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  1. Article ; Online: Social Empathy Lives Beyond the Classroom.

    Kim, Gina J

    Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

    2018  Volume 93, Issue 6, Page(s) 817

    MeSH term(s) Education, Medical ; Empathy ; Florida ; Social Behavior ; Universities
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-05-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 96192-9
    ISSN 1938-808X ; 1040-2446
    ISSN (online) 1938-808X
    ISSN 1040-2446
    DOI 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002198
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  2. Article ; Online: PipeVal: light-weight extensible tool for file validation.

    Patel, Yash / Beshlikyan, Arpi / Jordan, Madison / Kim, Gina / Holmes, Aaron / Yamaguchi, Takafumi N / Boutros, Paul C

    Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

    2024  Volume 40, Issue 2

    Abstract: Motivation: The volume of biomedical data generated each year is growing exponentially as high-throughput molecular, imaging and mHealth technologies expand. This rise in data volume has contributed to an increasing reliance on and demand for ... ...

    Abstract Motivation: The volume of biomedical data generated each year is growing exponentially as high-throughput molecular, imaging and mHealth technologies expand. This rise in data volume has contributed to an increasing reliance on and demand for computational methods, and consequently to increased attention to software quality and data integrity.
    Results: To simplify data verification in diverse data-processing pipelines, we created PipeVal, a light-weight, easy-to-use, extensible tool for file validation. It is open-source, easy to integrate with complex workflows, and modularized for extensibility for new file formats. PipeVal can be rapidly inserted into existing methods and pipelines to automatically validate and verify inputs and outputs. This can reduce wasted compute time attributed to file corruption or invalid file paths, and significantly improve the quality of data-intensive software.
    Availability and implementation: PipeVal is an open-source Python package under the GPLv2 license and it is freely available at https://github.com/uclahs-cds/package-PipeVal. The docker image is available at: https://github.com/uclahs-cds/package-PipeVal/pkgs/container/pipeval.
    MeSH term(s) Software ; Workflow
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1422668-6
    ISSN 1367-4811 ; 1367-4803
    ISSN (online) 1367-4811
    ISSN 1367-4803
    DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btae079
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  3. Article: Pregnancy-Onset Ulcerative Colitis in a Pediatric Patient Presenting With Altered Mental Status and Severe Anemia.

    Huang, Alda / Stone, Gregory L / Gordon, Brian / Kim, Gina J

    Cureus

    2022  Volume 14, Issue 6, Page(s) e26434

    Abstract: Ulcerative colitis (UC) classically presents with abdominal pain, hematochezia, or diarrhea. However, it can present atypically in pediatric and pregnant patients, posing a diagnostic challenge. A healthy, 16-year-old primigravida presented at 18 weeks ... ...

    Abstract Ulcerative colitis (UC) classically presents with abdominal pain, hematochezia, or diarrhea. However, it can present atypically in pediatric and pregnant patients, posing a diagnostic challenge. A healthy, 16-year-old primigravida presented at 18 weeks and six days of gestation with sudden-onset altered mental status and severe anemia. Hematochezia began about 12 hours after admission. She underwent extensive workup, leading to an endoscopic and histopathologic diagnosis of UC, and achieved prenatal remission with high-dose steroids and infliximab. Her pregnancy, however, was complicated by severe preeclampsia, and her child's post-delivery course was medically complex from an unrelated etiology. Pregnancy-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the pediatric population is an uncommon but important consideration. Early diagnosis, treatment, and counseling are vital to achieve results comparable to those of patients without IBD.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2747273-5
    ISSN 2168-8184
    ISSN 2168-8184
    DOI 10.7759/cureus.26434
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  4. Article ; Online: Addressing the Operational Challenges for Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation.

    Jenkins, La'Tai / Gonzaga, Spencer / Jedlanek, Erin / Kim, Gina / Raghavan, Preeti

    American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

    2023  Volume 102, Issue 2S Suppl 1, Page(s) S61–S67

    Abstract: Abstract: The traditional model of rehabilitation services includes clear requirements for provision of services in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting. However, there are fewer guidelines on the frequency and duration of rehabilitation services ... ...

