Judy M Opalek
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Wermert A, Mehl A, Opalek J, Shaffer L
J Trauma Nurs
. 2012 Jun;
19(2):94-101.
PMID: 22673076
Compared with other age groups, teenagers have the lowest rate of safety belt use. We sought to determine whether an ongoing, student-led initiative would be effective in increasing safety belt...
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Cudnik M, Werman H, White L, Opalek J
Prehosp Emerg Care
. 2011 Oct;
16(1):121-7.
PMID: 21958032
Background: Air medical transport provides rapid transport to definitive care. Overtriage and the expense and risk of transport may offset survival benefits. Objective: We assessed the ability of prehospital factors...
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Idoine 3rd J, French B, Opalek J, DeMott L
J Orthop Trauma
. 2011 May;
26(1):9-18.
PMID: 21577147
Objective: We evaluated the clinical and long-term functional outcomes of humeral diaphyseal fractures treated with acute anterior plating in a trauma population. Design: Single-center, retrospective cohort analysis with long-term prospective...
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Ezzie M, Piper M, Montague C, Newland C, Opalek J, Baran C, et al.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
. 2010 Jun;
44(4):556-61.
PMID: 20581099
Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is an extracellular protein critical to normal lung homeostasis, and is reported to activate latent transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). Because active TGF-β is causally involved in lung fibrosis...
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Wermert A, Opalek J
J Trauma Nurs
. 2009 Dec;
16(4):208-13.
PMID: 20029285
Motorcycle registrations are on the rise in the United States, especially among riders over 40 years of age. While motorcycle popularity has been increasing, so have injuries and fatalities. Unfortunately,...
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Goodwin R, Beery 2nd P, Dorbish R, Betz J, Hari J, Opalek J, et al.
J Trauma
. 2009 Nov;
67(5):1046-50.
PMID: 19901666
Background: Blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVI) in trauma patients are rare but potentially devastating injuries, particularly if the diagnosis is delayed. Conventional angiography (CA) has been the screening and diagnostic modality...
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Opalek J, Graymire V, Redd D
J Trauma Nurs
. 2009 Jun;
16(2):98-102.
PMID: 19543019
Falling from a wheelchair can result in a serious injury. Our report details injuries sustained by 30 individuals who fell from a wheelchair and presented to our level I trauma...
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Deppe S, Truax C, Opalek J, Santanello S
J Trauma
. 2009 Apr;
66(4):1184-8.
PMID: 19359935
Background: Hospital accounting methods use diagnosis-related group (DRG) data to identify patients and derive financial analyses and reports. The National Trauma Data Bank and trauma programs identify patients with trauma...
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Marable K, Shaffer L, Dizon V, Opalek J
J Trauma Nurs
. 2009 Mar;
16(1):41-7.
PMID: 19305299
Oral and mandibular trauma pose barriers to oral thermometry. We sought to determine whether temporal artery (TA) scanning thermometry could be an accurate, noninvasive back up method of thermometry in...