Montefiore Medical Center is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City. Its main campus, the Henry and Lucy Moses Division, is located in the Norwood section of the northern Bronx. It is named for Moses Montefiore and is one of the 50 largest employers in New York. In 2020, Montefiore was ranked No. 6 New York City metropolitan area hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Adjacent to the main hospital is the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, which serves infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21.
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Background: Increasing evidence demonstrates disparities among patients with differing insurance statuses in the field of spine surgery. However, no pooled analyses have performed a robust review characterizing differences in postoperative outcomes among patients with varying ins...
Functional assays are commonly used to measure the antibodies of ADAMTS13 found in patients of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). In this study we used an enzyme-linked immunoassay to analyze the ADAMTS13-binding IgG levels in six groups of individuals: normal, random hos...
Objective:To investigate the clinical utility of administering patiromer as an adjunct to insulin for potassium reduction in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with hyperkalemia. Methods:This retrospective cohort study used electronic health record data to ident...
Background Parenteral opioids are commonly used to treat acute severe pain. We measured pleasurable sensations in patients administered intravenous analgesics to determine if these sensations were associated with receipt of an opioid, after controlling for relief of pain. Pleasur...
Study Objective: To examine whether prescribing 5 tablets, as opposed to 10 tablets, of 5-mg oxycodone adequately treats pain after gynecologic laparoscopy. Design: Single-blinded randomized trial. Setting: Academically affiliated ambulatory surgery center. Patients: One hundred ...
Diaphragmatic liver herniation is often associated with thoracoabdominal trauma. Spontaneous diaphragmatic rupture is a thoracoabdominal emergency and requires a high index of suspicion combined with high-resolution imaging studies for establishing an accurate and timely diagnosi...
PURPOSE To determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) of mitoxantrone that could be safely used in combination with cyclophosphamide and filgrastim in patients with advanced breast carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-seven patients with metastatic (n = 24) or locally advance...
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to assess the diagnostic performance of the unenhanced and contrast-enhanced phases separately in patients imaged with CT for suspected acute aortic syndromes.MATERIALS AND METHODS. All adults (n = 2868) presenting to our emergency depart...
OBJECTIVE: In the United States, 15- to 24-year-olds represent similar to 14% of HIV cases diagnosed in 2006 and almost 50% of the 19 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) reported annually. This survey assessed pediatricians' practices regarding preventive health care s...
This study compared the in-hospital outcomes of patients treated with or without stent placement during mechanical revascularization for acute myocardial infarction. After correction for differences in baseline characteristics, patients treated with stent placement had lower in-h...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common and carries an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The level of knowledge among incoming medical trainees about PAD is unknown. During orientation to a single internal medicine residency program, incoming medical interns were giv...
Endometrial cancer is a common gynaecological cancer, is typically early stage and treated with surgery. For patients where surgery is difficult or dangerous, definitive radiation therapy is the next best option. This study included a single institution case series (step 1) and a...
Context. Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been shown to improve survival and overall quality of life, but there are limited data on pain control and functional status in this patient population.Objectives. This study examined changes in pain, functional status, and quality ...
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RATIONALE: This case report suggests a plausible mechanism for HIV infection without seroconversion in adult patients beyond the "window period" and without end-stage AIDS, different HIV strains (non-B or HIV2) or agammaglobulinemia.METHODS: This is a case report of the patient's...
Abstract Introduction: Despite guidelines recommending that staging imaging is not needed in very low-risk (VLR) and low-risk (LR) prostate cancer (PCa), there is concern for overutilization in these risk groups. We investigate utilization of staging imaging and implications of f...
Introduction: Increasing evidence has suggested improved outcomes in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with heart failure (HF) undergoing catheter ablation (CA) as compared to medical therapy. We sought to investigate the benefit of CA on outcomes of patients with AF and HF as co...
IntroductionPrimary CNS leiomyosarcomas are rare, dural-based intracranial or intravertebral tumors seen in immunocompromised patients and are associated with latent EBV infection. They may mimic a meningioma or schwannoma on imaging but their clinical presentation progresses muc...
The great physician Sir William Osler said, “To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.” Today, the practice of Medicine has “evolved” to where physicians study books, but more of...
Introduction: Catheter ablation (CA) for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) coming from the sinus of Valsalva have been historically challenging due to complex anatomy and mobility of the valve cusps. More importantly, coronary angiography or aortogram was the standard or ...