406 results match your criteria: "Erie County Medical Center.[Affiliation]"
J Med Internet Res
December 2024
Department of Biomedical Informatics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States.
Background: As of 2021, at least 4 out of every 5 hospitals offered patients access to clinical notes via a web-based patient portal, a number that is expected to grow because of the 21st Century Cures Act. There is limited data on how open note use may have evolved over time or which types of clinical interactions were viewed most in the outpatient setting.
Objective: This study aims to analyze trends in outpatient open note access over time; characterize usage in terms of age, sex, and clinical interaction type; and assess the method of access to help uncover areas of improvement in patient engagement and identify further areas of research.
Pain serves as a vital innate defense mechanism that can significantly impact an individual's quality of life. Understanding the physiological effects of pain well plays an important role in developing novel pain treatments. Nociceptor neurons play a key role in pain and inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2024
From the Department of Surgery (J.C.L., W.A.G.), Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Division of Health Services Policy and Practice, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (J.C.L.), School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo; and Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.C.L., W.A.G.), Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York.
The diagnosis, pharmacologic management, and surgical options for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) are rapidly evolving, which presents a challenge for the busy surgeon to remain up to date on the latest clinical guidelines. This review provides an evidence-based practical guide for CDI management tailored to the needs of surgeons and surgical intensivists. Historically, the diagnosis of CDI relied on slow cell culture cytotoxicity neutralization assays, but now, the rapidly resulting nucleic acid amplification tests and enzyme immunoassays have become mainstream.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Commun
October 2024
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo.
This essay reviews an arts-based project based in Buffalo, New York, seeking to educate patients with kidney failure and their social network about the transplantation process. Through a multi-phase arts-based research project, informed by a community-based steering committee and key stakeholders, 33 educational animated videos were developed and tested for efficacy in samples of diverse patients at a regional transplant center. Animation was chosen for its potential to better explain health concepts more sensibly to patients and support knowledge dissemination to their social network, who may donate a kidney or support a recipient or donor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplantation
August 2024
Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc, Northbrook, IL.
Cureus
June 2024
Iowa Spine Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Animal Research Surgicenter, Iowa City, USA.
Introduction Triggering the immune system via antigenic stimulation at the time of spinal fusion surgery may enhance bone morphogenesis and result in successful bony arthrodesis. We sought to demonstrate that bone morphogenesis could be enhanced via antigenic immunologic stimulation of a surgical fusion site. Methods New Zealand white rabbits underwent non-instrumented posterolateral fusion of L5-6 with implantation of either an immunologically activated graft (inert beta-tricalcium phosphate) or harvested autograft.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Surg Res
September 2024
Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:
Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) has been shown to exert protective effects in multiple organs following ischemic injury, including the lung. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of CO administration during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) on lung grafts exposed to prolonged cold ischemia.
Methods: Ten porcine lungs were subjected to 18 h of cold ischemia followed by 6 h of EVLP.
J Surg Res
September 2024
Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address:
Introduction: The arbitrary geriatric age cutoff of 65 may not accurately define older adults at higher risk of mortality following massive transfusion (MT). We sought to redefine a new geriatric age threshold for MT and understand its association with outcomes.
Material And Methods: The 2013-2018 Trauma Quality Improvement Program database was queried for all adults who received ≥10 units of packed red blood cells (pRBCs) within 24 h of admission.
Pediatr Transplant
June 2024
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA.
Background: We hypothesized that alemtuzumab use is safe in pediatric kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with equivalent long-term outcomes compared to other induction agents.
Methods: Using pediatric kidney transplant recipient data in the UNOS database between January 1, 2000, and June 30, 2022, multivariate logistic regression, multivariable Cox regression, and survival analyses were utilized to estimate the likelihoods of 1st-year and all-time hospitalizations, acute rejection, CMV infection, delayed graft function (DGF), graft loss, and patient mortality among recipients of three common induction regimens (ATG, alemtuzumab, and basiliximab).
Results: There were no differences in acute rejection or graft failure among induction or maintenance regimens.
HPB (Oxford)
August 2024
Department of Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY, 14215, USA. Electronic address:
Background: There is a lack of data on the impact of donor liver function tests (LFTs) on pancreas transplantation outcomes. Understanding their contribution could expand the donor pool.
Methods: Using the UNOS database, data from January 2010-2022 was retrospectively analyzed.
Spec Care Dentist
September 2024
Division of Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Department of Dentistry, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is an epidemic currently affecting 80 million people in the United States. The HPV virus can be passed from one person to another via sexual intercourse, oral sex, open mouth kissing and skin-to-skin contact. In some cases, the infection is not eliminated by the immune system and can cause cancer of the head and neck, cervix, anus, and genitals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Oncol
March 2024
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY, United States.
