6 results match your criteria: "St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx[Affiliation]"
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
December 2022
Department of Emergency Medicine St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx New York USA.
Front Med (Lausanne)
April 2020
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, Bronx, NY, United States.
Austrian syndrome consists of a triad of endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia caused by . With the arrival of many antibiotic therapies, the disease remains rare, however, it can be overlooked due to the lack of awareness. We present a case of Austrian syndrome in an immunocompromised patient complicated by multiorgan failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Medical malpractice litigation is a prevalent challenge for emergency physicians, but there is a dearth of dedicated training in residency programs on this subject. As a result, when emergency physicians become the subject of a medical malpractice action they often find themselves ill-equipped to successfully navigate the process.
Objectives: We sought to create an in-depth medical malpractice simulation encompassing all key aspects of medical practice litigation.
Front Med (Lausanne)
November 2015
Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH , USA.
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is defined as an acquired thrombocytopenia with antibodies detected against platelet surface antigens, and it is the most common form of thrombocytopenia in otherwise asymptomatic adults. ITP secondary to an underlying condition is a diagnosis of exclusion that is essential to establish for treatment efficacy. Secondary thrombocytopenia caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) is common; however, case reports associated with diagnosis in immunocompetent adults are rare, and to the best of our knowledge only 20 publications have been associated with this diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma
May 2007
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, and St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY, USA.
Background: Recent studies suggest racial disparities in the treatment and outcomes of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study aims to identify race-based clinical and functional outcome differences among pediatric TBI patients in a national database.
Methods: A total of 41,122 patients (ages 2-16 years) who were included in the National Pediatric Trauma Registry (from 1996-2001) were studied.