    Abstract Abstract: The traditional model of rehabilitation services includes clear requirements for provision of services in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting. However, there are fewer guidelines on the frequency and duration of rehabilitation services beyond the acute setting. Recent research has suggested that neurorehabilitation interventions that are provided frequently enough upon discharge from acute inpatient rehabilitation to facilitate repeated practice and feedback improve long-term stroke outcomes. However, it is challenging to provide high-frequency outpatient rehabilitation, as the logistics of scheduling and insurance limitations often do not allow it. The Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine innovated a new model to provide the appropriate frequency of therapy for stroke rehabilitation in the outpatient setting. This article describes the restructured operational infrastructure for outpatient stroke rehabilitation to facilitate high-frequency transdisciplinary stroke rehabilitation in the real world, including the development of the outpatient postacute therapy programs and the identification of appropriate patients for each program, the development of scheduling matrices and treating teams to deliver the postacute therapy programs, the implementation of transdisciplinary neurorehabilitation, and the steps taken to empower patients to engage in rehabilitation at home and address barriers to accessing the programs. We assessed the effect of the operational restructuring on schedule utilization, no-show rates, and cancellation rates in the 3 mos before and after implementation of the program and show that it increased schedule utilization and reduced no-show rates and cancellation rates, suggesting that it may increase compliance with rehabilitation. It is possible to create the infrastructure needed to bridge the continuum of care for poststroke recovery and rehabilitation.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Stroke Rehabilitation ; Outpatients ; Stroke ; Patient Discharge
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 219390-5
    ISSN 1537-7385 ; 0002-9491 ; 0894-9115
    ISSN (online) 1537-7385
    ISSN 0002-9491 ; 0894-9115
    DOI 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002145
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  5. Article ; Online: Association Between Socioeconomic and Insurance Status and Delayed Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Cancers.

    Kim, Gina / Qin, Jiyue / Hall, Charles B / In, Haejin

    The Journal of surgical research

    2022  Volume 279, Page(s) 170–186

    Abstract: Introduction: Association between socioeconomic status (SES) and stage at diagnosis in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers is poorly described. Relationship between low SES and stage at diagnosis as well as the mediating role of insurance status (IS) was ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Association between socioeconomic status (SES) and stage at diagnosis in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers is poorly described. Relationship between low SES and stage at diagnosis as well as the mediating role of insurance status (IS) was examined.
    Methods: The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was queried for esophageal, gastric, liver, biliary, pancreatic, colon, and rectal cancers diagnosed in 2012-2016. Relationship between census-tract SES index quintiles and late diagnosis (distant disease at diagnosis) was examined. Uni and multivariable logistic regressions were performed. Mediation analyses were conducted to determine the degree to which IS (private/Medicare versus Medicaid/uninsured) mediates the relationship between SES and late diagnosis of cancer.
    Results: Analysis included 236,713 adult patients from 18 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results areas. In univariable analysis, lowest SES quintile was significantly associated with late diagnosis for all cancers except gastric and biliary cancers. In multivariable analysis controlling for age, gender, marital status and race, this association remained significant for liver (odds ratio (OR) 1.41 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.25-1.58]), pancreatic (OR 1.13 [95% CI 1.06-1.21]), and rectal (OR 1.31 [95% CI 1.20-1.42]) cancers. Further controlling for IS showed the largest effect size reduction for rectal cancer (OR 1.18 [95% CI 1.09-1.29]), with IS mediating 36.5% (P < 0.0001) of SES effect.
    Conclusions: Low SES is an independent risk factor for late diagnosis in liver, pancreas, and rectal cancers. Insurance is not a critical mediator of difference by SES for most GI cancers, with the exception of rectal cancer. Further research is needed to understand factors beyond IS that can account for SES differences in late diagnosis for GI cancers. Insurance related differences for rectal cancer deserves further attention.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Delayed Diagnosis ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/epidemiology ; Humans ; Insurance Coverage ; Medicare ; Rectal Neoplasms ; Social Class ; Socioeconomic Factors ; United States/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 80170-7
    ISSN 1095-8673 ; 0022-4804
    ISSN (online) 1095-8673
    ISSN 0022-4804
    DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2022.05.027
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  6. Article ; Online: Clinical Characteristics of Trauma Patients Requiring Hydrocortisone Treatment for Refractory Hypotension.

