenta previa without morbidly adherent placenta.
Study Design: All patients with confirmed, persistent placenta previa (without morbidly adherent placentation) who underwent the surgery between January 2010 and April 2016 were included in this retrospective study. Primary outcome was composite maternal morbidity defined as the presence of at least one of the followings: death, red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, hysterectomy, reoperation, hospital stay >7 d, ureteral injury, bowel injury, or cystotomy.
Behavioral Emergencies: Special Considerations in the Pregnant Patient.
Psychiatr Clin North Am
September 2017
Menninger Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Menninger Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby Drive, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77098, USA; Mood Disorder Research Program at BT, Community Behavioral Health Program, Psychotherapy Services, Neuropsychiatric Center, Ben Taub Hospital, HHS, Room 2.125, 1502 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
This article describes psychiatric emergencies in pregnant women. The perinatal period is a time of psychiatric vulnerability. Up to 1 in 6 pregnant women experience major depressive disorder, and 1 in 4 pregnant women with bipolar disorder experience mood exacerbation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContemporary management of subclavian and axillary artery injuries-A Western Trauma Association multicenter review.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
December 2017
From the Department of General Surgery, Gundersen Health System (C.J.W., T.H.C.), Department of Medical Research, Gundersen Medical Foundation (K.J.K., L.D.R.), La Crosse, WI; Division of General Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Ben Taub Hospital (J.M.C., S.R.T.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Critical Care Medical College of Wisconsin (K.J.C., M.A.B.), Milwaukee, WI; Division of General Surgery and Trauma, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (J.L.S., V.P.A.), Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina (E.A.E., S.M.L.), Charleston, SC; Division of Acute Care Surgical Services, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (R.J.A.), Richmond, VA; Department of Surgery, Cooper University Hospital (M.P., L.C-W.), Camden, NJ; Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center (C.C.B., C.J.F.), Denver, CO; Department of Surgery, Marshfield Clinic (D.C.C., J.C.R.), Marshfield, WI; Trauma Services, Wesley Medical Center (P.B.H., G.M.B.), Wichita, KS; and Department of Trauma Services, Via Christi Hospital on Saint Francis (J.M.H., K.L.), Wichita, KS.
Background: Subclavian and axillary artery injuries are uncommon. In addition to many open vascular repairs, endovascular techniques are used for definitive repair or vascular control of these anatomically challenging injuries. The aim of this study was to determine the relative roles of endovascular and open techniques in the management of subclavian and axillary artery injuries comparing hospital outcomes, and long-term limb viability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcuity, treatment times, and patient experience in Freestanding Emergency Departments affiliated with academic institutions.
Am J Emerg Med
January 2018
Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, 1 Akron General Ave, Akron, OH 44307, USA. Electronic address:
Interpretation of positive troponin results among patients with and without myocardial infarction.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
January 2017
Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Dallas, Texas (Tecson, McCullough); Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas (Tecson); Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas (Tecson, Schussler, McCullough); Department of Clinical Affairs, Alere Inc., San Diego, California (Arnold); Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Barrett); New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (Birkhahn); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California San Diego Health, La Jolla, California (Daniels); Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia (DeFilippi); Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (Headden); Baylor University Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas (Peacock); International Heart Institute of Montana, Missoula, Montana (Reed); Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York (Singer); Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (Schussler, McCullough); Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas (Schussler, McCullough); Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Smith); Emergency Department, Christchurch Hospital, and University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand (Than); and The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Plano, Texas (McCullough).
Measuring cardiac troponins is integral to diagnosing acute myocardial infarction (AMI); however, troponins may be elevated without AMI, and the use of multiple different assays confounds comparisons. We considered characteristics and serial troponin values in emergency department chest pain patients with and without AMI to interpret troponin excursions. We compared serial troponin in 124 AMI and non-AMI patients from the observational Performance of Triage Cardiac Markers in the Clinical Setting (PEARL) study who presented with chest pain and had at least one troponin value exceeding the 99th percentile of normal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGunshot wound to the chest with retained projectile in intraventricular septum.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2017
From the Departments of Trauma and Burn (J.N., J.R.Y., M.K., F.B.) and Cardiothoracic Surgery (D.S.), John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; and Michael DeBakey Department of Surgery (M.J.W.), Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Critical Care Management of the Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury.
Semin Neurol
December 2016
Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, Texas.
The critical care management of patients with traumatic brain injury is complex. The primary goal is to minimize the effects of secondary injury that would otherwise serve to further worsen neurologic function. This requires an understanding of the abnormal brain physiology that is found in these patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPosition statement of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Report, A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2016
From the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois (D.H.J., R.M.S.); New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (R.J.W.); University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California (R.C.); University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (M.F.R.); Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (E.M.B.); Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (A.B.N.); Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (P.M.R.); R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland (S.M.H., R.A.K.); Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia (L.J.W.); Hospital Universitario Mayor-Mederi, Bogota, Colombia (M.F.J.); Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (M.C.); Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (M.C.C.); and American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois (J.D., M.L.N., J.R., J.C., D.B.H.).
Emergency management of severe hyperkalemia: Guideline for best practice and opportunities for the future.
Pharmacol Res
November 2016
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Unit, St. Louis Hospital, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, UMR-S942, Inserm, France and F-CRIN INI-CRCT Nancy, and GREAT network, Paris, France.
Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder, especially in chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, or heart failure. Hyperkalemia can lead to potentially fatal cardiac dysrhythmias, and it is associated with increased mortality. Determining whether emergency therapy is warranted is largely based on subjective clinical judgment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffervescent N-Acetylcysteine Tablets versus Oral Solution N-Acetylcysteine in Fasting Healthy Adults: An Open-Label, Randomized, Single-Dose, Crossover, Relative Bioavailability Study.
Curr Ther Res Clin Exp
September 2016
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Background: Oral solution N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is an antidote for acetaminophen overdose, but its unpleasant taste and aroma can impede delivery even after the coadministration of antiemetic medications. Flavored effervescent NAC tablets dissolved in water might be a more palatable formulation than oral solution NAC diluted with soft drink.
Objectives: To evaluate the relative bioavailability of these 2 formulations and assess subjective preferences between them.
The Prevalence and Determinants of Controlled Substance Discrepancies in a Level I Trauma Hospital.
Am Health Drug Benefits
May 2016
Pharmacy Operations Manager, Department of In-Patient Pharmacy, Ben Taub Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston.
Background: Healthcare institutions are often faced with challenges and accreditation requirements for improving treatment quality, reducing waste, and avoiding diversion of drugs, particularly controlled substances. Many automated systems have replaced manual systems but may be fraught with challenges, especially when multiple users are involved.
Objective: To describe the characteristics of controlled substance discrepancies observed in a Level I trauma hospital for Medicare.