Research Publications

2008
Dirette D, Plaisier B, Jones S. Patterns and Antecedents of the Development of Self-Awareness following Traumatic Brain Injury: The Importance of Occupation. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy. February 2008; 71(2), 44-51.

2007
Dirette D, Plaisier B. The Development of Self-awareness of Deficits from One-week to One-year After Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings. Brain Injury. October 20, 2007; 21(11), 1131-1136

Apker J, Mallak L, Gibson S. Communicating in the "Gray Zone":  Perceptions About Emergency Physician-Hospitalist Handoffs and Patient Safety. Academic Emergency Medicine. October 2007; 14(10), 884-894.   

Spates CR, Samaraweera N, Plaisier B, Souza T, Otsui K. Psychological Impact of Trauma on Developing Children and Youth. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. June 2007; 34(2), 387-405.

King, Jeffrey C. Imaging of the Elbow. Chapter 51, Orthopedic Surgery Essentials Series; Adult Reconstruction 1st Edition. Ed. Daniel Berry, Scott Steinman; published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. June 2007.

Fletcher, Jeffrey J. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Intracranial Pressure. Chapter 26, Textbook of Clinical Neurology, 3rd Edition. Ed. Christopher G. Goetz, MD; published by Saunders Elsevier. 2007.

Schaller T, Roehr B. Salvage of a Failed Opening Wedge Tibial Osteotomy Using a Locking Plate. Orthopedics. February 2007; 30(2).

2006
Dillon M
, King JC. Irreducible Radial Fracture in a Child. Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances. Summer 2006; 15(2), 90-94.

King, Jeffrey C. Radial Head Fractures. Chapter 41, Master Skills in Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy and Reconstruction. Ed. Thomas Trumble; published by The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Summer 2006.

King, Jeffrey C. Nailbeds and Fingertip Injuries. Chapter 30, Hand Secrets, 3rd Edition. Ed. Peter Jebson, Morton Kasdan; published by Elsevier, Inc. April 2006.

Bay E, Bergman K. Symptom Experience and Emotional Distress After Traumatic Brain Injury. Case Management Journals. Spring 2006; 7(1), 3-9.

Biroscak B, Smith P, Roznowski H, Tucker J, Carlson G. Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings From One State's Emergency Department Surveillance System. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2006; 321:12-16.

Hums W, Blostein P. A Comparative Approach to Deep Vein Thrombosis Risk Assessment. Journal of Trauma Nursing. January-March 2006; 13:1.

Schaller T, Kellam J. Guide to Wire Exchange Prior to Insertion of Intramedullary Nails. The American Journal of Orthopedics. January 2006; 35(1), 42-3.

Apker J, Propp K, Ford W, Hofmeister N. Collaboration, Credibility, Compassion and Coordination: Professional Nurse Communication Skill Sets in Health Care Team Interactions. Journal of Professional Nursing. 2006; 22(3), 180-189.

Van Enk R. The Effect of Single versus Two-bed Rooms on Hospital Acquired Infection Rates. The Architecture of Hospitals. 2006; 309-3113.

Van Enk R. Modern Hospital Design for Infection Control. Healthcare Design. September 2006.

2005
Schaller T
, Sims S, Maxian T. Skin Breakdown Following Circumferential Pelvic Anit-Shock Sheeting. Journal of Orthopedic Trauma. October 2005; 19(9), 661-5.

Plaisier B, Schlueter D, Davidson S, Blostein P, Beck R, Halpin M, Hodgman CG. Esophageal Perforation after External Blunt Trauma in Children. Pan-American Journal of Trauma. Published Fall 2005, in Ecuador.

Plaisier B. Thoracic Lavage in Accidental Hypothermia with Cardiac Arrest. Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Resuscitation. July 2005; 66(1), 99-104. Epub 2005 Apr 18. 

Plaisier B, Yowler C, Fallon W, Likavec M, Anderson J, Malangoni M. Post-Traumatic Meningitis: Risk Factors, Clinical Features, Bacteriology, and Outcome. The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery; 2005 Volume 2, Number 1.

