American College of Physicians Hawai‘i Chapter Abstracts 2009
Hypoplasia of the Posterior Communicating Artery in Japanese American Men
Knewton Sakata MS3 (Student Member); Tiffany Tanaka MS3 (Student Member); Helen Petrovitch MD; Lon White MD; Kamal Masaki MD; Webster Ross MD; Jane Uyehara-Lock MD
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Timed 10-Foot Walk as a Predictor of Incident Parkinson’s Disease: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
Jacqueline De Luca MS2 (Student Member); G. Webster Ross MD; Christina Bell MD; Kaon Fong BS; Robert Abbott PhD; Helen Petrovitch MD; Lon White MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, FACP; Kamal Masaki MD
181
Heritable or Random? Coronary Artery Anomalies and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders
Tiffany Tanaka MS III (Student Member); Lee Guertler MD, PhD; Robert Hong MD; Christian Spies MD; Todd B. Seto MD, MPH
182
Highest Quartile of White Blood Cell Count Predicts Incident Stroke: The Honolulu Heart Program
Tiffany Ching MS2 (Student Member); Christina Bell MD; Randi Chen MS; G. Webster Ross MD; Jordan Popper MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, FACP; Beatriz Rodriguez MD, PhD; J. David Curb MD, FACP; Kamal Masaki MD
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Is Exhaled Nitric Oxide a Useful Diagnostic Indicator of Asthma in Asians?
Cawin Wong BBA; Elizabeth Tam MD, FACP; Nicole Taniguchi BA; Keane Young BS, Marianne Yoshida RN; Rei Miike MPH
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Viral Hepatitis in a Homeless Shelter in Hawai‘i
Daniel E.C. Boyce MS (Student Member); Alan D. Tice MD, FACP; Fernando V. Ona MD; Kenneth T. Akinaka MRA; Heather Lusk BS
183
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Outcomes Assessment: A Comparison of Risk-adjustment Models
CPT Mitchell Marzo MC, USA (Associate); CPT Kim Kenney MC, USA (Associate); CPT Nicolas Ondrasik MC, USA (Associate); COL Thomas Wisenbaugh MC, USA
184
Simulation Training Enhances Knowledge of the Management of Basic Medical Emergencies After Standard Web-based Syllabus Training
Ashlee Nekoba MD; Emilio Ganitano Jr., MD (Member)
184
A Rare Case of Cystic Tracheomegaly in a Patient with Prior Pulmonary Tuberculosis
CPT Jordanna Walker MD (Associate); MAJ Donald Helman MD (FACP)
185
Proteinuria in HIV-infected Patients: Hawai‘i Population
Nuntra Suwantarat MD (Associate); Dominic Chow MD, MPH; Cecilia Shikuma MD (Advisor)
185
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome: An Unusual Cause of Rhabdomyolysis
John Downs MD (Associate); David Finger MD, FACP
186
Glucagon-assisted Removal of Jejunal Foreign Body by Push Enteroscopy
Michael E. Goldberg DO (Associate); Matthew Pantsari MD
186
A 56-year-old Man with Lemierre’s Syndrome: An Unexpected Diagnosis; A Case Review and Literature Review
Dagmar Lin MD (Associate); Naluporn Chokrunvaranon MD (Associate); Gary Kuniyoshi MD; Royden Young MD (Member)
187
The Effect of Antiviral Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C: Improvement in Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels in Patients with Impaired Fasting Glucose
Ongkarn Sarasombath MD (Associate); Nuntra Suwantarat MD (Associate); Alan D. Tice MD, FACP, (Advisor); Richard F. Arakaki, MD (Advisor)
187
Murine Typhus and Direct Support for a Diagnosis Using Broad-range PCR and Mass Spectrometry; an 80-year-old Female from Molokai with an Acute Febrile Illness: A case Report and Review of the Literature
Nuntra Suwantarat MD (Associate); Matthew J. Bankowski PhD; Mark W. Eshoo PhD; Royden S. Young MD (Member) (Advisor)
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Effect of Acarbose on Insulin Secretion in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Nalurporn Chokrungvaranon MD (Associate); Teera Chentanez MD (Associate); Richard F.Arakaki MD
188
Blink Frequency and Eye-lid Closure Correlate with Increasing Simulator Driving Accidents in Sleep Disorder Patients Over a Period of Mild Sleep Deprivation
Jaime Torres (Member); William Torch; Carlos Cardillo; Chad Bouchard; Michael Russo (Member)
189
The First Case of Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus in Hawai‘i
Suttirak Chaiwongkarjohn MD (Associate); Pornpoj Pramyothin MD (Associate); Nuntra Suwantarat MD (Associate); Matthew J. Bankowski PhD; Terrie Koyamatsu;Steve Seifried PhD; Steven J. Berman MD, FACP; Erlaine F. Bello MD, FACP (Advisor)
189
Acetyl-L-Carnitine for the Treatment of HAART-associated Lipoatrophy
