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    • Bedside Availability of Prepared Oxytocin and Rapid Administration After Delivery to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Observational Study in Karnataka, India 

      Moucheraud, Corrina; Gass, Jonathon; Lipsitz, Stuart; Spector, Jonathan; Agrawal, Priya; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Gawande, Atul; Kodkany, Bhala (Global Health: Science and Practice, 2015)
      Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal death worldwide. Rapid provision of uterotonics after childbirth is recommended to reduce the incidence and severity of postpartum hemorrhage. Data obtained through ...
    • Bedside ultrasonography for verification of shoulder reduction: A long way to go 

      Ahmadi, Koorosh; Hashemian, Amir Masoud; Sineh-Sepehr, Kaveh; Afzal-Aghaee, Monavvar; Jafarpour, Saba; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa (Elsevier, 2015)
      Purpose Shoulder dislocation is a common joint dislocation managed by the emergency physicians in the emergency departments. Pre- and post-reduction radiographic examinations have long been the standard practice to confirm ...
    • Bee venom processes human skin lipids for presentation by CD1a 

      Bourgeois, Elvire A.; Subramaniam, Sumithra; Cheng, Tan-Yun; De Jong, Annemieke; Layre, Emilie; Ly, Dalam; Salimi, Maryam; Legaspi, Annaliza; Modlin, Robert L.; Salio, Mariolina; Cerundolo, Vincenzo; Moody, D. Branch; Ogg, Graham (The Rockefeller University Press, 2015)
      Venoms frequently co-opt host immune responses, so study of their mode of action can provide insight into novel inflammatory pathways. Using bee and wasp venom responses as a model system, we investigated whether venoms ...
    • Beep Tones Attenuate Pain following Pavlovian Conditioning of an Endogenous Pain Control Mechanism 

      Scheuren, Raymonde; Anton, Fernand; Erpelding, Nathalie; Michaux, Gilles (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Heterotopic noxious counter-stimulation (HNCS) is commonly used to study endogenous pain control systems. The resulting pain inhibition is primarily based on spinal cord-brainstem loops. Recently, functional imaging studies ...
    • Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Executive Functioning in Musicians and Non-Musicians 

      Zuk, Jennifer; Benjamin, Christopher; Kenyon, Arnold; Gaab, Nadine (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Executive functions (EF) are cognitive capacities that allow for planned, controlled behavior and strongly correlate with academic abilities. Several extracurricular activities have been shown to improve EF, however, the ...
    • Behavioral deficits, early gliosis, dysmyelination and synaptic dysfunction in a mouse model of mucolipidosis IV 

      Grishchuk, Yulia; Sri, Sarmi; Rudinskiy, Nikita; Ma, Weiyuan; Stember, Katherine G; Cottle, Matthew W; Sapp, Ellen; Difiglia, Marian; Muzikansky, Alona; Betensky, Rebecca A; Wong, Andrew M S; Bacskai, Brian J; Hyman, Bradley T; Kelleher, Raymond J; Cooper, Jonathan D; Slaugenhaupt, Susan A (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Mucolipidosis IV (MLIV) is caused by mutations in the gene MCOLN1. Patients with MLIV have severe neurologic deficits and very little is known about the brain pathology in this lysosomal disease. Using an accurate mouse ...
    • Behavioral Effects of Congenital Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Malformation 

      Boes, Aaron; Grafft, Amanda Hornaday; Joshi, Charuta; Chuang, Nathaniel A; Nopoulos, Peg; Anderson, Steven W (BioMed Central, 2011)
      Background: A detailed behavioral profile associated with focal congenital malformation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) has not been reported previously. Here we describe a 14 year-old boy, B.W., with ...
    • Behavioral Immune Landscapes of Inflammation 

      Crainiciuc, Georgiana; Palomino-Segura, Miguel; Moreno Molina, Miguel; Sicilia, Jon; Aragones, David G.; Li, Jackson LiangYao; Madurga, Rodrigo; Adrover, José M.; Aroca-Crevillén, Alejandra; Martin-Salamanca, Sandra; Serrano del Valle, Alfonso; Castillo, Sandra D.; Welch, Heidi C.E.; Soehnlein, Oliver; Graupera, Mariona; Sánchez-Cabo, Fátima; Zarbock, Alexander; Smithgall, Thomas E.; Di Pilato, Mauro; Mempel, Thorsten; Tharaux, Pierre-Louis; González, Santiago F.; Ayuso-Sacido, Angel; Ng, Lai Guan; Calvo, Gabriel F.; González- Díaz, Iván; Díaz-de-María, Fernando; Hidalgo, Andrés; Hidalgo (Nature Publishing group, 2022-01-05)
      Transcriptional or proteomic profiling of individual cells have revolutionized interpretation of biological phenomena by providing cellular landscapes of healthy and diseased tissues. These approaches, however, fail to ...
    • Behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing: a randomized pilot trial 

