North America

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Death and taxes": a contrary view. 
  • A National Emergency Airway Registry for children: landscape of tracheal intubation in 15 PICUs. 
  • A North American multilaboratory study of CD4 counts using flow cytometric panLeukogating (PLG): a NIAID-DAIDS Immunology Quality Assessment Program Study. 
  • A comprehensive mutation analysis of RP2 and RPGR in a North American cohort of families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. 
  • A continental view of pine-associated ectomycorrhizal fungal spore banks: a quiescent functional guild with a strong biogeographic pattern. 
  • A framework phylogeny of the American oak clade based on sequenced RAD data. 
  • A linear models application of competing risks to multiple causes of death. 
  • A retrospective, multinational, multicenter study on the natural history of infantile-onset Pompe disease. 
  • A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships. 
  • AKI in Children Hospitalized with Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • Adult-onset primary open angle glaucoma does not localize to chromosome 2cen-q13 in North American families. 
  • Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. A multicenter North American registry. 
  • Alkaloids of American species of Erythrina. 
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for primary immune deficiency diseases: current status and critical needs. 
  • Alteration of human sperm kinematics in cervical mucus due to nonoxynol-9. 
  • Alternative calculations of individual patient time in therapeutic range while taking warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Alternative models for the heterogeneity of mortality risks among the aged. 
  • Arrival by ambulance in acute heart failure: insights into the mode of presentation from Acute Studies of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Assessing follow-up care after prostate-specific antigen elevation in American Indian / Alaska Native Men: a partnership approach. 
  • Assessment of echocardiography and biomarkers for the extended prediction of cardiotoxicity in patients treated with anthracyclines, taxanes, and trastuzumab. 
  • Associated symptoms in the ten days before diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Audit, quality control, and performance in thoracic surgery: a North American perspective. 
  • Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release. 
  • Blood Pressure and Arterial Load After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis. 
  • Breast Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors Without a History of Chest Radiotherapy: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • CAD-RADS™: Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System: An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology. 
  • Cataract Surgery in Children from Birth to Less than 13 Years of Age: Baseline Characteristics of the Cohort. 
  • Childhood cancer survivorship educational resources in North American pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship training programs: a survey study. 
  • Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. 
  • Clinical use of oral contraceptives administered vaginally: a case report. 
  • Comparison of current and past surgical smoke control practices. 
  • Comparison of outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation without chemotherapy conditioning by using matched sibling and unrelated donors for treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency. 
  • Comprehensive desmosome mutation analysis in north americans with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. 
  • Conceiving parenthood : American Protestantism and the spirit of reproduction: American Protestantism and the spirit of reproductionConceiving parenthood: American Protestantism and the spirit of reproductionConceiving parenthood: American Protestantism and the spirit of reproduction 
  • Contemporary Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Patients With Heterotaxy Syndrome. 
  • Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America. 
  • Continental-level population differentiation and environmental adaptation in the mushroom Suillus brevipes. 
  • Current outcomes for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis surgery in North America. 
  • Current outcomes of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America. 
  • Cycle control with triphasic norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol, a new oral contraceptive agent. 
  • Cytologic features of adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified, in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Daily rifapentine for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A randomized, dose-ranging trial. 
  • Defining long-term outcomes with living donor liver transplantation in North America. 
  • Delineation of the critical interval of Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1 (BBS1) to a small region of 11q13, through linkage and haplotype analysis of 91 pedigrees. 
  • Diabetes mellitus increases short-term mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Dialysis access infections. 
  • Differences in baseline characteristics and outcomes at 1- and 2-year follow-up of cancer survivors accrued via self-referral versus cancer registry in the FRESH START Diet and exercise trial. 
  • Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots? 
  • Does weight loss from middle age to old age explain the inverse weight mortality relation in old age? 
  • EVEREST II randomized clinical trial: predictors of mitral valve replacement in de novo surgery or after the MitraClip procedure. 
  • Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach. 
  • Economic and cost-effectiveness in evaluating the value of cardiovascular therapies. The impact of the cost-effectiveness study of GUSTO-1 on decision making with regard to fibrinolytic therapy. 
