Jane Vy Trinh

Journal Article J Grad Med Educ · April 2023 BACKGROUND: Inadequate time and space to process critical incidents contribute to burnout. Residents do not regularly participate in emotional debriefs. An institutional needs assessment revealed only 11% of surveyed pediatrics and combined medicine-pediat ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Improving adherence to hepatitis B vaccine administration recommendations in two newborn nurseries.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · October 2021 Administration of the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine is an important step in reducing perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection, yet the USA is below the Healthy People 2020 goal for rate of administration.In response to updated Advisory Committee on I ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Improving adherence to hepatitis C screening guidelines.

Journal Article BMJ Open Qual · 2018 BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C (HCV) is a viral liver disease that can result in cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver transplantation or death. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 2.7-3.9 million Americans are living with HCV, yet the major ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Can this patient read and understand written health information?

Journal Article JAMA · July 7, 2010 Featured Publication CONTEXT: Patients with limited literacy are at higher risk for poor health outcomes; however, physicians' perceptions are inaccurate for identifying these patients. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the accuracy of brief instruments for identifying patie ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Risk factors for gram-negative bacterial surgical site infection: do allergies to antibiotics increase risk?

Journal Article Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · May 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between inadequate antimicrobial prophylaxis and development of gram-negative bacterial (GNB) surgical site infection (SSI). DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study. SETTING: A 369-bed acute care community hospital ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mortality and time to extubation in severe hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Journal Article Am J Infect Control · March 2009 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: This study examined predictors of in-hospital mortality and time to extubation among patients with acute, severe hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) managed in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Patients with HAP prospectively identified bet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in an intensive care nursery: potential for interinstitutional spread.

Journal Article Pediatr Infect Dis J · August 2007 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: After surveillance surveys documented the absence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in our intensive care nursery, an outbreak of MRSA infection occurred there during a 7-month period in 2005. METHODS: Control measures inclu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in an immunodeficient child treated medically with combination antifungal therapy.

Journal Article Med Mycol · August 2003 Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare fungal infection with a poor prognosis when using conventional antifungal therapy in the absence of neurosurgical intervention. We present a case of a pediatric patient with inoperable Cladophialophora bantiana cerebral ... Full text Link to item Cite

Differential psychostimulant-induced activation of neural circuits in dopamine transporter knockout and wild type mice.

Journal Article Neuroscience · 2003 Dopamine (DA) is a neurotransmitter that has been implicated in a wide variety of psychiatric disorders that include attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, and drug abuse. Recently, we have been working with a mouse in which the ge ... Full text Link to item Cite

Structure and function of the ovine type 1 corticotropin releasing factor receptor (CRF1) and a carboxyl-terminal variant.

Journal Article Mol Cell Endocrinol · September 25, 1998 Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) is the major neuropeptide regulating the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis in most species. A pituitary receptor for CRF (designated CRF1) belonging to the seven-transmembrane helix, G-protein-coupled receptor s ... Full text Link to item Cite