      Persell, Stephen D.; Doctor, Jason N.; Friedberg, Mark W.; Meeker, Daniella; Friesema, Elisha; Cooper, Andrew; Haryani, Ajay; Gregory, Dyanna L.; Fox, Craig R.; Goldstein, Noah J.; Linder, Jeffrey A. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Clinicians frequently prescribe antibiotics inappropriately for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Our objective was to test information technology-enabled behavioral interventions to reduce inappropriate ...
    • Bench-to-bedside review: Future novel diagnostics for sepsis - a systems biology approach 

      Skibsted, Simon; Bhasin, Manoj K; Aird, William C; Shapiro, Nathan I (BioMed Central, 2013)
      The early, accurate diagnosis and risk stratification of sepsis remains an important challenge in the critically ill. Since traditional biomarker strategies have not yielded a gold standard marker for sepsis, focus is ...
    • Bench-to-Bedside Review: Ventilator Strategies to Reduce Lung Injury – Lessons from Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care 

      Vitali, Sally Ann Huntoon; Arnold, John Hampton (BioMed Central, 2004)
      As in the adult with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, the use of lung-protective ventilation has improved outcomes for neonatal lung diseases. Animal models of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome ...
    • The Benefit of Bone Health by Drinking Coffee among Korean Postmenopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Fourth & Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 

      Choi, Eunjoo; Choi, Kyung-Hyun; Park, Sang Min; Shin, Doosup; Joh, Hee-Kyung; Cho, Eunyoung (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Purpose Although the concern about coffee-associated health problems is increasing, the effect of coffee on osteoporosis is still conflicting. This study aimed to determine the relationship between coffee consumption and ...
    • The Benefit of Symbols: Monkeys Show Linear, Human-Like, Accuracy When Using Symbols to Represent Scalar Value 

      Livingstone, Margaret Stratford; Srihasam, Krishna; Morocz, Istvan Akos (Springer Verlag, 2010)
      When humans and animals estimate numbers of items, their error rate is proportional to the number. To date, however, only humans show the capacity to represent large numbers symbolically, which endows them with increased ...
    • Benefits and Consequences for the Poor and the Disabled 

      Elliott, Rachel A.; Majumdar, Sumit R.; Gillick, Muriel Ruth; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2005)
      The new Medicare Part D will improve access to medications for millions of Americans. One subgroup of beneficiaries, however, may inadvertently be made worse off: the 7.2 million people enrolled in both Medicaid (because ...
    • Benign breast disease, recent alcohol consumption, and risk of breast cancer: a nested case–control study 

      Tamimi, Rulla May; Byrne, Celia; Baer, Heather Joanne; Rosner, Bernie; Schnitt, Stuart Jay; Connolly, James Leo; Colditz, Graham A. (BioMed Central, 2005)
      Introduction: Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for breast cancer. Some studies have suggested that the risk of breast cancer associated with alcohol consumption is greater for women with a history of ...
    • Benign Metastatic Leiomyoma Presenting as a Hemothorax 

      Ponea, Anna M.; Marak, Creticus P.; Goraya, Harmeen; Guddati, Achuta K. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)
      Uterine leiomyomas have been reported to metastasize to various organs including the lungs, skeletal muscles, bone marrow, peritoneum, and heart. They may present with symptoms related to the metastases several years after ...
    • Benzodiazepine and Opioid Use and the Duration of Intensive Care Unit Delirium in an Older Population* 

      Inouye, Sharon; Pisani, Margaret; Murphy, Terrence; Araujo, Katy; Slattum, Patricia; Van Ness, Peter (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2009)
      Objective: There is a high prevalence of delirium in older medical intensive care unit (ICU) patients and delirium is associated with adverse outcomes. We need to identify modifiable risk factors for delirium, such as ...
    • Benzodiazepine Use and Hip Fractures in the Elderly 

      Wagner, Anita Katharina; Zhang, Fang; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Walker, Alexander M.; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Glynn, Robert James; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (American Medical Association (AMA), 2004)
    • Benzodiazepines are Prescribed More Frequently to Patients Already at Risk for Benzodiazepine-related Adverse Events in Primary Care 

      Kroll, David; Nieva, Harry Reyes; Barsky, Arthur; Linder, Jeffrey (2016)
      Benzodiazepine use is associated with adverse drug events and higher mortality. Known risk factors for benzodiazepine-related adverse events include lung disease, substance use, and vulnerability to fracture.To determine ...
    • Benzoic Acid-Inducible Gene Expression in Mycobacteria 

      Dragset, Marte S.; Barczak, Amy K.; Kannan, Nisha; Mærk, Mali; Flo, Trude H.; Valla, Svein; Rubin, Eric J.; Steigedal, Magnus (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Conditional expression is a powerful tool to investigate the role of bacterial genes. Here, we adapt the Pseudomonas putida-derived positively regulated XylS/Pm expression system to control inducible gene expression in ...