Diagnostic blood RNA profiles for human acute spinal cord injury

…, JR Huie, A Chou, X Duong-Fernandez… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Diagnosis of spinal cord injury (SCI) severity at the ultra-acute stage is of great importance
for emergency clinical care of patients as well as for potential enrollment into clinical trials. …

Convolutional neural network–based automated segmentation of the spinal cord and contusion injury: Deep learning biomarker correlates of motor impairment in …

…, A Ferguson, X Duong-Fernandez… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our aim was to use 2D convolutional neural networks for
automatic segmentation of the spinal cord and traumatic contusion injury from axial T2-…

Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Spinal Cord Injury (TRACK-SCI): an overview of initial enrollment and demographics

…, AM DiGiorgio, LH Thomas, X Duong-Fernandez… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a dreaded condition that can lead to paralysis
and severe disability. With few treatment options available for patients who have suffered …

Injury volume extracted from MRI predicts neurologic outcome in acute spinal cord injury: a prospective TRACK-SCI pilot study

…, LH Thomas, X Duong-Fernandez… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional MRI measures of traumatic spinal cord injury severity largely rely on 2-dimensional
injury characteristics such as intramedullary lesion length and cord compression. …

Decision tree–based machine learning analysis of intraoperative vasopressor use to optimize neurological improvement in acute spinal cord injury

…, SS Dhall, PR Weinstein, X Duong-Fernandez… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Previous work has shown that maintaining mean arterial pressures (MAPs)
between 76 and 104 mm Hg intraoperatively is associated with improved neurological function …

Language processing in age-related macular degeneration associated with unique functional connectivity signatures in the right hemisphere

J Zhuang, DJ Madden, X Duong-Fernandez… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a retinal disease associated with significant
vision loss among older adults. Previous large-scale behavioral studies indicate that people …

Safety and comparative efficacy of initiating low-molecular-weight heparin within 24 hours of injury or surgery for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with …

…, PV Mummaneni, SS Dhall, X Duong-Fernandez… - Neurosurgical …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Venous thromboembolism (VTE) following traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is
a significant clinical concern. This study sought to determine the incidence of VTE and …

[HTML][HTML] Hypotension requiring vasopressor treatment and increased cardiac complications in elderly spinal cord injury patients: a prospective TRACK-SCI registry …

…, SS Dhall, PR Weinstein, X Duong-Fernandez… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Increasing life expectancy has led to an older population. In this study, the authors
analyzed complications and outcomes in elderly patients following spinal cord injury (SCI…

Clinical implementation of novel spinal cord perfusion pressure protocol in acute traumatic spinal cord injury at US level I trauma center: TRACK-SCI study

JK Yue, DD Hemmerle, EA Winkler, LH Thomas… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective We sought to report the safety of implementation of a novel standard of care protocol
using spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) maintenance for managing traumatic spinal …

Why seemingly trivial events sometimes evoke strong emotional reactions: The role of social exchange rule violations

MR Leary, KJ Diebels… - The Journal of social …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
People sometimes display strong emotional reactions to events that appear disproportionate
to the tangible magnitude of the event. Although previous work has addressed the role that …