Kahoko Taki MD (Associate); Dominic Chow MD (Advisor); Cecilia Shikuma MD (Advisor)
190
Eosinophilic myocarditis-Rapid Onset and Resolution of a Rare Cardiomyopathy
Song Ching Ong MD (Associate); Hahn La MD; Philip H. Kuo MD; Michael Dang MD; Christian Spies MD (Member) (Advisor)
190
Practice Patterns for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Survey of 741 Chest Physicians
CPT Micah J. Roberts (Associate); and MAJ Donald Helman (FACP)
191
Vitamin D Status in HIV-infected Subjects Living in Hawai‘i
Pornpoj Pramyothin MD (Associate); Dominic Chow MD, MPH; Bruce Shiramizu MD; Cecilia M. Shikuma MD
191
Atrial Fibrillation Increases Risk of All-Cause Mortality: The Honolulu Heart Program
Kahealani Rivera MD (Associate); Irwin Schatz MD, MACP; Randi Chen MS; J. David Curb MD, FACP; Beatriz Rodriguez MD; Kamal Masaki MD
192
Increases in Blink Duration and Increasing Driving Simulator Accidents in Narcolepsy Patients Over a Period of Brief Sleep Deprivation
Patrick Twomey (Associate); William Torch; Carlos Cardillo; Chad Bouchard; Michael Russo; (Member)
192
Endogenous Serum Testosterone and Estradiol and All-Cause Mortality in Older Men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
Suteevan Cholitkul MD (Member); Lenore Launer PhD; Suwitda Cholitkul MD (Member); Christina Bell MD; Randi Chen MS; Robert Abbott PhD; Helen Petrovitch MD; G. Webster Ross MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, FACP; Lon White MD; Kamal Masaki MD
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Walking and Eight-Year Incident Depressive Symptoms: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
Toby Smith DO (Associate); Kamal Masaki MD; Kaon Fong MS; Robert Abbott PhD; G. Webster Ross MD; Helen Petrovitch MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, FACP; Lon White MD
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Curriculum Development in Skin and Wound Care
Samina Ahsan MD (Member); Kamal Masaki MD; Barbara M. Bates-Jensen PhD, RN; Patricia L. Blanchette MD, MPH, FACP
194
Polypharmacy Improvement Adherence Project: Patient Outcomes
Pia Lorenzo MD (Member); Christina Bell MD; Wendy Iwasaki PharmD; Kamal Masaki MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, MPH, FACP
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Polypharmacy Improvement Adherence Project: Nursing Home Medication Cost Outcomes
Pia Lorenzo MD (Member); Christina Bell MD; Wendy Iwasaki PharmD; Kamal Masaki MD; Patricia Blanchette MD, MPH, FACP
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Prevalence of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasm in Anal Pap Smears of HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
Melissa Ching MD; Cris Milne RN, MPH; Cecilia Shikuma MD
195
Necrotizing Fasciitis: Incidence, Mortality, Risk Factors and Microbiological Profile, Among Patients in Hawai‘i
Nuntra Suwantarat MD (Associate), C. Mullen, S. Howman, Alan D. Tice MD, FACP
196
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Outcomes Assessment: A Comparison of Risk-Adjustment Models
Nicholas Ondrasik MD (Associate)
196
Hepatocellular Cancer in Pacific Islanders
Margaret Ochner MPH, MS4 (Student Member)
197
Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Decline: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
Chad Tao MS2
197
Impaired Olfaction Predicts Incident Dementia in Elderly Men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
Margaret H. Ochner MPH, MS4 (Student Member)
198
Atrial Fibrillation Increases Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Honolulu Heart Program
Matthew Uechi MS2 (Student Member)
198
A Survey of Attitudes Concerning Sickle Cell Trait Screening of Intercollegiate Student-Athletes at a NCAA Division I University
Nicole Meunier MS3 (Student Member)
199
Surfing as a Risk Factor for Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease
Yasuhiro Norisue MD (Associate)
199
Improvements in Diabetes Care in a Predominant Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Population
Rachel Lee MD
200
Resting Heart Rate and All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Japanese-American Men: The Honolulu Heart Program
Suwitda Cholitkul MD (Associate)
200
MEDICAL SCHOOL HOTLINE
Integrating Educational Technology into the Basic Sciences
Craig Okumura MEd; Kenton Kramer PhD; and Richard Kasuya MD, MSEd
202
WEATHERVANE
Russell T. Stodd MD
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