Browsing Research Day 2020 by Issue Date

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    • Association between sport specialization and risk of musculoskeletal injury in high school athletes: A critically appraised topic 

      Dopson, Daniel; Arve, Erik; Volberding, Jennifer L. (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Context: Sport specialization is defined as intensive, year-round training in a single sport to the exclusion of other sports. The increased training and competition loads secondary to this trend have been hypothesized to ...

    • Does the wearing of padded headgear in non-helmeted contact sports reduce the likelihood of sustaining a concussion? A critically appraised topic 

      Milby, Alex; Miller, Melissa; Volberding, Jennifer (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Context: Concussions are a hot topic in the world of athletics. When most people think of concussions in the world of sports, they generally think of sports such as American football or ice hockey. Current literature men's ...

    • "Michael Douglas" effect 

      Torgerson, Trevor; Johnson, Austin L.; Cooper, Craig; Khojasteh, Jam; Hamilton, Tom; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: In June 2013, celebrity actor Michael Douglas announced that he had received a diagnosis of throat cancer, which he attributed to the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the most common sexually transmitted ...

    • Perceived stress and coping skills in professional master's level athletic training students 

      Madrak, Emily; Volberding, Jennifer L. (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: As athletic training education continues to expand, it is important to consider the amount of stress students experience and what coping skills they use to mitigate it. Although there is considerable research ...

    • Cross-sectional review of publication trends among OBGYN graduates 

      Lindsey, Alyssa; Burrows, Blake; Evans, Sheridan; Rauh, Shelby; Johnson, Austin L.; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Objective: Research and other scholarly activities are essential components to medical training and may predict (i) success for matching into residency or fellowship programs and (ii) a future in academia. Despite this ...

    • Scholarly research productivity among otolaryngology residency graduates and its relationship to future academic achievement 

      Johnson, Austin L.; Corcoran, Adam; Ferrell, Matt; Johnson, Bradley S.; Mann, Scott; Villwock, Jennifer; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that all residencies participate in research. This growing emphasis on research during residency has made it increasingly important for ...

    • Cloning and sequencing of the depolymerase-like gene from Bacteriophage J25 

      Nambiar, Nayna; Tyagi, Shrea; Reddig, B. J.; Litt, P.; Jaroni, D.; Blewett, E. L. (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Bacteriophage are viruses that infect, replicate and kill bacteria. Salmonella and EHEC food poisoning are caused by Salmonella and E. coli bacteria. Bacteriophage can be used to prevent food poisoning by application to ...

    • Analysis of awareness months using Google Trends 

      Oraee, David; Reeves, Brooke; Torgerson, Trevor; Ottwell, Ryan; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Objective: Health awareness months are growing in popularity with over 200 awareness days, weeks and months recognized in the United States. Awareness months cover a wide array of topics including Breast Cancer Awareness ...

    • Chronic abnormally adherent placenta: A case report 

      Fox, Hayden; Pate, Heather; Wright, Micah R.; Gold, Michael; Po, William (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      We present an unusual case of retained placental products with concern for placenta accreta six weeks following a spontaneous vaginal delivery in a primiparous woman. A 19-year-old female presented to us as a transfer of ...

    • END(S) of vaping: A search query review of e-cigarettes 

      Lester, Drew; Eyabi, Jorgen; Torgerson, Trevor; Wayant, Cole; Vassar, Matthew (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: As of December 2019, 52 electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) related deaths and over 2,400 related cases of lung damage have been confirmed in the US; the CDC refers to this pathology as EVALI—e-cigarette, ...

    • Analysis of publication trends and its relationship with academic success among dermatology residents and fellows 

      Anderson, J. Michael; Wenger, David; Walters, Corbin; Hall, Lindy; Johnson, Austin; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: Exposure to academic research is regarded as a meaningful component of medical training. Despite the importance placed on research activities, little is known regarding the extent to which dermatology residents ...

    • Scholarly research productivity among ophthalmology residency graduates 

      Polson, Connor; Shepard, Samuel; Johnson, Austin L.; Johnson, Bradley S.; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Purpose: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that ophthalmology residents participate in scholarly activity during residency. However, to our knowledge it is unknown whether research ...

    • Quality improvement approach to improve assessment of and responsiveness to food insecurity 

      Nguyen, Hong; Fugate, Colony (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: Access to nutritious food is essential to foster optimal health and development in children. Thus, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends pediatricians routinely screen for food insecurity (FI). Previous ...

    • Effects of opioid prescribing laws on drug use in trauma patients 

      Price, Chris; Checketts, Jake; Boose, Marshall; Kirby, Bryan; Sparkman, Jeremy; Norris, Brent (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Background: On November 1st, 2018 Oklahoma Bill 1446 went into effect: limiting the total days of initial opioid prescriptions, follow up opioid prescriptions, chronic opioid prescriptions, mandating prescription monitoring ...

    • Evaluation of bacterial isolates from cystic fibrosis patients 

      George, Priya; Ruskoski, Sallie (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Burkholderia cepacia are bacterias that can cause infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the ...

    • Antibacterial properties of novel Eumelanin-Inspired Phenylene Indolyne derivatives 

      Reed, Daniel; Nelson, Toby; Cook, Gabriel; Champlin, Franklin R. (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      BACKGROUND: The eumelanin core represents a novel compound having the intrinsic ability to act as scaffolding for functional groups which may possess antibacterial properties. The purpose of this study was to investigate ...

    • Unusual case of left main coronary artery thrombus treated with guide catheter aspiration 

      Hu, Tom; Wildes, Daniel; Junaid, Farooq; Broughton, Chad (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)

    • Public awareness of health issues after the Surgeon General tweets 

      Young, Ryan; Roddy, Kevin; Torgerson, Trevor; Keener, Ashley; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Health information distributed on social media may benefit public health by aiding in disease management and increasing awareness, however, not all information disseminated on social media is reliable. Therefore, a need ...

    • Publication trends in Family Medicine graduates: A cross-sectional review 

      Lin, Vanessa; Balcerak, Greg; Rauh, Shelby; Evans, Sheridan; Johnson, Austin L.; Vassar, Matt (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)
      Purpose: The ACGME emphasizes the importance of research throughout residency as it establishes the basis of evidence-based medicine. As future physicians practicing evidence-based medicine, it is crucial that physicians ...

    • Isolation of halophilic bacterium from Makai Deep Pure Sea Salt 

      Truitt, Chelsea; Deole, Ratnakar (Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services, 2020-02-28)