BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that implementing a quality care initiative, including peri-
incisional antibiotic administration, tight blood glucose control, and hair removal with …

BACKGROUND: Night floats have evolved in the era of limited resident work hours. This
study was designed to define the effect of restricted nighttime duty hours on the psychomotor …

Decreases in endothelial nitric oxide synthase derived nitric oxide (NO) production during
liver transplantation promotes injury. We hypothesized that preemptive inhaled NO (iNO) …

Objectives Ureteral stents are used in kidney transplantation (KTX) to decrease post‐
operative complications, but they are associated with BK polyomavirus viremia (BKV). Our …

Background and objectives Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks are associated with
an improvement in postoperative analgesia following kidney transplant surgery. However …

Background To gain additional insight into the impact of fatigue on surgery resident
proficiency, we set out to quantify its impact on behavioral and neurophysiologic measures …

A previously healthy 30-year-old man with a symptomatic varicocele underwent gonadal
vein embolization using nickel vascular plugs. He developed a painful hypersensitivity to his …

In this study, we show that rodent albumin is expressed by and cell surface localized on at
least some murine tumor cells. We have been able to purify this tumor-expressed albumin …

Reduced length of hospitalization and associated healthcare costs using an enhanced recovery
pathway after kidney transplant surgery Reduced length of hospitalization and associated …

Conclusion: MELD was a relatively good predictor of short-term posttransplant survival;
however the incorporation of Na, ascites or age into MELD did not increase its predictive …