    Kim, Gina / Young, Jeffrey

    The American surgeon

    2017  Volume 83, Issue 8, Page(s) 821–824

    Abstract: Corticosteroids play an important role in responding to physiologic stress in the human body. However, its application in critical care remains heavily debated. The purpose of this study was to identify patient characteristics associated with receiving ... ...

    Abstract Corticosteroids play an important role in responding to physiologic stress in the human body. However, its application in critical care remains heavily debated. The purpose of this study was to identify patient characteristics associated with receiving stress-dose steroids during the intensive care unit stay after traumatic injury and its effect on in-hospital mortality. Patients admitted to the University of Virginia trauma center between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2015, were identified using our Trauma Registry. Stress dose steroids were defined as 100 mg IV hydrocortisone every eight hours. Patients who received stress-dose steroids were identified using the Clinical Data Repository. Patient characteristics associated with increased likelihood of receiving stress-dose steroids during admission were age >65, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, burn injuries, Injury Severity Score >15, lower blood pressure (141/80 vs 125/76 mm Hg), and higher heart rate (87 vs 94/min). Patients who received stress-dose steroids were found to have increased mortality but not after controlling for the aforementioned patient factors associated with increased likelihood of receiving stress-dose steroids. The use of stress-dose steroids in critically ill patients with refractory hypotension does not appear to affect in-hospital mortality.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Female ; Hospital Mortality ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone/therapeutic use ; Hypotension/drug therapy ; Hypotension/etiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Wounds and Injuries/complications
    Chemical Substances Hydrocortisone (WI4X0X7BPJ)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-08-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 202465-2
    ISSN 1555-9823 ; 0003-1348
    ISSN (online) 1555-9823
    ISSN 0003-1348
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  7. Article ; Online: Lactate- and immunomagnetic-purified hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes generate comparable engineered cardiac tissue constructs.

    Rossler, Kalina J / de Lange, Willem J / Mann, Morgan W / Aballo, Timothy J / Melby, Jake A / Zhang, Jianhua / Kim, Gina / Bayne, Elizabeth F / Zhu, Yanlong / Farrell, Emily T / Kamp, Timothy J / Ralphe, J Carter / Ge, Ying

    JCI insight

    2024  Volume 9, Issue 1

    Abstract: Three-dimensional engineered cardiac tissue (ECT) using purified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) has emerged as an appealing model system for the study of human cardiac biology and disease. A recent study reported ... ...

    Abstract Three-dimensional engineered cardiac tissue (ECT) using purified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) has emerged as an appealing model system for the study of human cardiac biology and disease. A recent study reported widely used metabolic (lactate) purification of monolayer hiPSC-CM cultures results in an ischemic cardiomyopathy-like phenotype compared with magnetic antibody-based cell sorting (MACS) purification, complicating the interpretation of studies using lactate-purified hiPSC-CMs. Herein, our objective was to determine if use of lactate relative to MACS-purified hiPSC-CMs affects the properties of resulting hiPSC-ECTs. Therefore, hiPSC-CMs were differentiated and purified using either lactate-based media or MACS. Global proteomics revealed that lactate-purified hiPSC-CMs displayed a differential phenotype over MACS hiPSC-CMs. hiPSC-CMs were then integrated into 3D hiPSC-ECTs and cultured for 4 weeks. Structurally, there was no significant difference in sarcomere length between lactate and MACS hiPSC-ECTs. Assessment of isometric twitch force and Ca2+ transient measurements revealed similar functional performance between purification methods. High-resolution mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics showed no significant difference in protein pathway expression or myofilament proteoforms. Taken together, this study demonstrates that lactate- and MACS-purified hiPSC-CMs generate ECTs with comparable structural, functional, and proteomic features, and it suggests that lactate purification does not result in an irreversible change in a hiPSC-CM phenotype.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism ; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism ; Lactic Acid/metabolism ; Tissue Engineering ; Proteomics ; Cells, Cultured
    Chemical Substances Lactic Acid (33X04XA5AT)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2379-3708
    ISSN (online) 2379-3708
    DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.172168
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  8. Article ; Online: Commentary on "Constraint-induced movement therapy in children aged 5 to 9 years with cerebral palsy: a day camp model".

