Recognized abstracts from Dalhousie Medicine 2018 RIM Research Day

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SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH IN MEDICINE. ABSTRACT: Evaluating the use of the Dalhousie Computerized Assessment Battery for detecting Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction in the perioperative setting - by Sardiwalla, Yaeesh; Eskes, Gail; George, Ronald; Bernard, Andre; Milne, Andrew; Schmidt, Michael. ABSTRACT: Exploring the role of pediatric medical camps in supporting adolescents with chronic illness in their readiness for adulthood - by Emma Bartlett, Bhreaugh Castellani, Dr. Elizabeth Stringer, Dr. Robin Urquhart. ABSTRACT: A novel t(6;22)(p21;q11.2) translocation in relapsed acute promyleocytic leukemia: a proposed marker of resistant disease - by Victoria L Bentley, Elias Fares, Adam Deveau, Michele Gaudet, Michelle Shortliffe, Barbara Morash, Karen J Harrison, Jason N Berman. ABSTRACT: The reduction of heterotopic ossification incidence following hip arthroscopy in patients treated with celecoxib - by Todd Dow, John-Paul King, Swagata Ghosh, Ivan Wong. ABSTRACT: Evaluation of a Freely Available Automatic Algorithm for the Calculation of Area-Based and Volumetric-Based Mammographic Breast Density - by Jonathan Galea, Kaitlyn Tsurudaa, Sean Ilesa, Christopher Lightfoot, Judy Cainesa, Jennifer Paynea, Mohamed Abdolell. ABSTRACT: Comparison of treatment outcomes between morphine and concomitant morphine and clonidine regimens for neonatal abstinence syndrome - by Courtney Gullickson, Stefan Kuhle, Marsha Campbell-Yeo. ABSTRACT: Loss of cholinergic neurons in nucleus subputaminalis in neurodegenerative disorders presenting as Primary Progressive Aphasia - by Hamodat, Hayam; Darvesh, Sultan. ABSTRACT: Factors affecting pain management and imaging practices of patients presenting to the Emergency Department with non-specific low back pain - by Siwar Arda, Jill A. Hayden, Maria Wilson, Rachel Ogilvie, Samantha Jang- Stewart, Samuel Stewart, Kirk Magee. ABSTRACT: Constraint Programming and Column Generation for Automated Treatment Planning in Brachytherapy - by Mark Mansera, Ron Slobodabc, John Doucetted, M. Ege Babadagliae. ABSTRACT: Patient-Controlled Analgesia versus Continuous Opioid Infusion for the Treatment of Mucositis Pain Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Review - by Matthew Foss, Mary Lynch. ABSTRACT: Impact of preoperative anemia on transfusion rates in primary and revision hip arthroplasty: a retrospective analysis - by Oliver Poole, André Bernard, Paul Brousseau. ABSTRACT: Evaluation of a Low-Threshold/High-Tolerance Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada: Seven Year Retention Rates - by Sofija Rans, Timothy K.S. Christie, Kimberley Hennessey. ABSTRACT: Rapid clinical assessment of the sublingual microcirculation - visual scoring using microVAS in comparison to standard semi-automated analysis - by Joel Sardinha and Christian Lehmann. ABSTRACT: Development a novel FI-Heart using cardiovascular risk factors to predict increased risk of mortality - by Michael Sun, Susan Howlett, Kenneth Rockwood. ABSTRACT: Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injuries: Time of Occurrence and Links with Current Academic Performance and Physical Injuries - by Michelle Trenholm, Gabriela Ilie, Robert Mann, Angela Boak, Ed Adlaf, Rob Rutledge.