J Surg Res
June 2024
Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York; Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. Electronic address:
Introduction: Survival following emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) for patients in extremis is poor. Whether intervention in the operating room instead of EDT in select patients could lead to improved outcomes is unknown. We hypothesized that patients who underwent intervention in the operating room would have improved outcomes compared to those who underwent EDT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplantation is a field with unique medical and administrative challenges that involve an equally diverse array of stakeholders. Expectantly, the litigation stemming from this field should be similarly nuanced. There is a paucity of comprehensive reviews characterizing this medicolegal landscape.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProg Transplant
June 2024
Transplant and Kidney Care Regional Center of Excellence, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Lay caregivers provide essential support to patients throughout the kidney transplant process, pretransplant through discharge. Sparse data exists about kidney transplant caregiver experience and facilitators of caregiver engagement. The aim of this study was to explore and describe lay caregivers' accounts of supporting a patient before and early after kidney transplantation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplantation
June 2024
Division of Transplant Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY.
Ann Transplant
January 2024
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, USA.
BACKGROUND Fear of kidney transplant complications and incomplete information can lower transplant acceptance and preparedness. Our group developed 2 patient-centered educational animated videos on common kidney transplant complications to complement a previously developed video-based curriculum intended to promote kidney transplant access. MATERIAL AND METHODS We preliminarily evaluated the 2 animated educational videos at a single center using mixed methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplantation
February 2024
Department of Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY.
Clin Transplant
January 2024
Department of Medicine, Albany Medical Center, New York, USA.
Introduction: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) can cause end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). This study assesses the impact of induction and maintenance immunosuppression on IgAN recurrence, graft survival, and mortality in living and deceased donor kidney transplants (LDKT and DDKT).
Methods: Retrospective analysis of the UNOS database in adults with ESKD secondary to IgAN who received kidney transplants between January 2000 and June 30, 2022.
Clin Transplant
January 2024
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Background: We previously developed web-based education to be used by patients prior to kidney transplant (KTX) evaluation. The current feasibility study evaluated patients' intervention uptake and barriers, and staff experiences of the clinic-wide implementation in preparation for a definitive comparative effectiveness trial.
Methods: Web links and login instructions to view 17 educational videos designed to promote KTX access were delivered via email or text to adults referred to a single transplant center between 10/2020 and 3/2021.
Hum Genomics
August 2023
Section of Computational Biomedicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, 75 E. Newton St. E609, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Head and neck cancers are a complex malignancy comprising multiple anatomical sites, with cancer of the oral cavity ranking among the deadliest and the most disfiguring cancers globally. Oral cancer (OC) constitutes a subset of head and neck cancer cases, presenting primarily as tobacco- and alcohol-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), with a 5-year survival rate of ~ 65%, partly due to the lack of early detection and effective treatments. OSCC arises from premalignant lesions (PMLs) in the oral cavity through a multi-step series of clinical and histopathological stages, including varying degrees of epithelial dysplasia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrit Care Res Pract
July 2023
University of Las Vegas Nevada School of Medicine, 1707 W. Charleston Blvd Suite, 230 Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA.
Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of supine vs. nonsupine positions during intubation.
Methods: Based on the literature from inception to October 2020, 13 studies with nonemergent intubation in supine and nonsupine positions were chosen using PRISMA and MOOSE protocols.
Pharmacotherapy
October 2023
School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Study Objective: The objective was to compare tacrolimus AUC determined by Non-Compartmental Analysis (NCA) using intensive sampling to Maximum a Posteriori-Bayesian (MAP-Bayesian) estimates from robust (n = 9 samples/subject) and sparse (n = 2 samples/subject) sampling in 67 stable KTRs and a validation group of similar patients.
Design: This open-label, prospective, single center 12-h PK study included nine serial samples collected in KTRs to determine steady-state NCA tacrolimus AUC .
Setting: This study was conducted at a single site within a large, urban hospital in the western New York area.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
June 2023
Department of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, N.Y.
Unlabelled: Financial stress and lack of financial well-being are significant contributors to physician burnout. Many trainees believe little can contribute to developing financial freedom during their training years. However, residency is a pivotal moment in a young attending's life; strategic financial steps taken during this time can lead to a path of financial freedom and well-being for years to come.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCureus
April 2023
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, USA.
Carcinoma cuniculatum is an extremely rare and often indolent cancer that can mimic a benign process, such as osteomyelitis or odontogenic infections. This results in a definitive diagnosis that is delayed. To complicate the evaluation of this uncommon neoplasm, biopsies are often misinterpreted secondary to an incorrectly obtained tissue sample.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF