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Duodenum inversum as a cause of bilious emesis in a teenager: A case report Open

Shachi Srivatsa, Qican Weng, Karen A. Diefenbach, Benedict C. Nwomeh · 2024

Introduction: Duodenum inversum is a rare congenital anatomical variant and presents a myriad of clinical challenges. This case presentation highlights a unique case of symptomatic duodenum inversum diagnosed in the second decade of life r…

Correction: Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study Open

Natalie Pawlak, Christine Dart, Hernan Sacoto Aguilar, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Abebe Bekele , et al. · 2023

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Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study Open

Natalie Pawlak, Christine Dart, Hernan Sacoto Aguilar, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Abebe Bekele , et al. · 2023

Academic global surgery is a rapidly growing field that aims to improve access to safe surgical care worldwide. However, no universally accepted competencies exist to inform this developing field. A consensus-based approach, with input fro…

551. Antibiotic Use Among Surgical Patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): The NO-More-AntibioticS and Resistance in Surgery (NO-MAS-R-S) Study Open

Himangini Singh Dixit, Joseph D. Drews, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Pablo J. Sánchez, Debra A. Goff , et al. · 2022

Background Although antibiotic exposure among infants in the NICU is associated with short- and long-term adverse effects, the burden of antibiotic use in neonatal surgical patients has not been well described. The pediatric surgical team …

Virtual curriculum delivery in the COVID-19 era: the pediatric surgery boot camp v2.0 Open

Robert Baird, Pramod S. Puligandla, Steven R. Lopushinsky, Christopher Blackmore, Sanjay Krishnaswami , et al. · 2022

Virtual Curriculum Delivery in the COVID-19 era: The Pediatric Surgery Boot Camp v2.0 Open

Robert Baird, Pramod Puligandla, Steve Lopushinsky, Christopher Blackmore, Sanjay Krishnaswami , et al. · 2022

Purpose: We evaluated the impact of a virtual Pediatric Surgery Bootcamp curriculum on resource utilization, learner engagement, knowledge retention, and stakeholder satisfaction. Methods: A virtual curriculum was developed around Pediatri…

Global resilience and new strategies needed for antimicrobial stewardship during the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond Open

Debra A. Goff, Timothy P. Gauthier, Bradley J. Langford, Pavel Prusakov, Michael Ubaka Chukwuemka , et al. · 2022

Resilience is having the ability to respond to adversity proactively and resourcefully. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic's profound impact on antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) requires clinicians to call on their own…

Surgeons, Infectious Diseases, and Twitter Hit a Home Run for Antibiotic Stewardship Open

Debra A. Goff, John C. Alverdy, Anthony T. Gerlach, Julio Mayol, Benedict C. Nwomeh · 2022

Many infectious diseases (ID) clinicians join Twitter to follow other ID colleagues or “like” people. While there is great value in engaging with people who have similar interests, there is equal value in engaging with “unlike” or non-ID p…

Is the changing landscape of fellowship recruitment during COVID-19 here to stay? Open

Shreya Gupta, L. Grier Arthur, Nicole M. Chandler, Paul D. Danielson, Cynthia D. Downard , et al. · 2021

International train the trainer neonatal antibiotic stewardship program for South African pharmacists Open

Debra A. Goff, Pavel Prusakov, Julie E. Mangino, Pablo J. Sánchez, Benedict C. Nwomeh , et al. · 2021

Hospital‐acquired antimicrobial‐resistant infections are a leading cause of neonatal mortality in South African (SA) neonatal intensive care units (NICU). There is an urgent need for NICU Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (ASP). We describe …

Surgical and Trauma Capacity Assessment in Rural Haryana, India Open

Manisha Bhatia, Srivarshini Cherukupalli Mohan, Kevin J. Blair, Marissa A. Boeck, Ashish Bhalla , et al. · 2021

Surgical and trauma care capacities at healthcare facilities in Haryana, India demonstrate a shortage of surgical resources at lower-level centers. Specifically, the Primary Health Centers were not operating at full capacity. These results…

Global Surgery Pro–Con Debate: A Pathway to Bilateral Academic Success or the Bold New Face of Colonialism? Open

Alyssa Scheiner, Jennifer Rickard, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Randeep S. Jawa, Enrique Ginzburg , et al. · 2020

Fires in refugee and displaced persons settlements: The current situation and opportunities to improve fire prevention and control Open

Yasaman Kazerooni, Adam Gyedu, Gilbert Burnham, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Anthony Charles , et al. · 2020

We aimed to describe the burden of fires in displaced persons settlements and identify interventions/innovations that might address gaps in current humanitarian guidelines.

