RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE

Recent National Presentations & Publications

Perez JA, Borsatto R. Prevalence of fatal outcome in severe acute pancreatitis – five years experience at Kern Medical Center. Digestive Disease Week. Washington, DC. May 2007.

Lardizabal JA, Ratnayake S. Elevated leukocyte count is associated with adverse outcomes in acute heart failure. Presented at the American Heart Association 47^th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Orlando, FL. Published in Circulation; 115:e251. February 2007.

Johnson RH, Alvarado C, Tom D. Coccidioidal meningitis: evaluation of voriconazole after failure to fluconazole. Annual Coccidioidomycosis National Meeting. Phoenix, AZ . March 2007.

Lardizabal JA, Johnson RH. Unusual case of noncirrhotic ascites: tuberculous versus coccidioidal peritonitis and the role of laparoscopy. Resident & Staff Physician Journal. September 2007; 53(8).

Perez JA, Borsatto R. Prediction of severity of acute pancreatitis using the apache-o scoring system at Kern Medical Center. American College of Physicians Regional Meeting. Huntington Beach, CA. October 2006.

Lardizabal JA, Ratnayake S, Sharma S. Obesity is associated with improved in-hospital mortality, morbidity and healthcare cost outcomes in acute heart failure. Presented at the Heart Failure Society of America 10^th Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA. Published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure; 12(6):S102. August 2006.

Johnson RH, Spinello I. A 19 year old pregnant woman with a skin lesion and respiratory failure. Presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Coccidioidomycosis. Published in Chest;130:611-615. August 2006.

Munoz A, Johnson RH, Caniga O, Dolatabadi S. The roentgen aspects in cases of pulmonary coccidioidomycosis at Kern Medical Center (comparison with previous study 50 years prior). Sixth International Symposium on Coccidioidomycosis. August 2006.

Baqi S, Johnson RH, Basnyat P. Cervical spine coccidioidomycosis. Sixth International Symposium on Coccidioidomycosis. August 2006.

Baqi, S, Johnson RH, Petersen G. Coccidioidomycosis: fourteen year experience at Kern Medical Center, Kern County, California. Sixth International Symposium on Coccidioidomycosis. August 2006.

Baqi S, Johnson RH, Spinello I, Sandhu G. Coccidioidomycosis and pregnancy at Kern Medical Center, Kern County, California. Sixth International Symposium on Coccidioidomycosis. August 2006.

Sharma S, Makkar R, Lardizabal JA. Intracoronary administration of abciximab (Reopro) during percutaneous coronary interventions. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology &Therapeutics. 2006 Jun: 11(2):1-5.

Sharma S, Lardizabal JA, Nyitray W. Mitral regurgitation is a prevalent phenomenon in patients with lone atrial afibrillation and may be a risk factor for causing lone atrial fibrillation. Presented at the American Society of Echocardiography 17^th Annual Scientific Sessions, Baltimore MD.  Published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography; 19(5):601-619. May 2006.

Heidari A, Johnson RH, Bolourian P. Coccidioidal meningitis: evaluation of the benefits of intrathecal amphotericin B in patients who failed fluconazole. Annual Coccidioidomycosis National Meeting. Bass Lake, CA. June 2005.

Spinello I, Munoz A, Johnson RH, Sajid S. Respiratory failure in pulmonary coccidioidomycosis: is there a role for steroids? Annual Coccidioidomycosis National Meeting. Rosarita Beach, Mexico. April 2004.

Johnson RH, Ratnayake S, Atanassova P, Caniga O. Voriconazole treatment in coccidioidomycosis: an initial experience. Annual Coccidioidomycosis National Meeting. Rosarita Beach, Mexico. April 2004.

Gordon S, Shah A. A prospective outcomes design to study the effectiveness of a palliative care/end of life education program in a county hospital department of medicine. Journal of Palliative Care. May 2003.

Mikeska B, Abraham J. vdr ventilator experience at Kern Medical Center. Chest National Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 2002.