  • Educational status and active life expectancy among older blacks and whites. 
  • Effect of Early Everolimus-Facilitated Reduction of Tacrolimus on Efficacy and Renal Function in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results for the North American Subpopulation. 
  • Effect of abciximab on angiographic complications during percutaneous coronary stenting in the Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Stenting Trial (EPISTENT). 
  • Effect of the REG1 anticoagulation system versus bivalirudin on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (REGULATE-PCI): a randomised clinical trial. 
  • Effectiveness of Simeprevir Plus Sofosbuvir, With or Without Ribavirin, in Real-World Patients With HCV Genotype 1 Infection. 
  • Effects of C5 complement inhibitor pexelizumab on outcome in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting: combined results from the PRIMO-CABG I and II trials. 
  • Effects of estrogen/progestin agents on plasma retinoids and chylomicron remnant metabolism. 
  • Effects of institutional volumes on operative outcomes for aortic root replacement in North America. 
  • Effects of postpartum psychiatric illnesses on family planning. 
  • Effects of vorapaxar on platelet reactivity and biomarker expression in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. The TRACER Pharmacodynamic Substudy. 
  • Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of herpes zoster vaccine in persons aged 50-59 years. 
  • Electrographic seizures in pediatric ICU patients: cohort study of risk factors and mortality. 
  • Empirical Bayes procedures for stabilizing maps of U.S. cancer mortality rates. 
  • Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome. 
  • Eptifibatide and low-dose tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: the integrilin and low-dose thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction (INTRO AMI) trial. 
  • European American stratification in ovarian cancer case control data: the utility of genome-wide data for inferring ancestry. 
  • Evaluation of an atypical HIV type 1 antibody. Serologic pattern leading to detection of HIV type 2 infection in North America. 
  • Evidence for a black-white crossover in all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in an older population: the North Carolina EPESE. 
  • Evidence for reciprocal origins in Polypodium hesperium (Polypodiaceae): a fern model system for investigating how multiple origins shape allopolyploid genomes. 
  • Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. 
  • Expression profiling and local adaptation of Boechera holboellii populations for water use efficiency across a naturally occurring water stress gradient. 
  • Extensive chloroplast haplotype variation indicates Pleistocene hybridization and radiation of North American Arabis drummondii, A. x divaricarpa, and A. holboellii (Brassicaceae). 
  • External examiners. 
  • Feasibility and applicability of paramedic-based prehospital fibrinolysis in a large North American center. 
  • Fifteen-year outcome trends for valve surgery in North America. 
  • Fine-needle aspiration of papillary thyroid carcinoma: distinguishing between cases that performed well and those that performed poorly in the College of American Pathologists Nongynecologic Cytology Program. 
  • Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie drought. 
  • Frequency of anomalies and hospital outcomes in infants with gastroschisis and omphalocele. 
  • GLIOGENE an International Consortium to Understand Familial Glioma. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta). 
  • Genetic variants primarily associated with type 2 diabetes are related to coronary artery disease risk. 
  • Geographic variability in outcomes within an international trial of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Results from PURSUIT. 
  • Geographical differences in human oral yeast flora. 
  • Global chemical composition of ambient fine particulate matter for exposure assessment. 
  • Global variation in quality of care among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure in an international trial: findings from the acute study clinical effectiveness of nesiritide in decompensated heart failure trial (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Human disturbance causes the formation of a hybrid swarm between two naturally sympatric fish species. 
  • Identifying Barriers and Practical Solutions to Conducting Site-Based Research in North America: Exploring Acute Heart Failure Trials As a Case Study. 
  • Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114. 
  • Impact of global geographic region on time in therapeutic range on warfarin anticoagulant therapy: data from the ROCKET AF clinical trial. 
  • Impact of pre-stage II hemodynamics and pulmonary artery anatomy on 12-month outcomes in the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Inconsistent mammography perceptions and practices among women at risk of breast cancer following a pediatric malignancy: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Increased in vitro phenol-soluble modulin production is associated with soft tissue infection source in clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Individual prediction of heart failure among childhood cancer survivors. 