Prevalence of surgically correctable conditions among children in a mixed urban-rural community in Nigeria using the SOSAS survey tool: Implications for paediatric surgical capacity-building Open

Adesoji Ademuyiwa, TinuolaO Odugbemi, Christopher Bode, Olumide Elebute, Felix Alakaloko , et al. · 2019

The most common congenital surgical conditions in our setting were umbilical hernias, while injuries were the most common acquired conditions. From our study, it is estimated that there will be about 2.9 million children with surgically co…

Impact of traditional bonesetters on contemporary fracture care in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs): a systematic review Open

Ndubuisi OC Onyemaechi, William Nii Ayitey Menson, Xan Goodman, Samantha Slinkard, Obinna Onwujekwe , et al. · 2019

Background: The review aimed at systematically examining the evidence in articles that assess the clinical effects and impact of traditional bonesetters on contemporary fracture care in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs).Methods: A sy…

2023. Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Knowledge and Perception among Medical and Pharmacy Students in Nigeria Open

Chukwuemeka Michael Ubaka, Natalie Schellack, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Debra A. Goff · 2019

Background Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and has high rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The practice of antimicrobial stewardship in Nigerian hospitals is very limited and the subject is rarely included in undergrad…

Correction to: Strengthening Surgery Strengthens Health Systems: A New Paradigm and Potential Pathway for Horizontal Development in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries Open

S. Ariane Christie, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Sanjay Krishnaswami, George P. Yang, Ai‐Xuan L. Holterman , et al. · 2019

In the original article, Ziad C. Sifri’s first and last names were interchanged. It is correct as reflected here.

SOSAS Study in Rural India: Using Accredited Social Health Activists as Enumerators Open

Srivarshini E. Cherukupalli, Manisha Bhatia, Marissa A. Boeck, Kevin J. Blair, Neeraja Nagarajan , et al. · 2019

This pilot study in Nanakpur is the first implementation of the SOSAS survey in India and suggests a significant burden of surgical disease. The feasibility of employing ASHAs to administer the survey is demonstrated, providing a potential…

Training and accrediting international surgeons Open

Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Gregory Peck, Ziad C. Sifri, Manish Garg , et al. · 2019

Background Formal international medical programmes (IMPs) represent an evolution away from traditional medical volunteerism, and are based on the foundation of bidirectional exchange of knowledge, experience and organizational expertise. T…

Collaborations with Pediatric Hospitalists: National Surveys of Pediatric Surgeons and Orthopedic Surgeons Open

Rebecca E. Rosenberg, Joshua M. Abzug, David I. Rappaport, Mark V. Mazziotti, M. Wade Shrader , et al. · 2018

To understand characteristics of pediatric hospitalist (PH) involvement in the care of children admitted to surgical services and explore surgeons' perspectives of PH effectiveness, we conducted a cross-sectional, web-based survey of pedia…

Assessment of Surgical and Trauma Capacity in Potosí, Bolivia Open

Kevin J. Blair, Marissa A. Boeck, José Luis Gallardo Barrientos, José Luis Hidalgo López, Irene Helenowski , et al. · 2017

Surgical and trauma capacity in Potosí was most limited in personnel, infrastructure, and procedures at rural facilities, with greater personnel deficiencies than previously reported. Interventions should focus on increasing the number of …

A rare presentation of a common entity: Chronic appendicitis in a patient with back pain Open

Ekene Onwuka, Joseph D. Drews, Vinay Prasad, Benedict C. Nwomeh · 2017

Despite being one of the most common pediatric surgical diseases, some cases of appendicitis are far from straightforward to diagnose. We present here an interesting case of chronic, retrocecal appendicitis in a dancer who presented with i…

Academic Global Surgery Open

Sanjay Krishnaswami, Mamta Swaroop, Benedict C. Nwomeh · 2017

Globally, rising economies are leading to an epidemiologic transition wherein injury, cancer, and congenital malformations are becoming much more prominent public health threats in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) (Learmonth (1951) …

Estimation of unmet need for inguinal hernia repair among infants in low- and middle-income countries Open

Robert A. Tessler, Shailvi Gupta, Wolfgang Stehr, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Benedict C. Nwomeh , et al. · 2016

Welcome to Annals of Global Health,Annals of Global Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated to publishing high quality articles dedicated to all aspects of global health. The journal's mission is to advance g…

The spatial distribution of injuries in need of surgical intervention in Nepal Open

Shailvi Gupta, T.A. Groen, Barclay T. Stewart, Sunil Shrestha, David A. Spiegel , et al. · 2016

Geographic information system modelling can accurately represent the geospatial distribution of disease burdens to inform health service delivery. Given the dramatic topography of Nepal and a high prevalence of unmet surgical needs, we exp…

Fall Injuries in Nepal: A Countrywide Population-based Survey Open

Shailvi Gupta, Shyam Gupta, Sagar Devkota, Anju Ranjit, Mamta Swaroop , et al. · 2015

The Nepal SOSAS study provides countrywide, population-based data on fall-injury prevalence in Nepal and has identified falls as a crucial public health concern. These data highlight persistent barriers to access to care for the injured an…

Surgical need in an aging population: A cluster-based household survey in Nepal Open

Barclay T. Stewart, Evan G. Wong, Shailvi Gupta, Santosh Bastola, Sunil Shrestha , et al. · 2015

Burden of road traffic injuries in Nepal: results of a countrywide population-based survey Open

Sarthak Nepal, Shailvi Gupta, Evan G. Wong, Susant Gurung, Mamta Swaroop , et al. · 2015

Surgical care needs of low-resource populations: an estimate of the prevalence of surgically treatable conditions and avoidable deaths in 48 countries Open

Shailvi Gupta, Reinou S. Groen, Patrick Kyamanywa, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Mohamed Labib , et al. · 2015

Management of Intra-abdominal Abscesses in Children With Crohnʼs Disease Open

Jennifer L. Dotson, Hillary Bashaw, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Wallace Crandall · 2015

The majority of patients with IAA require definitive surgical treatment, and there were no clear predictors of those who did not.

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