Kumar Alagappan
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Recent Articles
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Burk K, Stroh J, Larkin K, Chaftari P, Langabeer D, Menendez J, et al.
J Emerg Med
. 2025 Jan;
68():43-53.
PMID: 39800593
Background: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine emerged as an important option that supports and facilitates clinical practice, however, its usefulness in emergency settings that treat patients with cancer is unclear....
2.
Elsayem A, Warneke C, Reyes-Gibby C, Buffardi L, Sadaf H, Chaftari P, et al.
J Emerg Med
. 2022 Oct;
63(3):355-362.
PMID: 36220672
Background: Delirium, poor performance status, and dyspnea predict short survival in the palliative care setting. Objective: Our goal was to determine whether these three conditions, which we refer to as...
3.
Wattana M, Lipe D, Coyne C, Shafer S, Brock P, Alagappan K
J Emerg Med
. 2021 May;
61(3):330-335.
PMID: 34011452
Background Emergency medicine (EM) resident training in oncologic emergencies is limited, and significant gaps have been identified. Although 90% of emergency medicine residency program directors recognize the importance of residency...
4.
Yeung S, Qdaisat A, Chaftari P, Lipe D, Merlin J, Rajha E, et al.
J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
. 2021 Jan;
1(6):1637-1659.
PMID: 33392573
Rapid advances in cancer immunotherapy using immune checkpoint inhibitors have led to significantly improved survival. Rapid identification of the toxicity syndromes associated with these therapeutic agents is very important for...
5.
Qdaisat A, Kamal M, Al-Breiki A, Goswami B, Wu C, Zhou S, et al.
Blood Adv
. 2020 Apr;
4(8):1606-1614.
PMID: 32311012
Incidental pulmonary embolisms (IPEs) are common in cancer patients. Examining the characteristics and outcomes of IPEs in cancer patients can help to ensure proper management, promoting better outcomes. To determine...
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Banala S, Yeung S, Rice T, Reyes-Gibby C, Wu C, Todd K, et al.
Int J Emerg Med
. 2017 Jun;
10(1):19.
PMID: 28589462
Background: Hospitalization and early anticoagulation therapy remain standard care for patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with pulmonary embolism (PE). For PEs discovered incidentally, however, optimal therapeutic strategies...
7.
Rentala M, Andrews S, Tiberio A, Alagappan K, Tavdy T, Sheppard P, et al.
Am J Emerg Med
. 2016 May;
34(7):1273-5.
PMID: 27182030
Objectives: The objective of the study is to evaluate whether patients with cellulitis can be safely discharged from a 24-hour clinical decision unit (CDU) with home infusion of intravenous (IV)...
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Naderi S, Acerra J, Bailey K, Mukherji P, Taraphdar T, Mukherjee T, et al.
Int J Emerg Med
. 2014 Feb;
7(1):13.
PMID: 24568343
Background: Some reports indicate financial concerns as a factor affecting ED patients leaving the acute care setting against medical advice (AMA). In India, no person is supposed to be denied...
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Alagappan K, Silverman R, Hancock K, Ward M, Akerman M, Dawood F, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2012 Dec;
19(1):140-3.
PMID: 23260627
Seroprevalence of antibodies to influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among 193 emergency department health care personnel was similar among 147 non-health care personnel (odds ratio 1.4, 95% CI 0.8-2.4). Working in an...
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Tupesis J, Babcock C, Char D, Alagappan K, Hexom B, Kapur G
Int J Emerg Med
. 2012 Nov;
5(1):43.
PMID: 23148459
Unlabelled: Background: An increasing number of emergency medicine (EM) residency training programs have residents interested in participating in clinical rotations in other countries. However, the policies that each individual training...