  • Information sources for developing the nursing literature. 
  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. 
  • Interaction type influences ecological network structure more than local abiotic conditions: evidence from endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale. 
  • Intercontinental impacts of ozone pollution on human mortality. 
  • International prescribing patterns for mood illness: the International Mood Network (IMN). 
  • Interstage mortality after the Norwood procedure: Results of the multicenter Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Is birth order associated with adult mortality? 
  • Key issues for manual therapy clinical practice and research in North America. 
  • Local clusters in global chains: The causes and consequences of export dynamism in Torreon's blue jeans industry 
  • Long-term safety of pegloticase in chronic gout refractory to conventional treatment. 
  • Main outcomes of the FRESH START trial: a sequentially tailored, diet and exercise mailed print intervention among breast and prostate cancer survivors. 
  • Measurement and modulation of nonoxynol-9 diffusion and bioactivity against spermatozoa in human cervical mucus. 
  • Measuring the significance of field validation in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology: how good are the experts? 
  • Measuring the significance of participant evaluation of acceptability of cases in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Medication performance measures and mortality following acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Metaanalysis and review of heart failure disease management randomized controlled clinical trials. 
  • Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis isolates are associated with clonal complex 30 genotype and a distinct repertoire of enterotoxins and adhesins. 
  • Methods for combining ancillary data in stochastic compartment models of cancer mortality: generalization of heterogeneity models. 
  • Modifying the 'pulse-reserve' paradigm for deserts of North America: precipitation pulses, soil water, and plant responses. 
  • Molecular phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the mosses, Mielichhoferia elongata and M. mielichhoferiana (Bryaceae). 
  • Mortality characteristics of aortic root surgery in North America. 
  • Mortality patterns in developed countries. 
  • Multiple hybrid formation in natural populations: concerted evolution of the internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS) in North American Arabis divaricarpa (Brassicaceae). 
  • Multiple partners, risky partners and HIV risk among low-income urban women. 
  • Multiplexed shotgun genotyping resolves species relationships within the North American genus Penstemon. 
  • Mutations in acid beta-galactosidase cause GM1-gangliosidosis in American patients. 
  • No significant effects of ethyl-eicosapentanoic acid on histologic features of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in a phase 2 trial. 
  • Non-major bleeding with apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Novel mutations in spastin gene and absence of correlation with age at onset of symptoms. 
  • Optimal duration of eptifibatide infusion in percutaneous coronary intervention (an ESPRIT substudy). 
  • Oral contraceptive pills. Prevention of ovarian cancer and other benefits. 
  • Oral contraceptives as an over-the-counter medication. 
  • Orthopaedic trauma for the general orthopaedist: avoiding problems and pitfalls in treatment. 
  • Outcomes for endocarditis surgery in North America: a simplified risk scoring system. 
  • Pain beliefs: assessment and utility. 
  • Patterns of nucleotide diversity in two species of Mimulus are affected by mating system and asymmetric introgression. 
  • Pediatric post-marketing safety systems in North America: assessment of the current status. 
  • Perioperative Outcomes and Management in Pediatric Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group. 
  • Pexelizumab and infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary Intervention: a delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance substudy from the APEX-AMI trial. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach. 
  • Population frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in six Ethnicially diverse samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. 
  • Predictors of condom use and human immunodeficiency virus test seeking among women living in inner-city public housing developments. 
  • Pregnancy outcomes among adolescent and older women receiving comprehensive prenatal care. 
  • Prehospital management of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a time for reappraisal in North America. 
  • Preoperative beta-blocker use and mortality and morbidity following CABG surgery in North America. 
  • Prevalence of ALDH7A1 mutations in 18 North American pyridoxine-dependent seizure (PDS) patients. 
  • Prognostic value of the admission electrocardiogram in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Projecting the future size and health status of the U.S. elderly population. 
  • Psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood brain cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • RP 59500, a new streptogramin highly active against recent isolates of North American staphylococci. 
  • Rationale and design of the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter) Registry. 
  • Recent divergence, intercontinental dispersal and shared polymorphism are shaping the genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic peatmoss populations. 