    Kim, Gina / Blitz, Jill

    Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association

    2015  Volume 27, Issue 1, Page(s) 81

    MeSH term(s) Cerebral Palsy/rehabilitation ; Female ; Hemiplegia/rehabilitation ; Humans ; Male ; Physical Therapy Modalities ; Upper Extremity
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comment ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1036679-9
    ISSN 1538-005X ; 0898-5669
    ISSN (online) 1538-005X
    ISSN 0898-5669
    DOI 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000113
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  9. Article: Providing Reliable Prognosis to Patients with Gastric Cancer in the Era of Neoadjuvant Therapies: Comparison of AJCC Staging Schemata.

    Kim, Gina / Friedmann, Patricia / Solsky, Ian / Muscarella, Peter / McAuliffe, John / In, Haejin

    Journal of gastric cancer

    2020  Volume 20, Issue 4, Page(s) 385–394

    Abstract: Purpose: Patients with gastric cancer who receive neoadjuvant therapy are staged before treatment (cStage) and after treatment (ypStage). We aimed to compare the prognostic reliability of cStage and ypStage, alone and in combination.: Materials and ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Patients with gastric cancer who receive neoadjuvant therapy are staged before treatment (cStage) and after treatment (ypStage). We aimed to compare the prognostic reliability of cStage and ypStage, alone and in combination.
    Materials and methods: Data for all patients who received neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma from 2004 to 2015 were extracted from the National Cancer Database. Kaplan-Meier (KM)curves were used to model overall survival based on cStage alone, ypStage alone, cStage stratified by ypStage, and ypStage stratified by cStage. P-values were generated to summarize the differences in KM curves. The discriminatory power of survival prediction was examined using Harrell's C-statistics.
    Results: We included 8,977 patients in the analysis. As expected, increasing cStage and ypStage were associated with worse survival. The discriminatory prognostic power provided by cStage was poor (C-statistic 0.548), while that provided by ypStage was moderate (C-statistic 0.634). Within each cStage, the addition of ypStage information significantly altered the prognosis (P<0.0001 within cStages I-IV). However, for each ypStage, the addition of cStage information generally did not alter the prognosis (P=0.2874, 0.027, 0.061, 0.049, and 0.007 within ypStages 0-IV, respectively). The discriminatory prognostic power provided by the combination of cStage and ypStage was similar to that of ypStage alone (C-statistic 0.636 vs. 0.634).
    Conclusions: The cStage is unreliable for prognosis, and ypStage is moderately reliable. Combining cStage and ypStage does not improve the discriminatory prognostic power provided by ypStage alone. A ypStage-based prognosis is minimally affected by the initial cStage.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-12-29
    Publishing country Korea (South)
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2637180-7
    ISSN 2093-5641 ; 2093-582X
    ISSN (online) 2093-5641
    ISSN 2093-582X
    DOI 10.5230/jgc.2020.20.e41
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  10. Article: Lactate and Immunomagnetic-purified iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes Generate Comparable Engineered Cardiac Tissue Constructs.

    Rossler, Kalina J / de Lange, Willem J / Mann, Morgan W / Aballo, Timothy J / Melby, Jake A / Zhang, Jianhua / Kim, Gina / Bayne, Elizabeth F / Zhu, Yanlong / Farrell, Emily T / Kamp, Timothy J / Ralphe, J Carter / Ge, Ying

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Three-dimensional engineered cardiac tissue (ECT) using purified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) has emerged as an appealing model system for the study of human cardiac biology and disease. A recent study reported ... ...

    Abstract Three-dimensional engineered cardiac tissue (ECT) using purified human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) has emerged as an appealing model system for the study of human cardiac biology and disease. A recent study reported widely-used metabolic (lactate) purification of monolayer hiPSC-CM cultures results in an ischemic cardiomyopathy-like phenotype compared to magnetic antibody-based cell sorting (MACS) purification, complicating the interpretation of studies using lactate-purified hiPSC-CMs. Herein, our objective was to determine if use of lactate relative to MACs-purified hiPSC-CMs impacts the properties of resulting hiPSC-ECTs. Therefore, hiPSC-CMs were differentiated and purified using either lactate-based media or MACS. After purification, hiPSC-CMs were combined with hiPSC-cardiac fibroblasts to create 3D hiPSC-ECT constructs maintained in culture for four weeks. There were no structural differences observed, and there was no significant difference in sarcomere length between lactate and MACS hiPSC-ECTs. Assessment of isometric twitch force, Ca
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.05.05.539642
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