Publications/Poster Presentations

With academic excellence in mind, the residents at St. Vincent Charity Hospital strive year by year to generate research worthy of publication and poster presentation. Among the studies published or presented by our residents during their training are as follows:

Review of Antimicrobial Resistance in the ICU;
*Mehta R, Aneja A, Sahni R; Neth J Crit Care; Vol 11; Number 2; April 2007.

Nosocomial Infections in Post Operative Bariatric Surgery Patients at Our Institution: Epidemiology and Risk Factors.
*R.Sahni, P.Sharma, N.Rohatgi. Presented at SGIM National Meeting 4/2007 at Toronto, Canada.

Multi-disciplinary Fall Prevention Program Implementation in an Urban-based Community Hospital.
*V. Velez, M.G. Velez, A. Erfan, N. Aggarwal, S. Merugu. Presented at the 2007 Research ShowCASE  (April 2007) at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

The relationship of serum uric acid with metabolic syndrome, hypertension, renal disease and diabetes mellitus.
*P.Sharma, R.Sahni, L.Anand. The study was presented at 2006 SGIM mid west meeting, Chicago, IL.

Dialysis and Psychiatric Illness: An Overview of patients in a Cleveland Community Hospital.
*O. Ayanleke. Presented at the 2007 Research ShowCASE  (April 2007) at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Prevalence and classification of cognitive impairment in a Community dwelling African American elderly.
*N.Sarhill, R.Sawhney, R.Sahni, et al. The study was presented at 2005 AGS meeting in FL.

Biting off more than we could chew! A surprising find on biopsy. Case of Gastric Strongyloidosis.
*R.Sahni, et al. This case was presented as a poster at the 30th National SGIM meeting in April 2007 at Toronto, Canada .

Competency In Electrocardiogram Interpretation Among Internal Medicine Residents: Before and After Electrocardiogram Book (Learning Tool)
*Chadi Alraies. Presented at the 2007 Research ShowCASE  (April 2007) at the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Non-resolving Pulmonary Infiltrates in a Smoker: A case of Eosinophilic Granuloma
*R.Sahni, P. Sharma, et al. This case was presented at  the 30th National SGIM meeting in April 2007
at Toronto, Canada .

Madelung’s Disease in an African-American Patient.
*Sarhill N, Kumar A, Cook L, Tahir A, Barakat K. Hospital Physician. Dec 2006, pp. 35-38.

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