Hums W, Williams J. Dedicated Trauma Care Unit: An Outcome-Based Model. Journal of Trauma Nursing. 2005; 12:1, 21-23.

2004
Halley M
, Silva P, Foley J, Rodarte A. Loss of Consciousness: When to Perform Computed Tomography? Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2004; 5:3, 230-3.

Van Enk R. Susceptibility Testing of Drugs and Organisms Not in NCCLS Cuidelines. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter. 2004; 26, 41-44.

Pagano P, Buchanan L, Dailey C, Haas J, Van Enk R, Gibson J. Effects of Linezolid on Staphylococcal Adherence versus Time of Treatment. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2004; 23, 226-234.

Van Enk R. Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in Kalamazoo Patients. Southwest Michigan Medical Journal. 2004; 1, 32-37.

2003
Hesse R, Plaisier B. Gunshot Wounds of the Cranium or Torso: Implications for Spinal Immobilization and Airway Management. Air Medical Journal. 2003; 22:6, 21-3.

Blostein P, Jones S. Identification and Evaluation of Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Results of a National Survey of Level I Trauma Center. Journal of Trauma. 2003; 55:3, 450-3.

Jacobs D, Plaisier B, Barie P, Hammond J, Holevar M, Sinclair K, Scalea T, Wahl W for the EAST Practice Management Guideline Work Group. Practice Management Guidelines for Geriatric Trauma: The EAST Practice Management Guidelines Work Group. Journal of Trauma. 2003; 54:2, 391-416

Spates R, Waller S, Samaraweera N, Plaisier B. Behavioral Aspects of Trauma in Children and Youth. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2003; 50, 901-918.

Rose L, Mubarak O, Saber A, Plaisier B. Traumatic Atlanto-occipital Dislocation. The American Journal of Surgery. 2003; 185, 376-7.

Carlson G, Negri E, McGrew A, Plaisier B. Two Cases of Methomoglobinemia from the Use of Topical Anesthetics. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2003; 29, 106-8.

Reisdorff E, Hayes O, Reynolds B, Wilkinson K, Overton D, Wagner M, Kowalenk T, Portelli D, Walker G, Carlson D. General Competencies are Intrinsic to Emergency Medicine Training: A Multicenter Study. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2003; 10:10, 1049-54.

Nichols K, Williams M, Overton D. A Flight Orientation Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians. Air Medical Journal. 2003; 22:2, 26-9.

Lammers R, Hudson D, Seaman M. Prediction of Traumatic Wound Infection with a Neural Network-Derived Decision Model. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2003; 21:1, 1-7.

Milne J, Hargarten S, Kellermann A, Wintemute G. Effect of Current Federal Regulations on Handgun Safety Features. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2003; 41:1, 1-9.

Feucht E, DeSanti C, Weinberg A. Selective Induction of Human Beta-Defensin mRNAs by Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans in Primary and Immortalized Oral Epithelial Cells. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 2003; 18, 359-63.

Carlson G, Cohen S, Vaughn K. Take Critical Steps When a Trauma Patient Arrives. ED Nursing. 2003; 128-130.

Hums W. Reducing Injuries in Kids and Families to Create a Safe, Healthy, Community. Advance for Nurses. July 2003; 14-16.

2002
Van Enk R
, Sivik J, Wall K. Age is No Barrier to HIV. MD News. November/December 2002.

2000
Van Enk R
. The Continuing Battle Against Infectious Disease: How Antibiotic Resistance Has Emerged in Southwest Michigan. Bronson Healthcare in Review. 2000; 3, 4-7.

Snyder J, McDonald L, Van Enk R. Common Bacteria Whose Susceptibility to Antimicrobials is No Longer Predictable.  Lebanese Medical Journal. 2000; 48, 208-214.

1999
Suria H, Van Enk R, Gordon, Mattano L. Risk of Cross-Patient Infection with Clinical Use of a Needleless Injector Device.  American Journal of Infection Control. 1999; 27, 444-447.

 
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