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Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Lung Cancer Survival Outcomes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Mojisola Fasokun, Akachukwu Eze, Nkemdirim Ugochukwu, Shazia Arshad , et al. · 2025

INTRODUCTION The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion aimed to enhance healthcare access for low-income individuals and minority groups, promoting early screening and treatment to improve health equity. OBJECTIVE This study examines th…

Outcomes of Women with Primary and Second Primary Ovarian Cancer in the United States Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Phiwinhlanhla Ndebele‐Ngwenya, Mojisola Fasokun, Terhas A. Weldeslase, Seun Ikugbayigbe , et al. · 2025

Background Ovarian cancer is a leading cause of gynecologic cancer-related mortality. While most cases arise as a primary malignancy, a subset occurs as a second primary cancer following a previous non-ovarian malignancy. Limited studies h…

A Half-Century Analysis of Firearm-Related Mortality Trends in the United States: A Retrospective Study Utilizing National Data (1968–2022) Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Terhas Wedeslase, Brandon Hartmann, Eunice Odusanya , et al. · 2024

Firearm-related deaths showed a fluctuating but upward trend from 12.0/100,000 persons in 1968 to 14.5/100,000 in 2022, with firearm-related suicides consistently accounting for a significant proportion of firearm-related deaths, from 45.7…

Medicaid Expansion and Survival Outcomes among Men with Prostate Cancer Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Mojisola Fasokun, Eric Hercules, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Eunice Odusanya , et al. · 2024

INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer stands as one of the most diagnosed malignancies among men worldwide. With the recent expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions more Americans now have health insurance coverage, poten…

Trends in Suicides and Homicides in 21st Century America Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Terhas Wedeslase, Brandon Hartmann, Eunice Odusanya , et al. · 2024

This study highlights the changing demographic pattern in suicides and homicides in the United States and the need for targeted public health responses. Means restriction, universal suicide screening, addressing mental health stigma, and i…

The association between community-level economic deprivation and incidences of emergency department visits on account of attempted suicides in Maryland Open

Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Terhas A. Weldeslase, Tsion Andine, Mojisola Fasokun , et al. · 2024

Background Suicide is a major cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for 14.5 deaths per 100,000 population. Many emergency department (ED) visits in the United States are due to attempted suicides. Suicide attempts predict su…

Postmenopausal virilization secondary to a large ovarian cystadenoma with stromal hyperthecosis Open

Wasay Nizam, Adil A. Shah, Edward E. Cornwell, Tammey Naab, Mallory Williams · 2021

Ovarian cystadenomas may present in a functional manner. Biochemical workup of seemingly benign ovarian lesions should be considered in the appropriate clinical context.

Gallstone Ileus with COVID‐19 Infection: An Unintended Sequela of Non‐Operative Management of Acute Cholecystitis During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Open

Adil A. Shah, Shai Stewart, Ahmad Raza, Wasay Nizam, Mikael Petrosyan , et al. · 2021

Appropriate risk stratification and careful follow‐up are mandated in elderly patients with comorbidities. Herein, we report a case presenting 5 months after the nonoperative management of acute cholecystitis during the height of the COVID…

A Target to Achieve Zero Preventable Trauma Deaths Through Quality Improvement Open

Zain G. Hashmi, Elliott R. Haut, David T. Efron, Alí Salim, Edward E. Cornwell , et al. · 2018

This study uses the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample to examine the number of preventable trauma deaths in US hospitals to provide a target for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, …

Understanding Increased Mortality After Gunshot Injury Open

Alistair Kent, Joseph V. Sakran, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Edward E. Cornwell , et al. · 2017

AffiliationsAlistair J. Kent, Joseph V. Sakran, David T. Efron, and Elliott R. Haut are with the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Adil H. Haider is with the Division o…

Risk factors associated with short-term complications and mortality after pediatric spinal arthrodesis Open

Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, C. Rory Goodwin, Gezzer Ortega, Fizan Abdullah, Edward E. Cornwell , et al. · 2017

OBJECTIVE Spinal arthrodesis is routinely performed in the pediatric population. However, there is limited information on the short-term outcomes of pediatric patients who have undergone spine fusion. Thus, the authors conducted a retrospe…

WITHIN- AND BETWEEN-PERSON ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL TIES AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG OLDER COUPLES Open

Edward E. Cornwell · 2016

Social isolation is associated with poor physical health outcomes, but little is known about the importance of realtime fluctuations in social disconnectedness.For example, being alone may increase stress, and it may exacerbate the negativ…

SOCIAL ISOLATION AND DISTRESS IN REAL TIME: RESULTS FROM A SMARTPHONE-BASED STUDY OF OLDER ADULTS Open

Edward E. Cornwell · 2016

Social isolation is associated with poor physical health outcomes, but little is known about the importance of realtime fluctuations in social disconnectedness.For example, being alone may increase stress, and it may exacerbate the negativ…

Insurance type is a major predictor of lower extremity amputation following infra-popliteal arterial trauma Open

John O. Hwabejire, Christine Nembhard, Augustine Obirieze, Yarl Weonpo, Daniel Tran , et al. · 2016

Background: Following traumatic infrapopliteal arterial injury, salvageability of the leg is often attributed to injury-related variables. We investigated factors influencing amputation. Method: The United States’ National Trauma Data Bank…

Lower Extremity Arterial Reconstruction in Octogenarians and Older Open

Abdulrahman Hamdi, Batul Al-Zubeidy, Augustine Obirieze, David Rose, Daniel Tran , et al. · 2016

Association between Insurance Status and Hospital Length of Stay following Trauma Open

Brian R. Englum, Xuan Hui, Cheryl K. Zogg, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Cassandra V. Villegas , et al. · 2016

Previous research has demonstrated that nonclinical factors are associated with differences in clinical care, with uninsured patients receiving decreased resource use. Studies on trauma populations have also shown unclear relationships bet…

Outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients Open

H. Kakra, A.E. Hardy-Henry, Otra, Cindy Huynh, Augustine Obirieze , et al. · 2015

Background: HIV-infected patients are at an increased risk for accelerated vascular disease. Abnormal endothelial function and aneurysmal dilation of the large arteries have been described; however, data is lacking on the outcomes of HIV-i…

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