11 results match your criteria: "New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital[Affiliation]"

Background: Pain is the most prevalent symptom in cancer patients. To improve pain care, World Health Organization (WHO) Pain ladder was introduced in 1986 as a template for choosing pain medications in oncological settings. Since then, advancements in oncological treatments have improved the survival of cancer patients, requiring prolonged analgesia in various treatment stages.

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The national partnership for maternal safety.

Obstet Gynecol

October 2014

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey The Tara Hansen Foundation, Freehold, New Jersey.

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Background: Although the perineal approach in the surgical management of rectal prolapse has a higher recurrence, it is the accepted approach for higher-risk patients because of its lower morbidity.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine outcomes of abdominal versus perineal approaches to rectal prolapse repair. DESIGN SETTINGS: A retrospective study was performed comparing outcomes of patients undergoing different types of surgical approaches (open abdominal, laparoscopic, perineal) for rectal prolapse.

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Objective: To determine the timing of screening for postpartum depression that optimizes access to psychiatric care.

Methods: Cross-sectional evaluation of women receiving obstetric care in a community-based medical center clinic from March to July 2006, who were screened for depression at 36 weeks gestation, delivery, and 6 weeks postpartum using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Positive screens generated referrals for psychiatric evaluation.

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Warfarin necrosis.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil

April 2009

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Medical School, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey 08818, USA.

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Background: The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is a well-validated screening tool for the detection of patients at risk for postpartum depression. It was postulated that screening utilizing the EPDS in a directed interview would increase the detection rate compared with a self-completed EPDS in an indigent population.

Objective: To compare the results of a self-completed EPDS with those of a directed interview utilizing the EPDS in the identification of patients at increased risk for postpartum depression.

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Tuberculosis of the spine: experience in an inner city hospital.

J Clin Rheumatol

February 2005

Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, PO Box 19, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0019, USA.

Background: It is estimated that 10 to 15 million people are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the United States. Spinal involvement is said to occur in less than 1%.

Methods: A review of the clinic records of all patients having a diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis at the New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center from January 1994 to January 1999 was done.

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Intracellular metabolism of methotrexate (MTX) to MTX-polyglutamates (MTXPG) is one determinant of cytotoxicity. Steady-state accumulation of MTXPG seems to depend on the activity of two enzymes: folylpolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS), which adds glutamate residues, and gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH), which removes them. Overexpression of GGH would be expected to decrease intracellular MTXPG, thereby increasing efflux of MTX and decreasing cytotoxicity.

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Thirty-five consecutive anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions were performed in an ambulatory surgical unit using a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Patients were evaluated postoperatively to determine the amount of pain medication used, the readmission rate, postoperative complications, and cost. Outpatient ACL reconstruction led to a savings of $4700 compared with the cost of performing the same procedure in a hospital operating room with an overnight admission.

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