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SU-D-213AB-03: Design Optimization of a HDR Ir-192 Brachytherapy Skin Applicator Using Monte Carlo-Based Dosimetry.

Medical physics

Yang Y, Rivard MJ.
PMID: 28517379
Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6):3612. doi: 10.1118/1.4734663.

PURPOSE: AccuBoost® applicators are designed to deliver boost dose after whole breast irradiation in substitution for electron boost. By augmenting the current design through adding a wedge inside the applicator and atungsten window above the skin surface, the AccuBoost...

Response to "Comment on 'Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations' " [Med. Phys. 31, 633-674 (2004)].

Medical physics

Rivard MJ, Butler WM, DeWerd LA, Huq MS, Ibbott GS, Melhus CS, Mitch MG, Nath R, Williamson JJ.
PMID: 28513947
Med Phys. 2005 Jun;32(6):1822-1824. doi: 10.1118/1.1905824.

No abstract available.

Acceptability, Adaptation, and Clinical Outcomes of Acupuncture Provided in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Pilot Study.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)

Reinstein AS, Erickson LO, Griffin KH, Rivard RL, Kapsner CE, Finch MD, Dusek JA.
PMID: 26917627
Pain Med. 2017 Jan 30;18(1):169-178. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnv114.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate acceptability and clinical outcomes of acupuncture on patient-reported pain and anxiety in an emergency department (ED).DESIGN: Observational, retrospective pilot study.SETTING: Abbott Northwestern Hospital ED, Minneapolis, MN.METHODS: Retrospective data was used to identify patients receiving acupuncture in...

Evaluation of BEBIG HDR (60)Co system for non-invasive image-guided breast brachytherapy.

Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

Zehtabian M, Sina S, Rivard MJ, Meigooni AS.
PMID: 26816504
J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2015 Dec;7(6):469-78. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2015.56766. Epub 2015 Dec 30.

PURPOSE: HDR (60)Co system has recently been developed and utilized for brachytherapy in many countries outside of the U.S. as an alternative to (192)Ir. In addition, the AccuBoost(®) technique has been demonstrated to be a successful non-invasive image-guided breast...

Partnering With VA Stakeholders to Develop a Comprehensive Patient Safety Data Display: Lessons Learned From the Field.

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality

Chen Q, Shin MH, Chan JA, Sullivan JL, Borzecki AM, Shwartz M, Rivard PE, Hatoun J, Rosen AK.
PMID: 25500716
Am J Med Qual. 2016 Mar-Apr;31(2):178-86. doi: 10.1177/1062860614560214. Epub 2014 Dec 10.

Health care systems are increasingly burdened by the large numbers of safety measures currently being reported. Within the Veterans Administration (VA), most safety reporting occurs within organizational silos, with little involvement by the frontline users of these measures. To...

Comparison of erlotinib and pemetrexed as second-/third-line treatment for lung adenocarcinoma patients with asymptomatic brain metastases.

OncoTargets and therapy

He Y, Sun W, Wang Y, Ren S, Li X, Li J, Rivard CJ, Zhou C, Hirsch FR.
PMID: 27143936
Onco Targets Ther. 2016 Apr 21;9:2409-14. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S102236. eCollection 2016.

OBJECTIVE: Brain metastases occur in one-third of all non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Due to restrictive transport at the blood-brain barrier, many drugs provide poor control of metastases in the brain. The aim of this study was to compare erlotinib...

SpineCor treatment for Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis: SOSORT award 2010 winner.

Scoliosis

Coillard C, Circo AB, Rivard CH.
PMID: 21067608
Scoliosis. 2010 Nov 10;5:25. doi: 10.1186/1748-7161-5-25.

INTRODUCTION: Juvenile idiopathic scoliosis is a condition used to describe patients who are least 4 years of age but younger than 10 when the deformity is first identified. In these patients, the condition is usually progressive and those that...

Grafting Tomato to Manage Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum in the Southeastern United States.

Plant disease

Rivard CL, O'Connell S, Peet MM, Welker RM, Louws FJ.
PMID: 30727209
Plant Dis. 2012 Jul;96(7):973-978. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-10-0877.

Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, can result in severe losses to tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) growers in the southeastern United States, and grafting with resistant rootstocks may be an effective strategy for managing this disease. However, R. solanacearum populations...

Perspective infirmiere : revue officielle de l'Ordre des infirmieres et infirmiers du Quebec

Leclerc AM, Vézeau-Beaulieu K, Rivard MC, Miquelon P.
PMID: 29702762
Perspect Infirm. 2018 May-Jun;15(3):50-53.

No abstract available.

Micro-scale heterogeneity of soil phosphorus depends on soil substrate and depth.

Scientific reports

Werner F, Mueller CW, Thieme J, Gianoncelli A, Rivard C, Höschen C, Prietzel J.
PMID: 28600571
Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 09;7(1):3203. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03537-8.

Soils comprise various heterogeneously distributed pools of lithogenic, free organic, occluded, adsorbed, and precipitated phosphorus (P) forms, which differ depending on soil forming factors. Small-scale heterogeneity of element distributions recently has received increased attention in soil science due to...

Hemophilia prophylaxis adherence and bleeding using a tailored, frequency-escalated approach: The Canadian Hemophilia Primary Prophylaxis Study.

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis

Dover S, Blanchette VS, Wrathall D, Pullenayegum E, Kazandjian D, Song B, Hawes SA, Cloutier S, Rivard GE, Klaassen RJ, Paradis E, Laferriere N, Stain AM, Chan AK, Israels SJ, Sinha R, Steele M, Wu JKM, Feldman BM.
PMID: 32110763
Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jan 29;4(2):318-325. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12301. eCollection 2020 Feb.

BACKGROUND: Standard of care for persons with severe hemophilia A includes regular replacement of factor VIII (FVIII). Prophylaxis regimens using standard half-life (SHL) FVIII concentrates, while effective, are costly and require frequent intravenous infusions.AIM: This study evaluated the adherence...

Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis supports the valid separate species status of .

Forensic sciences research

Picard CJ, Wells JD, Ullyot A, Rognes K.
PMID: 30483652
Forensic Sci Res. 2017 Dec 08;3(1):60-64. doi: 10.1080/20961790.2017.1398286. eCollection 2018.

Common DNA-based species determination methods fail to distinguish some blow flies in the forensically and medically important genus

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