  • Regional differences in the characteristics and treatment of patients participating in an international heart failure trial. The Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) Trial Investigators. 
  • Regional, age and sex differences in baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). 
  • Relationship between clinical trial site enrollment with participant characteristics, protocol completion, and outcomes: insights from the EVEREST (Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan) trial. 
  • Relationship between time in therapeutic range and comparative treatment effect of rivaroxaban and warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: insights from the North American arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C) study. 
  • Sedatives and Analgesics Given to Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the End of Life. 
  • Sex Differences in Demographics, Risk Factors, Presentation, and Noninvasive Testing in Stable Outpatients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Sexual assault and psychiatric disorders among a community sample of women. 
  • Significant Reduction of Late Toxicities in Patients With Extremity Sarcoma Treated With Image-Guided Radiation Therapy to a Reduced Target Volume: Results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group RTOG-0630 Trial. 
  • Single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of a low-dose oral contraceptive in women with chronic renal failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis. 
  • Spread of North American wind-dispersed trees in future environments. 
  • Stability of forest biodiversity. 
  • State of knowledge about energy development impacts on North American rangelands: An integrative approach. 
  • Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging. 
  • Summary points and consensus recommendations from the North American Surgical Nutrition Summit. 
  • Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America. 
  • Survey of in-house coverage by pediatric intensivists: characterization of 24/7 in-hospital pediatric critical care faculty coverage*. 
  • Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure. 
  • Temporal and age variation of United States black/white cause-specific mortality differentials: a study of the recent changes in the relative health status of the United States black population. 
  • Temporal changes in the use of blood products for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database. 
  • The Alzheimer structural connectome: changes in cortical network topology with increased amyloid plaque burden. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research. 
  • The black/white mortality crossover: investigation from the perspective of the components of aging. 
  • The black/white mortality crossover: possible racial differences in the intrinsic rate of aging. 
  • The crack cocaine problem. A warning from North America. 
  • The effectiveness of rescue antiemetics after failure of prophylaxis with ondansetron or droperidol: a preliminary report. 
  • The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny. 
  • The expanding role of mitral valve repair in triple valve operations: contemporary North American outcomes in 8,021 patients. 
  • The extent and genetic basis of phenotypic divergence in life history traits in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • The future of cardiovascular clinical research in North America and beyond-addressing challenges and leveraging opportunities through unique academic and grassroots collaborations. 
  • The potential for failure in gynecologic regulatory proficiency testing with current slide validation criteria: results from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison in Gynecologic Cytology Program. 
  • The rising tide of asthma. Trends in the epidemiology of morbidity and mortality from asthma. 
  • The significance of repetitive hair-pulling behaviors in eating disorders. 
  • The thrombotic microangiopathy Registry of North America: A United States multi-institutional TMA network. 
  • The use of CAM by women suffering from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. 
  • Toward a more meaningful in vitro fertilization success rate. 
  • Transatlantic Consensus Group on active surveillance and focal therapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Transplantation for autoimmune diseases in north and South America: a report of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. 
  • Trends in characteristics of cardiovascular clinical trials 2001-2012. 
  • Troponin T levels and risk of 30-day outcomes in patients with the acute coronary syndrome: prospective verification in the GUSTO-IV trial. 
  • Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/AIDS. 
  • Use of health-related quality of life measures to predict health utility in postmenopausal osteoporotic women: results from the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation study. 
  • Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery. 
  • Variation in patient management and outcomes for acute coronary syndromes in Latin America and North America: results from the Platelet IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy (PURSUIT) trial. 
  • Wegener's granulomatosis: survey of 701 patients in North America. Changes in outcome in the 1990s. 
  • Weight-related quality of life in Spanish obese subjects suitable for bariatric surgery is lower than in their North American counterparts: a case-control study. 
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  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Gold, Deborah T., Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Katz, David F., Nello L. Teer, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Mentz, Robert John, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Olson, Steven Arthur, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor in the Department of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Roy Choudhury, Kingshuk, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Shindell, Drew Todd, Nicholas Professor of Earth Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences